White text overlaid on an opaque teal box reads "My own trials with AI tools have made me think of it like a person who has trouble saying 'I don't know.'" The background images create a brick pattern of AI-generated illustrations of web browsers, internet symbols, and students studying.

AI and the Truthiness of Search

I like to have an engaging activity for my first-years on the first day of class, and this year, I did a sticky note discussion. Students have a series of prompts, write their responses on sticky notes, and we put…