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What Alpha School Gets Right (and Wrong) About AI in Education
Last week, I listened to the Moonshots podcast episode where Peter Diamandis interviews the Alpha School founders. While there are some promising findings, listeners should take the claims with a hefty grain of salt. You’ve likely heard bold claims about how artificial intelligence will “revolutionize” learning. One of the most talked-about examples is Alpha School,…
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Tips for Using AI to Write Embedded Firmware
AI tools have quickly become part of many developers’ workflows. If you’re coming from a hobbyist background or transitioning into a professional embedded role, it can feel like a shortcut: you describe what you want, and code appears almost instantly. However, embedded systems are not the same as writing a quick script or even a…
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AI in Engineering Education: Lessons from ECEDHA 2026
At the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA) 2026 conference, I had the chance to sit down with several professors to talk about a question that’s on a lot of our minds right now: how do we teach AI (especially edge AI) in electrical and computer engineering programs without losing the fundamentals that…
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AI in the Classroom (And What You Can Do About It)
Students are already using AI. The question is whether they’re still learning and what we should do about it.
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An Idea I’m Exploring: Reinforcement Learning for a Balance Robot
Over the past few years, we’ve seen an explosion of interest in AI. Most of the conversation has been centered around large language models and generative tools. While those are fascinating in their own right, I’ve personally been more interested in how AI techniques connect to the physical world, especially as it relates to embedded…
