by linustan | Sep 13, 2025 | AI Ethics, Behaviours, Craft, Tools
TL;DR: AI tools often respond to irrelevant details in unpredictable ways. For designers, these quirks reveal how prompting works beneath the surface and why learning to break the AI model on purpose can build deeper creative confidence and control. The quiet...
by linustan | Sep 1, 2025 | AI, AI Futures, AI Mindset, Culture
TL;DR: AI is revaluing polymathic curiosity. While academia and careers still push for specialisation, those who embrace curiosity drift and cultivate a shapeshifter mindset may thrive in the second renaissance. I’ve been thinking about Leonardo da Vinci. Not...
by linustan | Aug 18, 2025 | Behaviours, Culture, Talent
TL;DR: In academia, AI use is often kept quiet, likely to preserve intellectual credibility. This post explores the rise of stealth AI-ing and the quiet politics of competence that keep AI use hidden. When we talk about AI adoption in education, the...
by linustan | Jul 23, 2025 | Academia, AI Futures, AI Mindset
TL;DR: As AI takes over mental labour, will we need “intellectual gyms” to keep our minds sharp? Universities could become the new spaces for deliberate cognitive challenge. For millennia, survival depended on physical strength. Our ancestors ploughed fields,...
by linustan | Jun 19, 2025 | AI Mindset, Craft, Focus, Wellbeing
TL;DR: Chasing the latest AI tools can lead to burnout and shallow creativity. True mastery comes from slowing down, reflecting on your prompts, and building skill with intention. Every day, a new AI tool launches or gets a major upgrade. As someone who...
by linustan | Apr 26, 2025 | AI Mindset, Craft, Talent
TL;DR: AI doesn’t replace creativity. It demands that creativity become more adaptive, more confident, and more willing to diverge from default. In my classroom, I see two kinds of people. The first group has never used AI and assumes it functions like an...
