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But teaching a first-year seminar this past semester really opened my eyes to just how toxic it's already been for younger students. I'm not some knee-jerk tech skeptic and I didn't hold this view 12 months ago. But now? I'm raising the alarm.
I'm not sure how archives that are researched based on translations the researcher can't verify is better? The chances of errors coming in that don't get double-checked for ages are huge, and this approach will only further disincentivize learning necessary skills—training, not tech for this.
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This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
Every day I draw closer to actually planning what was initially a joke of an idea — a private conference where people who feel absolutely insane in our regular life for not believing robots will save us from our ogliarchs can just get together and latent to be normal for 36 hours. Over drinks.
Ed tech has been snake oil from the start, designed to dilute expertise, cheapen relations between teacher and student, and line the pockets of people who have absolutely no interest in—and no useful contributions to offer to—education.
One of the best descriptions of AI I’ve seen.
Also can’t do basic tasks for a job
I swear to god, I don't think my students could sign up for a Target rewards membership without AI. It's WILD how bad this is. They can't read. They can't write. They think listing a bunch of facts is the same as critical thinking. And they truly have NO idea why they're getting Cs and Ds.
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- Abraham Lincoln,
The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions:
Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois
January 27, 1838
“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”
“Never!--All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years…”
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Federal funding cuts by the executive branch in education will affect significantly Indigenous education, and quite likely violate treaty guarantees and the Constitution.
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Sorry to hear this Scott. ❤️
Ditto NASCAR
Clemson is hiring a Geography lecturer. The successful candidate will have broad training in physical geography and proficiency in geospatial technologies: www.higheredjobs.com/state/detail...
