It’s easy (more easy than accurate) to dismiss academic critics of generative AI as uninformed or emotive, which is often anyway code for “moralizing.” But it’s remarkable how much gen AI boosterism requires feigning ignorance that theft and impersonation are widely seen as wrong, for good reasons.
The U.S. Development Finance Corp., part of the federal government, was tasked with implementing the $20 billion plan, an "America First"-style insurance program, led by American insurers. This U.S.-centric idea ran counter to the market realities, according to industry executives. Maritime war risks policies are sold mostly out of Lloyd's of London, with foreign insurers covering foreign ships and cargo. "There's a whole ecosystem around war risks," said David Smith, head of marine with broker McGill and Partners. "It's very rare that U.S. insurers position themselves anywhere near that particular ecosystem."
Also this is hilarious from London “we have been doing this since the Seven Years War, sit down”
Great new book series! I'm also on the editorial board along with some great people, so send me an email/DM/whatever if you're curious or reach out to Jeroen. #lateantiquity
Greatest honour of my career so far. As founding editor I'm proud to announce @edinburghup.bsky.social Studies in Late Roman History. The world's first book series exclusively dedicated to the core domain of Late Antiquity. Like to discuss proposals or manuscripts? Reach out!
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I am on the advisory board for this exciting, newly launched series. Please be reassured that we are also interested in works that deal with archaeology and the world beyond the Roman frontiers (in so far as they relate to the world within them, of course).
Now we know why we’re asked to prove we’re human more and more frequently when accessing online resources. Hidden costs of AI.
Keir Starmer has said his government has no plans to overturn the outcomes of the First Council of Nicaea, despite recent estimates suggesting a consubstantial understanding of the nature of Christ has cost Britain some £1 trn in GDP since 325 AD. “That ship has sailed”, the Prime Minister insisted.
How did ancient slavery function outside the shadow of the Atlantic trade?
Do not miss this upcoming #JCMM lecture with Noel Lenski!
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1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? * Yes * No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)
My employer asks me to complete a survey on AI usage for which this is the first question (required):
It seems that the BL are slowly starting to get back on their feet.
Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit?
They look so cool!
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
Strategy is fundamentally all about developing a sophisticated theory of the mind of one’s opponent.
With MAGA’s Iran Adventure, guess we’re going to see what a modern war almost totally devoid of anything we’d call “strategy” looks like.
“MAGA’s fundamental shared quality is a total lack of theory of mind for other people” is a theory that keeps getting validated by reality - look at almost every decision they’ve made in the war with Iran, and how they seem constantly surprised by the unanticipated actions of other parties.
And no it wasn’t Labour Party related (though I did once also have dinner with Jeremy Corbyn)
I was once at a private event presided over by Gordon Brown.
Slide that demonstrates that mental models suffer when an archaeologist just uses photogrammetry. The slide text says: Model of mental model creation during photogrammetry Relatively little interaction with complex mental processes that are key to interpretation in archaeology
Teaching Fieldwork & Digital Recording in our special topics module today. I'm still forever salty that one of the reviewers made us take this figure demonstrating the failings of photogrammetry for the creation of mental models out of our Aide Memoire paper. 🏺
💥New | The popularity of “new antiquarianism” challenges how we understand research impact
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Reminds me of our conversation about the respective strengths and faults of 19th century scholars last week.
Updated:
There it is. Blew up a school. Claude Code at work.
Matt Goodwin, a man so personally repellant he reversed the creeping wave of fascism sweeping the globe.
Nominative determinism dealt another fatal blow with Matt Goodwin's spectacular crash-out in Manchester Gorton.
I’ve spoken in more mundane rooms than this before, I’ll grant you.
LLM-generated text not only can’t evaluate the real-world truth of a claim, but its existence makes it way harder for any of us humans to do that evaluation, because the ratio of text that accurately describes the real world as observed by humans to text that doesn’t is shifting rapidly.
Chat, is it bad when one tech dude having a modicum of a conscience is the only thing hindering the plans of the worst people in the world to use hallucinatory robots to automate crimes against humanity?
I had thought that the first two days of the HistoGenes wrap up conference had a fancy venue in the Natural History museum, but the Festsaal of the ÖAW shows that one should never underestimate Vienna’s capacity to deliver on baroque grandeur.
Classic meme of grumpy Pakistan fan
I, from Yorkshire, very reluctantly agreeing that, just this once, I gotta hand it to the Mancunians.
Nobody here needs to be told that Reform's claims of cheating are utterly absurd but it's worth noting that the anti-Reform vote was so large that even if the Greens and Labour had split it 50/50 Reform would still have lost — in fact they would have come third. They only value democracy if they win
Reform's 'policies' are wall-to-wall reinforcement of the beliefs of their little sect, but of course it's only a bad thing when you're losing, isn't it?
