Underlining what matters in higher ed and ed tech: news, vendor updates, and commentary from across the field, in one place.https://theunderline.netlify.app/source/marcwatkins/https://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/discernment-in-the-age-of-agentshttps://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/discernment-in-the-age-of-agentsCalls to pace the frontier and slow AI development for safety miss the very real changes ubiquitous AI brings to our professional and personal lives.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:36:38 GMTMarc WatkinsVoiceshttps://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-grading-costs-almosthttps://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-grading-costs-almostUltra Cheap Machine Intelligence ArrivesSun, 20 Sep 2026 12:11:12 GMTMarc WatkinsVoiceshttps://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/when-ai-developers-regulate-themselveshttps://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/when-ai-developers-regulate-themselvesSafety & AI Regulation Should Include Present Harms, Not Just Future OnesSun, 13 Sep 2026 13:05:22 GMTMarc WatkinsVoiceshttps://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/college-students-get-free-premium-ad2https://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/college-students-get-free-premium-ad2A year and a half ago, I wrote about the first wave of free trials AI companies gave away to college students.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:13:08 GMTMarc WatkinsVoiceshttps://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/our-duty-of-care-in-the-age-of-aihttps://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/our-duty-of-care-in-the-age-of-aiThinking With, Without, and About MachinesSun, 23 Aug 2026 12:14:44 GMTMarc WatkinsVoiceshttps://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/ai-is-quietly-changing-who-gets-tohttps://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/ai-is-quietly-changing-who-gets-toWhat If Universities No Longer Need Edtech Companies?Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:05:52 GMTMarc WatkinsVoiceshttps://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/reading-in-an-age-of-thinking-machineshttps://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/reading-in-an-age-of-thinking-machinesI’m releasing a project I created to help my online students read, with the hope that others might be able to use, adapt, or otherwise feel inspired to try something new this coming semester.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:32:12 GMTMarc WatkinsVoices