Slow AI
Knowing when to use AI and when to leave it the hell alone.
What Slow AI is
Slow AI is a weekly Substack newsletter and a 12-month academic curriculum for critical AI literacy. It is for educators, researchers, professionals, and anyone who wants to think clearly about AI instead of being sold to.
The free newsletter covers AI ethics, synthetic empathy, critical thinking, and the human cost of automation. Every post includes practical exercises you can try with any AI tool.
The paid curriculum goes deeper. Monthly webinars with theory, critical prompts, and dialogue. A structured programme that builds genuine AI literacy over 12 months.
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The Slow AI Curriculum
A 12-month academic programme for critical AI literacy, designed and taught by a Full Professor. Monthly webinars combine theory from the humanities, guided prompt exercises, and group dialogue. CPD-accredited. Certificate of Critical AI Literacy awarded on completion.
What the curriculum covers
- Synthetic empathy and the ethics of automated care
- AI bias, representation, and the colonial gaze in training data
- Critical prompt design and output analysis
- AI in education: trust, agency, and assessment
- The psychology of AI attachment and anthropomorphism
- Governance, regulation, and institutional AI policy
From readers
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'Your writing creates a rare space where AI is approached with care, intellectual honesty, and respect for human judgement. This perspective directly supports my work with people and organisations by helping me articulate blind spots, assumptions, and decision-making dynamics.'
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