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Multiple readings ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom Concern & critique · 3 attributable reactions Multiple readings Sosc Core to Institute AI Ban, Technology-Free Classrooms This Fall Policy & governance · 3 attributable reactions Shared emphasis Artificial Intelligence Policy Policy & governance · 2 attributable reactions +1 more reaction maps further down
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AI classroom youth harm essay

‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom

13 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

13 experts 5 communities 1 sources clustered
Abeba Birhane Olivia Guest Hypervisible Luke Stark Steph Wright Mél Hogan / The Data Fix tante Benjamin Riley +5
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

2 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“"To wrap AI into the art of learning when we have overwhelming proof of the harm it does to developing minds is feeding snake oil to the people we should cherish most." www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...”

Building & implementation

1 expert

How teams are shipping and applying it.

“It starts like this…& it builds. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 “If you set out to design from scratch a tool to facilitate authoritarian rule, it would look exactly like AI. You would cherish it for its ability to destabilise our shared reality & its creation of disinformation o…”

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university institutes AI classroom ban

Sosc Core to Institute AI Ban, Technology-Free Classrooms This Fall

12 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

12 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
Maria Antoniak Abeba Birhane Ted Underwood Mar Hicks suhr Prof. Dr Beth Singler Mél Hogan / The Data Fix Larry Hunter +4
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Policy & governance

2 experts

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“I use AI more or less 24/7 but also teach intro courses device-free and would have no prob with a flexible policy like this. (It leaves room for assignments that explicitly invite AI use, of which I do have one even at intro level.) +”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“"Under the new guidelines, students will primarily read texts on paper and engage with them via device-free guided discussions" chicagomaroon.com/53262/news/s...”

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Developing Policy & governance Resource 1d ago
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Berkeley Law AI policy resource

Artificial Intelligence Policy

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

5 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Abeba Birhane Woodrow Hartzog Aram Sinnreich Jane Rosenzweig Sarah Glassmeyer
How the network is reacting 2 experts are emphasizing policy & governance.
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Policy & governance

2 experts

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“UC Berkeley Law's new AI policy seems close to this. "This policy...[forbids the use of AI] to conceptualize, outline, draft, revise, and edit their work...for credit. It also forbids using AI to translate work [and] in any exam situation." www.law.berkeley…”

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Jane Rosenzweig: Every time I read a university leader saying that trying to create spaces where AI is not used is a way of pretending it doesn't exist, I wonder what benefit there is to drawing this false line. Wh…
Jane Rosenzweig: If one of my students wrote this piece, I would ask for evidence that the places named--Chicago and Berkeley--are pretending AI doesn't exist or trying to make it go away. This is the Berkeley poli…
Jane Rosenzweig: Would be great to stop having this debate and instead really dig into what should go in the curriculum, with or without AI, so that we can meet this moment in a way other than trying to hang on to …
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New Models & releases Development 12h ago
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Claude email inbox management feature

Claude can help manage your email inbox, but there are some risks involved - Engadget

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Abeba Birhane Hypervisible

“I think it’s cool how “this toaster might electrocute you” or “these brakes don’t always work” is acceptable in consumer products because it’s software.”

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Developing AI field signal Resource 2d ago
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OSF open science framework platform

OSF

5 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

5 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Abeba Birhane Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Jed Brown Andrew Hundt

“Erscoi, L., Kleinherenbrink, A., & Guest, O. (2023). Pygmalion Displacement: When Humanising AI Dehumanises Women. SocArXiv. doi.org/10.31235/osf...”

“*exhaustedly taps sign* see: doi.org/10.31235/osf... and this from @abeba.blacksky.app: doi.org/10.48550/arX...”

2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
Olivia Guest: Ignoring this crucial distinction is BTW at the root of many instances of xenophobia/racism. People often assume that "defective" output (i. e. non-native register) equals a lack of cognitive capac…
Olivia Guest: I have lots on this angle of you're interested 🫶🏼 Sexism: doi.org/10.31235/osf... Racism: doi.org/10.48550/arX... Also... bsky.app/profile/oliv... and more but I'll not overwhelm you needlessly!
Iris van Rooij: Also here bsky.app/profile/iris...
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AI consciousness misconception essay

Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception

2 experts are actively discussing the implications.

3 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Abeba Birhane Eryk Salvaggio Anna Ciaunica PhD
How the network is reacting 2 experts are emphasizing questions & unknowns.
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Questions & unknowns

2 experts

What remains unresolved or contested.

“Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception www.nature.com/articles/d41...”

2 experts discussed this · 5 posts
Abeba Birhane: what does @tonychemero.bsky.social's new book 'Intertwined Creatures' have to offer to the “AI consciousness” debate? here is my take on it www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Eryk Salvaggio: what does @tonychemero.bsky.social's new book 'Intertwined Creatures' have to offer to the “AI consciousness” debate? here is my take on it www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Abeba Birhane: that question does not have a simple yes or no answer. you'll have to read the book
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Primary source nature.com ↗
Debates gaining attention

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3 experts · 15 posts · 8d ago
Abeba Birhane Jeni Tennison Anthony Moser
Abeba Birhane: i need to recruit for some roles and put out ads at some stage, but the process of recruiting has become so overwhelming as i know we’ll receive 100s of llm generated applications *sigh*
Jeni Tennison: It's so broken. One suggestion I heard was to respond to applications with a short relevant exercise. The idea is that those applying in automated ways to jobs they don't care about will fail to re…
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3 experts · 8 posts · 18d ago
Abeba Birhane Lilian Edwards Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Policy & governance · 1
Abeba Birhane: been reading university/higher-ed policies on the use of genAI in education. most policies propose using genAI safely, ethically, & responsibly, which is an oxymoron. the way current genAI is devel…
Abeba Birhane: imo, you have to choose between using genAI OR cultivating fundamental educational values. you simply can’t have both 🤷🏾‍♀️
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