Andrew Work

Libertarian, Canadian, Hong Konger!

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

Marie-Philip Poulin is a Walter Cup Champion 🇨🇦🔥🐐

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

@RichardRobinson has done it again! Check it out NOW! Also on Spotify https://t.co/JO4ZR62Qdf

[Intercognitive @Intercognitive]

What happens when AI can see and understand the physical world?

Nils Pihl (@broodsugar), CEO of Auki Labs (@Auki), joins Rich Robinson (@RichardRobinson) to break down co-embodiment, spatial computing, and the decentralized infrastructure behind physical AI.

From Beijing’s early tech boom to the future of robotics.

[The Tragically Hip @thehipofficial]

75 years ago today, Bill Barilko scored in overtime, bringing the Stanley Cup home to the @MapleLeafs.

[Dr. Sally Sharif @Sally_Sharif1]

I just gave a closed-book, pen-and-paper midterm exam in my 300-level course at UBC with 100 students. All exams were graded by an experienced graduate-level TA according to a rubric.

*** The average was 64/100.***

My class averages at UBC are usually 80-85.

Context:
• This was the first midterm, covering ONLY 4 weeks of material.
• Students had a list of possible questions in advance: no surprise questions.
• Questions included (a) 3 concept definitions, (b) 3 paragraph-long questions, and (c) a 1.5-page essay.
• I have taught this class multiple times. Nothing in my teaching style changed this semester.
• We read entire paragraphs of text in class, so students don't have to do something on their own that wasn't covered during the lecture.
• Students take a 10-question multiple-choice quiz at the end of every class (30% of the final grade).
• Attendance is 95-99% every class. Attention during lectures and participation in pair-work activities are very high → anticipating the end-of-class quiz.

*** But unfortunately, I suspect many students are not reading the material on the syllabus. They are asking LLMs to summarize it instead.***

After the midterm, students reported:
• They thought they knew concept definitions but couldn't produce them on paper.
• They thought they understood the arguments but struggled to connect them or identify points of agreement and disagreement.

My view:
It might be “cool” or “innovative” to teach students to summarize readings with ChatGPT or write essays with Claude. But we may be doing them a disservice: reducing their ability to retain material, think creatively, and reason from what they know. If you only read what AI has summarized for you, you don’t truly "know" the material.

Moving forward:
We have a second midterm coming up. I don't know how to convey to students that the best way to do better on the exam is to rely on and improve their own reading skills.

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

Thanks to AM730. The rest is pretty spot on. Always good to remind people of the value of #freemarkets in creating just and prosperous societies.

Pic is interviewing Vernon Smith, the Nobel prize winner in Economics for Lion Rock Institute 獅子山學會.

https://t.co/kvcTM7kvLg

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

@BellaBaddie__ Declan sounds close

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

Canadian winning

[Jeopardy! @Jeopardy]

Ryan Gosling throws a Hail Mary during Final Jeopardy! #ProjectHailMary

[The Tragically Hip @thehipofficial]

On Feb 19, 1991 we released Road Apples. 35 years ago today. 

We originally wanted to call the record Saskadelphia but our label thought it was too “Canadian”. We offered Road Apples as an option, thinking they’d never go for it, but they loved it.

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

Dr. Bill, the fish doctor, was above teaching ecology u-grads like me when I got to @mcgillu; we heard a lot about him and his research. Of course we made a big deal about his fall from grace when he went to Queen's. But it was a great move and we missed him then...and now. RIP.

[McGill News Magazine @McGillNewsMag]

RIP Bill Leggett, PhD’69. Before he led Queen’s University as its principal, he was McGill’s chair of biology, dean of science and vice-principal (academic). Also a highly regarded expert on the dynamics of fish populations https://t.co/7mK4xKMYYf

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

GOLD FOR CANADA 🇨🇦

EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING

THE CANADIAN WOMEN SPEED SKATERS DEFEND OLYMPIC GOLD

VAL MALTAIS, IVANIE BLONDIN, ISABELLE WEIDEMANN HAVE DONE IT AGAIN

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

@dave43law Are they still using videotape at Congress? A bit 1990s, dontcha think?

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

@SVRuparelia Where?

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

Mboko's ranking:

Jan 2025: #333
Feb 2025: #212
Mar 2025: #156
May 2025: #120
June 2025: Top 100 debut
July 2025: #88
Aug 2025: #24

Jan 2026: #13
Feb 2026: Top 10 debut

INCREDIBLE.

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

Hey @Google - Why do you keep making your products shittier? Google Reader, then degraded Maps Timeline and made it unavailable on desk/laptops. Now no POP retrieval for Gmail? Are you begging people to seek alternatives? #GoogleEnshittificaion https://t.co/GinTl9mtfj

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

Jacob Bronson wins in Hong Kong!

https://t.co/p6DpovG9VD

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

@transit_jam Do DCs or LegCo members have restrictions on jobs outside of their gov't related duties? Didn't many funct'l constit'y members own businesses or do full-time jobs? There is probably a case for avoiding 'double-dipping' on salaries, but each role comes w its own office subsidy.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

“The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.”

— Friedrich Hayek

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

Canadians in Hong Kong featured in The Toronto Star.

Join the Club Hong Kong by following their Facebook page or DM me your email. Let's Go #BlueJays !!!

https://t.co/W3K8zLQNMg

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

MC'ing #Token2049, no time for pics but I made time for this Canadian 2x of speakers! @Ethreum co-founder @ethereumJoseph (+Fndr/CEO @Consensys, Chair @sharplink from Tarana (aka #Toronto) and @SamirTabar from #Montreal! (+CEO @BitDigital_BTBT & @WhiteFiber_ CDN #crypto!

[Andrew Work @mrgandrewwork]

Bring it back.

https://t.co/MSyAuw9zaA