Seth Fewell | #ChangeMaker

Microsoft Elevate | Copilot AI Workforce Specialist; Aggie EdD is ABD, Microsoft MIE Fellow, #MIEExpert, & Master Trainer, & Father.

[Seth Fewell | #ChangeMaker @sethfewell]

I spoke with @OfficeInsiders about how we can leverage tech to deliver amazing education programs online, how I went from sacred music to education, & why Professor X marks the spot. It was a blast!
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[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

Agent Mode is here in Outlook!

Copilot can now help run your inbox and calendar, triaging emails, rescheduling meetings, and helping you stay on top of what matters most.

[Seth Fewell | #ChangeMaker @sethfewell]

As AI systems evolve, responding to incidents requires both proven practices and new thinking. Our Microsoft Security team shares perspectives on adapting incident response for AI workloads while keeping fundamentals intact. Read more: https://t.co/aF8S0HZIIw

[Seth Fewell | #ChangeMaker @sethfewell]

This webinar is presented in partnership with our friends at Learning Designer Pro, @OlingerDavid & Phil Badham!

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[Seth Fewell | #ChangeMaker @sethfewell]

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This Signature Series webinar shows how Microsoft 365 Copilot can support learning design through practical classroom examples, supporting student thinking.

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[Seth Fewell | #ChangeMaker @sethfewell]

Join Planet Technologies for a free webinar designed specifically for K-12 teachers. Learn how to use the Microsoft 365 tools you already have to stay organized, communicate, find information easily, and collaborate without adding extra work to your day.

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[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Judging by my tl there is a growing gap in understanding of AI capability.

The first issue I think is around recency and tier of use. I think a lot of people tried the free tier of ChatGPT somewhere last year and allowed it to inform their views on AI a little too much. This is a group of reactions laughing at various quirks of the models, hallucinations, etc. Yes I also saw the viral videos of OpenAI's Advanced Voice mode fumbling simple queries like "should I drive or walk to the carwash". The thing is that these free and old/deprecated models don't reflect the capability in the latest round of state of the art agentic models of this year, especially OpenAI Codex and Claude Code.

But that brings me to the second issue. Even if people paid $200/month to use the state of the art models, a lot of the capabilities are relatively "peaky" in highly technical areas. Typical queries around search, writing, advice, etc. are *not* the domain that has made the most noticeable and dramatic strides in capability. Partly, this is due to the technical details of reinforcement learning and its use of verifiable rewards. But partly, it's also because these use cases are not sufficiently prioritized by the companies in their hillclimbing because they don't lead to as much $$$ value. The goldmines are elsewhere, and the focus comes along.

So that brings me to the second group of people, who *both* 1) pay for and use the state of the art frontier agentic models (OpenAI Codex / Claude Code) and 2) do so professionally in technical domains like programming, math and research. This group of people is subject to the highest amount of "AI Psychosis" because the recent improvements in these domains as of this year have been nothing short of staggering. When you hand a computer terminal to one of these models, you can now watch them melt programming problems that you'd normally expect to take days/weeks of work. It's this second group of people that assigns a much greater gravity to the capabilities, their slope, and various cyber-related repercussions.

TLDR the people in these two groups are speaking past each other. It really is simultaneously the case that OpenAI's free and I think slightly orphaned (?) "Advanced Voice Mode" will fumble the dumbest questions in your Instagram's reels and *at the same time*, OpenAI's highest-tier and paid Codex model will go off for 1 hour to coherently restructure an entire code base, or find and exploit vulnerabilities in computer systems. This part really works and has made dramatic strides because 2 properties: 1) these domains offer explicit reward functions that are verifiable meaning they are easily amenable to reinforcement learning training (e.g. unit tests passed yes or no, in contrast to writing, which is much harder to explicitly judge), but also 2) they are a lot more valuable in b2b settings, meaning that the biggest fraction of the team is focused on improving them. So here we are.

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

Introducing Critique, a new multi-model deep research system in M365 Copilot.

You can use multiple models together to generate optimal responses and reports.

[Seth Fewell | #ChangeMaker @sethfewell]

Accessibility in Windows and M365 (including Copilot!) got better and better this year! I'm very proud to see these advancements in making content accessible for ALL.
Explore the highlights: https://t.co/KHKpTQ4m6D 🌍

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

What I love about the updates we’re making to Copilot Mode in Edge today is how it meets you right where you left off across all your tabs, helping you pick up the thread, and even completing multi-step actions for you. Take a look.

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

With Groups, Copilot goes multiplayer! You can now collaborate in real time with your team + Copilot to brainstorm, co-write, plan, or study together. One of my favorite new features ...

[Seth Fewell | #ChangeMaker @sethfewell]

Clippy 📎 walked so Copilot could run 🏃‍♂��� I've been enjoying my conversations with Mico - a real-time, expressive character that brings conversations to life. Learn more: https://t.co/ccb2GJKExS

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[Seth Fewell | #ChangeMaker @sethfewell]

@BeckyKeene Anything local to wherever I am, and I would’ve been golden!

[Seth Fewell | #ChangeMaker @sethfewell]

@cyberantiquity German!

[Seth Fewell | #ChangeMaker @sethfewell]

@Nieb77 @i2eEDU @BeckyKeene @edtechwells @Teach_Serve LOVE it when we get to collab!!!! Happy two year anniversary of being on this amazing team!!!

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

Holding back tears: “It was a terrible night for women, for children, for the hundreds of thousands of hard working immigrants who make this country great, for health care, for our climate, for science, for journalism, for justice, for free speech, for poor people, for the middle class, for seniors who rely on social security, for our allies in Ukraine, for NATO, for the truth, for democracy, for decency, for everyone who voted again him, and guess what—it was a bad night for everyone who voted for him too, you just don’t realize it yet” @jimmykimmel @JimmyKimmelLive

[Seth Fewell | #ChangeMaker @sethfewell]

Consider me one of the interested! My son lives in Poland, and my stepson wants to move to Norway. Finland would be ideal (bonus points for the best education system in the world)!

[Tomi 🇺🇦🇫🇮🇪🇺 @TallbarFIN]

Wow, so many people interested in Finland!

As a Finn, Im humbled.

Because there are so many questions, I'll write a thread about Finland for you to read, including a lot of useful info.

[Simone Biles @Simone_Biles]

Mr Biden,
I need you to stand up, straighten your back and make some things shake before your departure

xoxo the women in america 💙