I Don't Need Another AI Workshop. I Need a Working Projector.
Virginia Woolf wrote that “a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” Nearly a century later, I would like to propose a modest update: a lecturer needs a reliable computer and a functioning projector if they are to teach. Digital enlightenment in the classroom. Image generated with ChatGPT Many of you will recognise the situation. You arrive well before your class or hybrid meeting begins. You bring your laptop and charger, just in case. You log in, and then you wait. The classroom computer begins what appears to be an endless start-up process, accompanied by a spinning circle that seems determined to complete several laps around the solar system before allowing access. On the teacher's desk, a handwritten note offers some reassurance: "Älä sammuta tätä konetta." Fortunately, years of working in Finland have equipped me with enough Finnish to understand the message. Rest assured, I have no intention of shutting down the computer. At this...
