Literature-grounded notes on AI in computer-science education and AI governance for executives. Every claim cited to peer-reviewed research.https://atifahmad.ca/https://atifahmad.ca/signals/ai-can-write-the-code/https://atifahmad.ca/signals/ai-can-write-the-code/Generative AI can pass entire intro programming courses — but the literature shows the danger isn't bad code, it's bypassing the reasoning that learning to program is for. The design goal: support thinking, don't supplant it.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTcs-educationgenerative AIprogramming educationLLMsEMPmetacognitionhttps://atifahmad.ca/signals/affect-aware-tutoring-explainability/https://atifahmad.ca/signals/affect-aware-tutoring-explainability/Emotion-aware tutoring systems have crossed from promise to engineering discipline. The harder question now isn't whether a system can read a learner's affect, but whether it can explain why it acted on it — and that's a governance question as much as a research one.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTcs-educationaffective computingintelligent tutoringexplainable AIAI governanceEMPhttps://atifahmad.ca/signals/ai-governance-not-the-model/https://atifahmad.ca/signals/ai-governance-not-the-model/The economic case for AI is settled, yet most enterprise AI never ships. The bottleneck is rarely capability; it's governance — and the boards that treat it as an enabler, not a brake, are the ones that win.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-governanceAI governanceenterprise AIrisktransformation