I talked to @npub1psar...j5uh about generative AI's impact on teaching. Apparently I wasn't alone... not by a long shot. @npub1nn0l...qf5k got a ton of responses about this topic and ran many of them here:
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Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
 While it's distressing to read all of them, it's good to see I'm not alone. #generativeAI #higherEducation #teaching #academicChatter
What will the cardinals do this year?
As if I needed more reasons to loathe Elsevier. Lately I've received peer review requests from Elsevier journals. If I decline their request via the email link, it takes me to a website that has an angry red box that says "Action not allowed." Ok, so I will email the editor to say I can't do it. That apparently goes to some IT support system, not the editor. And today I got an email implying I was being unprofessional because I did not respond to their reviewer request. #academicChatter 1/2
The following is a random quote from my next book, Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Will people keep using Twitter, even after Musk’s takeover – even after he changed its name to β€œX”? Is this time different? As of this writing, that remains an open question.... #MoveSlowlyAndBuildBridges #bot
The following is a random quote from my next book, Move Slowly and Build Bridges: It’s time, Balkan and the Small Tech Foundation argue, to degrow things like corporate social media. Degrowth is a way of thinking that counters years of capitalist fantasies of infinite growth.... #MoveSlowlyAndBuildBridges #bot
I keep hearing people call legitimate concerns about LLMs/generative AI a "moral panic." I really hope folks stop using that framing. This is not the same as parents getting freaked out about Dungeons and Dragons in the 1980s. This is a moment when huge, for-profit interests are seeking to exploit the creativity of writers, artists, and anyone else who creates. It's completely legitimate to express concerns. It's not a moment of "Won't someone PLEASE think about the children!?!".
My book about Mastodon and the fediverse is now available for pre-order! https://global.oup.com/academic/product/move-slowly-and-build-bridges-9780197776681?q=gehl&lang=en&cc=ca# #Mastodon #fediverse #bookstodon #academicchatter
Use Tor Use Signal BUT NOT LIKE THAT NOOOO
I know activists use corporate social media because many other people do, but it also means you put all your eggs in a really shitty basket. And it's meant that since about 2006 or so.
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest – POLITICO
that whooshing sound you're hearing is me rushing off to join any class action lawsuit against Meta for training its LLMs on my books #Meta #LLaMA #generativeAI