"Part of our task in the face of generative AI is to make an argument for the value of thinking – laboured, painful, frustrating thinking." "[W]e also need to hold our institutions accountable. [...] university administrators are highly susceptible to the temptations of technology-driven downsizing, big tech donations, and the appearance of being on the cutting edge."
Active History
On Generative AI in the Classroom: Give Up, Give In, or Stand Up
Edward Dunsworth Two approaches dominate discussion about how professors should handle generative “artificial intelligence” in the classroom: g...
There's so much to dunk on in this NYT piece and so little time, but I gotta start here: Some law profs at U Chicago did a study to see if the chatbots could answer questions based on specific materials and found, unsurprisingly, that they make shit up.
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.
OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college. First up: 460,000 students at Cal State.
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I appreciate this piece, but I want to correct the record on one point. I don't talk about LLMs as making "collages" but rather as making papier-mâché, and the difference matters!
the Guardian
‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at home
Is artificial intelligence coming for everyone’s jobs? Not if this lot have anything to do with it
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Hey Melbourne! I'll be there in a few weeks to do a book talk!!
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Emily M. Bender and Kobi Leins discuss AI
Sponsored by RMIT University’s Social Change Enabling Impact Platform and the Centre for Human-AI Information Environments, and the Academy of th...
 July 1, 6pm, at RMIT, with Dr. Kobi Leins as interlocutor.
I want to add another layer of nuance here. Ethan Zuckerman writes "But the world we live in now, in which we struggle to understand and constrain our machines, is anything but normal." I don't think the LLMs are actually mysterious at all. >>
AI isn’t magic. It’s just weird
A new paper argues that AI should be treated as a ‘normal’ technology like electricity or the internet. But it’s far more unknowable
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 57: The “AI”-Enabled Immigration Panopticon
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The "AI"-Enabled Immigration Panopticon (with Petra Molnar), 2025.05.05 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
This week, Alex and Emily talk with anthropologist and immigration lawyer Petra Molnar about the dehumanizing hype of border-enforcement tech. From...
 @npub1j89l...0fle joins me and @Alex Hanna for a brave look into an area where the way power shapes technology is especially clear … and sharp. Thx to Christie Taylor for production!
Today! ~~~ On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, @Alex Hanna and I will look at claims of dizzying progress ... and help you get off the merry-go-round. Monday, May 26, 2025, noon Pacific
Twitch
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Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.
Tomorrow! ~~~ On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, @Alex Hanna and I will look at claims of dizzying progress ... and help you get off the merry-go-round. Monday, May 26, 2025, noon Pacific
Twitch
Twitch
Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.
On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, @Alex Hanna and I will look at claims of dizzying progress ... and help you get off the merry-go-round. Monday, May 26, 2025, noon Pacific
Twitch
Twitch
Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.
Happy UK book release day to my amazing co-author @Alex Hanna and all y'all who can now get The AI Con! Happy reading!!
THE AI CON
THE AI CON
How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want