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Multiple readings Student writing essays ai Building & implementation · 4 attributable reactions
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New AI field signal Analysis 15h ago
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essay how to talk AI

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Why this matches Building & implementation reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Charles Logan
“I’m working with a librarian to develop a module for undergraduates about conducting research, and I’m once again grateful for this resource from @emilymbender.bsky.social and @nannainie.bsky.social:” evidence ↗
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Emily M. Bender Timnit Gebru Hypervisible Luke Stark Eileen Clancy 🧿 Frank Pasquale Charles Logan Jeffrey Vagle +3

“I’m working with a librarian to develop a module for undergraduates about conducting research, and I’m once again grateful for this resource from @emilymbender.bsky.social and @nannainie.bsky.social:”

“A good rule of thumb: If the press release (or stenographic news reporting masquerading as journalism) says that an "AI" did something, that's deliberate obfuscation. Software doesn't do anything of its own accord, but folks sure like to talk about it as if…”

2 experts discussed this · 16 posts
Emily M. Bender: So many conversations where otherwise serious people throw around the term "AI" without defining it, despite it being notoriously ill-defined. Thinking about why this might be >>
Emily M. Bender: In some cases, no doubt, the speaker fully believes that autonomous thinking machines are among us. (Though I said "otherwise serious people" in the prev post, so.) >>
Emily M. Bender: In other cases, I suspect that people feel like they lack the expertise to call bullshit and are repeating what they hear others say. >>
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Established AI field signal Signal 19d ago
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Student writing essays ai

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Why this matches Building & implementation reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Hypervisible , John Warner
““Writing builds our working memory, executive planning skills and metacognition — the ability to think about our thinking, weigh alternate viewpoints and revise for clarity and style. It takes decades to develop writing skills, from toddlerhood into adultho…” evidence ↗
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Hypervisible Luke Stark Christopher Mims Anna Mills Frank Pasquale Ben Williamson Charles Logan Jason Moore +3
2 experts discussed this · 6 posts
Hypervisible : “Writing builds our working memory, executive planning skills and metacognition — the ability to think about our thinking, weigh alternate viewpoints and revise for clarity and style. It takes deca…
Hypervisible : The extent to which these companies (and the people who represent them) are actively hostile to students cannot be overstated. “Students need to write well enough to have a sense of which A.I. text…
Hypervisible : This statement is so egregiously bad I wish the journalist included the original quote instead of paraphrasing.
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Primary source nytimes.com ↗
Established Compute & infrastructure Research 7d ago
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AI infrastructure sustainability Springer paper

AI Infrastructures and Sustainability

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Why this matches Building & implementation reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Dan McQuillan
“Book launch for 'AI, Infrastructures and Sustainability' on Wed 2nd; register for the livestream spui25.nl/programma/ai... with eds Anne Mollen & Fieke Jansen and authors Patrick Brodie, Gerwin van Schie & myself. The book is open access & downloadable from…” evidence ↗
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Dan McQuillan Charles Logan

“Book launch for 'AI, Infrastructures and Sustainability' on Wed 2nd; register for the livestream spui25.nl/programma/ai... with eds Anne Mollen & Fieke Jansen and authors Patrick Brodie, Gerwin van Schie & myself. The book is open access & downloadable from…”

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2 experts · 5 posts · 5d ago
Charles Logan Jane Rosenzweig
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“Apparently it’s not enough to open a location in Chicago. Now Alpha School appears to be trying to launch an Evanston location too.” evidence ↗
Charles Logan: Apparently it’s not enough to open a location in Chicago. Now Alpha School appears to be trying to launch an Evanston location too.
Jane Rosenzweig: Meanwhile over on X the Alpha School 9th grader (or parody account) is very busy.
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