PinnedSai GaddamConsciousness is a consensus mechanismConsciousness is also mansplainer’s catnip. So I am surprised that the phrase — consciousness is a consensus mechanism — does not appear…4 min read·Apr 13, 2024----
PinnedSai GaddamOne AI Tutor Per Child: Personalized learning is finally hereUpdate (April 8, 2024): See what an AI-powered school looks like.7 min read·Mar 16, 2023--1--1
PinnedSai GaddamUnderstanding consciousness is more pressing than ever at the dawn of this AI ageI co-authored a book that claims consciousness has been “solved”. One of the greatest neuroscientists of our generation who is largely…12 min read·Sep 12, 2022--3--3
PinnedSai GaddamThe greatest neuroscientist you’ve never heard of(This is a review of Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind)9 min read·Jul 26, 2021--1--1
Sai GaddamHow should we enable playful learning?There’s an old wooden computer desk on our terrace at Comini. We had square holes cut out to put in two Ikea trays — I forget why. Those…6 min read·Feb 21, 2024----
Sai GaddamMap Memorizers or Explorers: Hiring Well Needs Systems ThinkingI sent out this email nearly 15 years ago. This was after a rather disastrous 5 minute interview call where I quickly realized how out of…6 min read·Dec 14, 2023----
Sai GaddamWhat playful learning looks like(We put together this article as a guide for ourselves, and our parents and facilitators at our microschool.)9 min read·Sep 14, 2023----
Sai GaddamWhy learn when ChatGPT has all the answers?Our washing machine started leaking the other day. We’d find puddles pooling near its legs at the end of a wash cycle. We couldn’t tell…6 min read·Jul 7, 2023--1--1
Sai GaddamConsciousness is simple. Simple is hard. AI can have itThe aim of science is to seek the simplest explanations of complex facts. We are apt to fall into the error of thinking that the facts are…9 min read·Jun 2, 2023----
Sai GaddamRevisiting Education: From Map Memorizers to Explorers(Note: I used ChatGPT to write this essay. Most of the ideas and key phraes were mine. More on how and why after the essay.)2 min read·Jan 30, 2023----