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Video: How Law Students Can Benefit from AI (While Avoiding the Pitfalls)

March 7, 2026

I’ve centered this post on a video where I tackle the ultimate paradox for law students: AI can double your learning gains, but it can also end your career before it starts. I dive into a concept I call “cognitive outsourcing”—the temptation to hand off hard mental work to a machine just because the output looks polished. Watch the full breakdown to see why “automation bias” is a silent killer and how to implement a four-step workflow that builds your legal judgment instead of replacing it. It’s about augmenting your intelligence, not outsourcing your brain.

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The “Walkable” Car Wash: Why AI Still Needs a Human in the Driver’s Seat

February 17, 2026

Context is king. While AI might be able to pass the Bar exam, it will sometimes tell you to walk to the car wash instead of taking your car there. This post explores why the AI sometimes produces logic fails and why your prompting skills are the ultimate safety net for AI adoption.

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AI Literacy Is Becoming a Health Equity Issue: What Economist Impact’s New Roadmap Reveals

January 17, 2026

When AI starts explaining our health information, judgment matters more, not less. Drawing on patient experience and a recent Economist Impact report, this article explores why AI literacy is emerging as a prerequisite for equitable healthcare.

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ChatGPT Health: Why Health Literacy Now Requires AI Literacy

January 9, 2026

ChatGPT Health promises to help people understand their medical records and prepare for care. That could be a breakthrough. It could also magnify long-standing health literacy gaps and introduce new AI literacy risks if we are not careful. This piece looks past the hype to ask what this launch means for people who already struggle to make sense of health information, and what responsible design would actually require.