Slow AI
by Dr Sam IllingworthSlow AI
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Knowing when to use AI and when to leave it the hell alone.
Free Subscription Benefits
- Two free posts per week. Posts with a paid section give you the argument. The exercises are for paid members.
Paid Subcription Benefits
- The only CPD-accredited critical AI literacy programme. 25 credits. Your employer can fund it as professional development.
- At least one weekly paid post that includes an exercise grounded in peer-reviewed research that you can use at work the next day.
- Access to a global community of over 300 practitioners who are figuring this out together.
Paid Subscription Plans
- £100 a year
- £25 a month
About Dr Sam Illingworth
Full Professor of Critical AI Literacy in Edinburgh. I write about when to use AI and when to leave it the hell alone. Author of GenAI in Higher Education (Bloomsbury, 2026).
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