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Last Christmas, my daughter surprised me with a beautiful Porter Road Dry Aged half-brisket, a thoughtful gift that sparked both excitement and apprehension. As a novice, I was fearful of getting a brisket right—such a prized cut deserved perfection. The brisket sat in my freezer while I studied how to cook it on my Char-Broil Commercial TRU-Infrared 4-burner grill, determined to do it justice. I couldn’t find specific instructions for my grill; most recipes assumed everyone has a dedicated smoker.
Enter Grok (xAI), the perfect study buddy and party planner. Grok helped me sort through online information to develop precise instructions tailored to my setup. This guide, crafted for beginning brisket chefs, uses a custom rub from Summer's Fruit Barn in South Mountain, Phoenix, Cowboy Brand hickory wood chips, a smoker box, a ThermoPro digital food thermometer with dual probe, aluminum foil, a metal pan, and a spray bottle with apple juice. Starting with a 6.7 lb brisket and trimming it to 5 lbs, this recipe delivers a tender, juicy masterpiece with a sweet-savory-smoky crust, complete with a drippings-based BBQ sauce. Here’s how to make it happen.
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APTOS, CA November 11, 1997
On October 17, we had an earthquake from which are still feeling affects, and aftershocks.
In the small beach community of Rio del Mar in Aptos, the earthquake came on an unseasonably warm and sunny October afternoon. The initial shock knocked out our power and our senses. We rocked and rolled to continuous and massive aftershocks throughout the night. Next a record windstorm struck, blowing windows. Then torrential rainfall poured onto our damaged roof, raining into the debris in which we slept and triggering more landslides than the quakes. We awaited the locusts.
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I’ve noticed a lot of AI-generated content in the classroom and student assignments. While the university encourages us to explore AI as a tool to support our work, using AI to do our work violates the student code of conduct and makes us stupider. I asked Grok (xAI) to prepare a coaching script to help us understand how to use AI in a college classroom.
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After chatting with Grok (xAI) about students using AI to do their homework, I recalled the storyline in Wall-e with humans who’ve become incompetent blobs [https://youtu.be/s-kdRdzxdZQ?si=W0fKhYyre0hIuzGU] after decades of AI-dependence. I asked, "Is it cool to say that students who use AI to do their homework are stealing from themselves by paying for an education that they're not getting while making themselves stupider?"
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I’ve noticed a lot of AI-generated content in the classroom and student assignments. While the university encourages us to explore AI as a tool to support our work, using AI to do our work violates the student code of conduct and makes us "stupider."
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Working with hundreds of business, marketing, and psychology students a year, I get a lot of questions about concepts, processes, and practices. Here are some of the FAQs for Dr. Duncan.