The AI Governance Pattern Hiding in the Senate EdTech Hearing: The Horvath Case Study
The Other AI: Audio Briefings on Augmented Intelligence and ... by Basil C. Puglisi
Episode notes
The Other AI is about Augmented Intelligence and AI Governance, which means it is also about every other governance failure that looks like AI but is not. This briefing is one of those.
In January 2026, four credentialed expert witnesses testified before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on the impact of technology in classrooms. Did their oral testimonies match their own published cognitive research?
This briefing covers Basil C. Puglisi's white paper, "The Horvath Case Study: Method Governance and Consensus Drift." Four expert witnesses (Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, Jean Twenge, Emily Cherkin, and Jenny Radesky) produced contradictory positions across audiences that reached the legislative record selectively. The artificial expert consensus produced in one hearing room is now shaping state policy, with Missouri House Bill 2230 as the ...