Two of today's links should stick out like sore thumbs, but there's a reason for their inclusion; namely, I feel like I need to take better stock of AI promotion in the Ed Tech sphere so that I can write about it--perhaps for the same publication as these articles. I see quite a bit of AI skepticism among teachers, but I don't see a ton among leaders. I use AI regularly, and my district is certainly pushing it on its staff and, alarmingly, its students. The models for which they pay big money provide the ability to upload documents, and they do a decent job working with them. This has been the best use case I've seen for LLMs since they raged into the zeitgeist. Huelse's article leans into this aspect. "Reclaiming Your Weekends" does not. There's an alarming trend among AI Ed Tech startups to push a narrative for you to get your weekend back, but what we're missing is the core of the issue: why are teachers saddled with so much nonsense and continu...