Ask an AI to draw a clock at 2:45, 7:20, or midnight—and it might still show 10:10. This small glitch says a lot about how AI works. It learns from patterns in its training data, not from understanding. That’s why this moment is more than a mistake—it’s a teachable one. By exploring why AI makes choices like these, educators can help students become more thoughtful, informed users of technology.

The free AI tool DeepSeek has recently gained a lot of attention, but it’s important to understand the risks before jumping on the bandwagon. This post provides a quick overview of DeepSeek’s capabilities and outlines why it’s not a safe or appropriate choice for school environments.

Should technology, no matter how advanced, attempt to emulate real individuals with lives, tragedies, and lessons that shaped humanity?

Disfluency holds the key to making AI feel more relatable, trustworthy, and ultimately more helpful in our daily lives and classrooms.