Shae O. Omonijo’s free series on critical thinking, staying human, in the AI age

Harvard teacher and PhD candidate Shae O. Omonijo has put a full set of teaching materials online, including videos and a syllabus. This is your guide to staying human, reconnecting with offline communities, and embracing critical thinking and reading even in the AI age. And with that critical perspective comes something you may have been missing: optimism.

Warner does a deal with Suno, Udio; what could possibly go wrong?

It’s Lucy and the football time with the music industry. Having led artists into a complete disaster with streaming, they seem poised to do it again, on a grander scale, with generative AI. Warner has a deal with Suno today, following Udio earlier this week. Peace for our time.

Peter Kirn - November 25, 2025

No, Juilliard is not working with OpenAI on AI-generated music scores

Reports have been circulating that The Juilliard School is collaborating with OpenAI. One source says OpenAI is working with Juilliard students to annotate music scores for use as training. There’s just one important fact to know: Juilliard, the institution, has no involvement.

Peter Kirn - October 27, 2025

Benn Jordan’s AI poison pill and the weird world of adversarial noise 

Peter Kirn - April 15, 2025

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