What the Doctorate Actually Taught Me
I finished a doctorate at 50. The why is more interesting than the diploma itself — and most of what I actually learned had nothing to do with the dissertation.
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Research
4 pieces tagged “Research.”
What My Research Got Right About GenAI Won't Hold for Agentic AI
My doctoral model explained why people advocate for generative AI. The human-in-the-loop assumption underneath it is exactly what autonomous agents remove — and when you remove it, two of my cleanest results invert.
Doctoral Thesis
Why people champion AI they don't fully trust. Three years and 715 survey responses showing trust and distrust are two separate systems — and only one reliably predicts advocacy.
The First Five Seconds
What makes people trust AI before they've had time to think. The legitimacy that builds swift trust shifts entirely with what's at stake — same AI, different stakes, different logic.