Field notes / Short reads
Short reflections from Dr. Amber N. Yoo on research, teaching, tools, and what happens when AI meets real work.
A potential Navier–Stokes breakthrough has become a dispute over research credit, private data, and the power of large AI agent swarms.
Read the noteI used agentic AI to turn 22 scanned receipts into consistently named digital records.
Read the noteI gave an agent access to a dense conference agenda and directions about what mattered to me. What came back was not a summary. It was an interface built around my decisions.
Read the noteI have always raised an eyebrow at the hype. Then, one very ordinary workday, I looked at the clock at 3:00 p.m. and realized I was done.
Read the noteHallucinations are partly a consequence of how language models learn—and partly a consequence of evaluation systems that reward them for guessing.
Read the noteWhen my students developed their own rules for responsible AI use, their answers were more practical—and more demanding—than a simple ban or permission slip.
Read the noteEditorial premise