Jon Barlow

"Take no thought of the harvest, but only of proper sowing" - T.S. Eliot

In the first episode of a special miniseries, The Bulletin discusses artificial intelligence and why it deserves our attention. With guests: @ToddKorpi, @barlowjon, and @finnykuruvilla. christianitytoday.com/podcasts/the-b…

Big news for data science in higher ed! 🚀Colab now offers 1-year Pro subscriptions free of charge for verified US students/faculty, interactive Slideshow Mode for lectures, & an AI toggle per notebook. Enhance teaching & learning in the upcoming academic year! Read all about it…

I’m going to try really hard to see this August next: theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/08/a-b…

Your regular reminder that tulipmania was a myth. jstor.org/stable/27698044

I just found out my book on AI is on sale for Prime Day for $2.99 Kindle, $11.26 hardcover (Amazon doesn’t tell you when it does that) It is a New York Times bestseller and I don’t think it will be outdated as long as chatbots remain the key AI interface. amazon.com/dp/059371671X?…

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

Think of all the meta-signification in the branding "Super Grok Heavy". "Super" connotes not only the Latin prefix but also the history of superhero culture in the United States. Then "grok" is an invented slang for intuitive understanding from the scifi author Heinlein that was…

Grok 4 (Thinking) achieves new SOTA on ARC-AGI-2 with 15.9% This nearly doubles the previous commercial SOTA and tops the current Kaggle competition SOTA

Once every year I fall in love with Sousa marches all over again. The perfect alignment of form, function, and aesthetics.

This hilarious tool will generate startup ideas from Hacker News posts: josh.ing/hn-slop

Wow, the state AI law moratorium has been removed completely from the big, beautiful bill.

That was me! So excited to have been a part of this thank you! @elonmusk @Tesla

This is a really cool video of Warren McCulloch, one of the pioneers of AI. (Ht: @theneurondaily email) - youtube.com/watch?v=wawMjJ… McCulloch's theological education is a fascinating aspect of his preparation to think architecturally about epistemology.

The 10-year moratorium on state AI laws may be refined further: politico.com/live-updates/2…

I am once again pitching my romantic comedy: - two academics start dating - discover they are each other's terrible reviewer - hijinks ensue Working title: Love is Double-Blind

"A Book is a machine to think with." I.A Richards

Looking for a good colleague here at MSU - please apply or reach out for more details. Very competitive salary!