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Mark C. Marino

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Critical Code Studies: Initial Methods

Critical Code Studies: Initial Methods

An exploration of the meaning of computer source code, featuring case studies.

2020

Stories

Mark C. Marino

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Mar 27

A Mindflayer Disguised as a Magic 8 Ball

ChatGPT is not your friend and better not be your counselor

A Mindflayer Disguised as a Magic 8 Ball

Mark C. Marino

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Mar 12

The Analog Sandwich (how it went)

What happens when a course goes from using AI to unplugged and back again?

The Analog Sandwich (how it went)

Mark C. Marino

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Dec 2, 2025

Future of Writing Symposium at USC

Come join us!

Future of Writing Symposium at USC

Mark C. Marino

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Nov 20, 2025

Butterfly Effect: Healing Immersive Theater

Last Call Theatre, the best Immersive troupe in LA, has a new offering that offers a steaming cup of healing for our troubled times. It’s…

Butterfly Effect: Healing Immersive Theater

Mark C. Marino

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Sep 23, 2025

The Analog Sandwich: teaching writing with & without AI

Can we bring AI into the classroom and then ask it to step outside?

Two photos. Mark Marino standing on the left, holding his bag of composition notebooks and the composition notebooks on the right with the question: College Writing in the Age of AI?

Mark C. Marino

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Aug 22, 2025

Weird Science: When Elon made Ani

A swirly for Musk as he rolls out a robot lover

Weird Science: When Elon made Ani

Mark C. Marino

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Jul 5, 2025

Pretending to Think: The Illusion of Deep Research

How LLMs put our minds at ease with the appearance of thought

Pretending to Think: The Illusion of Deep Research

Mark C. Marino

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Jun 25, 2025

Review: Reforged Immersive in LA

Last Call Theatre turns audiences into authors

Review: Reforged Immersive in LA

Mark C. Marino

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Mar 13, 2025

Caught up in a “Love Game”

The latest immersive offering from Last Call Theatre proves how this innovative troupe continues to develop its recipe for engaging…

Caught up in a “Love Game”

Mark C. Marino

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Jan 10, 2025

Stop Talking about AI-Proofing Courses

Hallucinatory image from ChatGPT

Stop Talking about AI-Proofing Courses

Mark C. Marino

Mark C. Marino

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writer/researcher of emerging digital writing forms. Prof of Writing @ USC, Dir. of Com. for ELO, Dir. of HaCCS Lab

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