What happens when artificial intelligence is no longer used simply as a tool, but as a partner in human performance, learning, decision-making, and even physical recovery? That question became the central theme of my research. Across the articles and videos I reviewed, three ideas stood out most: the growing partnership between people and machines, theContinue reading “How Can Artificial Intelligence Expand Human Capability?”
Author Archives: Michael Lance Whisenant, PhD
Who Is Responsible When Artificial Intelligence Makes the Decision?
As artificial intelligence becomes more involved in healthcare, education, finance, employment, transportation, and public policy, two ethical concerns rise above the rest: responsibility and transparency. Who is responsible when an artificial intelligence system causes harm? Who is included in the “we” that is expected to answer for its decisions? These questions become increasingly difficult whenContinue reading “Who Is Responsible When Artificial Intelligence Makes the Decision?”
The 9 Commandments
On Empowerment In our technologically advanced society, where “give me now” is the predominant mindset, children do not understand the value of patience, dedication and the antiquity involved in getting where we are as a nation. History is often a glazed eye subject for them while not understanding the importance in lessons learned. To youth, anything theyContinue reading “The 9 Commandments”
Has Technology Improved the Way We Communicate, or Changed What Communication Means?
During my undergraduate years at the University of Central Arkansas, where I minored in philosophy, I encountered a wide range of readings that challenged how I understood society, power, and human behavior. Martin Heidegger’s The Question Concerning Technology was one of the works that stayed with me, much like Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish. IContinue reading “Has Technology Improved the Way We Communicate, or Changed What Communication Means?”
What Does It Mean to Know?
Who we are is revealed not only through what we say about ourselves, but through how we act. Oets Kolk Bouwsma once wrote that a person’s life shows what that person truly thinks of themselves. He made a similar observation about Socrates, noting that Socrates both spoke highly and acted highly, while others spoke highlyContinue reading “What Does It Mean to Know?”
Paradigms
In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn introduced the idea of a paradigm as a dominant framework that shapes how a field understands problems, evaluates evidence, and determines what counts as legitimate knowledge. Newtonian mechanics is one of the clearest examples. It guided scientific thought for centuries before Einstein’s theory of relativity revealed itsContinue reading “Paradigms”
Alignment is All You Need
In a 2016 interview, Charles Fadel, the Center for Curriculum Redesign founder, stated “from the times of Socrates and Confucius, it has been obvious that what makes people successful in life is not only what they know and how skillfully they use their knowledge, but also how they behave and engage in the world. InContinue reading “Alignment is All You Need”
Learning to Be
In looking at our current educational institutions, the majority are structured to teach to specific outcomes (i.e., teaching to the test), as this methodology was applicable to the Industrial Age. Basic literacy and numeracy were taught as essential requirements for working in factories and military service. As nations further modernized, public education systems still taughtContinue reading “Learning to Be”
How Do We Know What We Know?
What does it really mean to know something, and how do human beings turn experience, observation, reasoning, and interaction into knowledge? I would normally begin by defining the word knowledge to create a foundation for the discussion. In this case, though, I want to begin with my own understanding. To know something means that IContinue reading “How Do We Know What We Know?”
Leadership Under Pressure: A Systems View of Darkest Hour
How do relationships, institutions, and historical forces shape a leader’s decisions during a national crisis? I included this project in The Learning Curve because it demonstrates how systems thinking can be used to analyze leadership, communication, and decision-making. Rather than viewing Winston Churchill’s choices as the actions of one individual, the accompanying Miro systemigram mapsContinue reading “Leadership Under Pressure: A Systems View of Darkest Hour”