Jon Ippolito
@jonippolito.net
How does tech empower and frustrate creators—writers, programmers, media makers—and how do we keep their work alive in the long run? UMaine Professor of New Media, Director of Digital Curation; former Guggenheim Curator of Media Art https://jonippolito.net
Where are AI’s scientific breakthroughs? It’s been three years since ChatGPT’s release, and still no headlines about AI discovering new particles or curing diseases. When AI does help science, it's not the kind Sam Altman and co. are shilling. www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
Where are AI’s scientific breakthroughs? It’s been three years since ChatGPT’s release, and still no headlines about AI discovering new particles or curing diseases.
The issue is becoming harder to… ...
Where are AI’s scientific breakthroughs? It’s been three years since ChatGPT’s release, and still no headlines about AI discovering new particles or curing diseases.
The issue is becoming harder to i...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Where are AI’s scientific breakthroughs? It’s been three years since ChatGPT’s release, and still no headlines about AI discovering new particles or curing diseases. When AI does help science, it's not the kind Sam Altman and co. are shilling. www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
Another Maine town just defeated a data center in its backyard. In this Women Talking 'Bout AI podcast, Joline Blais explains how her community rallied to the cause, and why AI is only a small part of the reason these are being built www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
The Trojan Horse of AI - Women talkin' 'bout AI | Jon Ippolito
Need a feel-good holiday story? How about a Maine community coming together to reject a data center in their backyard.
One of the more instructive takeaways is that the premise of AI's inevitability ...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Another Maine town just defeated a data center in its backyard. In this Women Talking 'Bout AI podcast, Joline Blais explains how her community rallied to the cause, and why AI is only a small part of the reason these are being built www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
Give yourself the gift of digital permanence by applying for a DPOE grant to pay for digital preservation training this spring.
Students who've applied it to my online DIG 550 class digitalcuration.umaine.edu say it's easy and paid for the course.
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Students who've applied it to my online DIG 550 class digitalcuration.umaine.edu say it's easy and paid for the course.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Give yourself the gift of digital permanence by applying for a DPOE grant to pay for digital preservation training this spring.
Students who've applied it to my online DIG 550 class digitalcuration.umaine.edu say it's easy and paid for the course.
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www.dpoe.network/training-opp...
Students who've applied it to my online DIG 550 class digitalcuration.umaine.edu say it's easy and paid for the course.
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www.dpoe.network/training-opp...
I just spoke to WGME CBS/Fox last night about a data center proposed for an old Maine mill. Lewiston's climate and water resources are a better fit than in the southern US, but city managers still overestimate the benefits to local economies—about 20 jobs post-construction, many remote.
December 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I just spoke to WGME CBS/Fox last night about a data center proposed for an old Maine mill. Lewiston's climate and water resources are a better fit than in the southern US, but city managers still overestimate the benefits to local economies—about 20 jobs post-construction, many remote.
You can't make this stuff up www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
You can't make this stuff up www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
We've updated the What Uses More app to reflect last week's finding by Luccioni and Gamazaychikov that "reasoning" mode increases energy and water usage by 30x. The study casts doubt on the improved efficiency AI companies are claiming for newer models www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
#ailiteracy #aiethics #ecology #environment #climate #sustainability | Jon Ippolito
We’ve updated the What Uses More app to reflect last week’s finding by Dr. Sasha Luccioni 🦋 and Boris Gamazaychikov that “reasoning” increases AI energy and water usage by 30x.
The AI Energy Score pr...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We've updated the What Uses More app to reflect last week's finding by Luccioni and Gamazaychikov that "reasoning" mode increases energy and water usage by 30x. The study casts doubt on the improved efficiency AI companies are claiming for newer models www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
Growing up, I considered becoming a medical illustrator due to its combination of scientific and artistic rigor. Neither is on display in this derivative AI image shared by a surgeon too lazy to find the real thing. www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
AI is everywhere. In general, as many other (medical) illustrators I am sure, I have feared it will one day take our jobs. Yesterday, my friend Stephanie E. sent me the image on the right. A surgeon… ...
AI is everywhere. In general, as many other (medical) illustrators I am sure, I have feared it will one day take our jobs. Yesterday, my friend Stephanie E. sent me the image on the right. A surgeon w...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Growing up, I considered becoming a medical illustrator due to its combination of scientific and artistic rigor. Neither is on display in this derivative AI image shared by a surgeon too lazy to find the real thing. www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
November is digital heritage month. Anyone needing help with a collection can register now for my spring course in preservation or apply to UMaine's all-online graduate certificate, which has been called "a national standard for the study of digital curation." digitalcuration.umaine.edu
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
November is digital heritage month. Anyone needing help with a collection can register now for my spring course in preservation or apply to UMaine's all-online graduate certificate, which has been called "a national standard for the study of digital curation." digitalcuration.umaine.edu
Every post you write is first read by a machine. Should the nature of writing change to accommodate that? I look at the pros and cons of adopting an AI-friendly grammar www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
#writing #journalism #aiineducation #ailiteracy #llm | Jon Ippolito
Who are we writing for in the age of AI?
Good writers write with readers in mind, and most assume those readers are human. As much as we might hope this is the case, however, the reality of the Inter...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Every post you write is first read by a machine. Should the nature of writing change to accommodate that? I look at the pros and cons of adopting an AI-friendly grammar www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
The What Uses More calculator was featured in Mark Cuban's October AI Bootcamp newsletter, along with Susan Ray's Carbon Footprint Chatbot. Both let students compare AI's environmental footprint to more familiar activities like Netflix or Zoom. sh1.sendinblue.com/3gmy4fvm079p...
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The What Uses More calculator was featured in Mark Cuban's October AI Bootcamp newsletter, along with Susan Ray's Carbon Footprint Chatbot. Both let students compare AI's environmental footprint to more familiar activities like Netflix or Zoom. sh1.sendinblue.com/3gmy4fvm079p...
Great news for anyone preserving a collection: DPOE grants now fund training like my online digital preservation course on everything from checksums to DNA storage. A number of my past students have landed these grants; you can apply now for my class starting Jan 20. digitalcuration.umaine.edu
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Great news for anyone preserving a collection: DPOE grants now fund training like my online digital preservation course on everything from checksums to DNA storage. A number of my past students have landed these grants; you can apply now for my class starting Jan 20. digitalcuration.umaine.edu
🗳️🇺🇸 Tomorrow (Tue 4 Nov) Mainers will decide a referendum that could shape elections for years to come, especially for older/disabled/rural/on-call workers. More at saveabsentee.me.
Please vote!
#MEpolitics
Please vote!
#MEpolitics
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🗳️🇺🇸 Tomorrow (Tue 4 Nov) Mainers will decide a referendum that could shape elections for years to come, especially for older/disabled/rural/on-call workers. More at saveabsentee.me.
Please vote!
#MEpolitics
Please vote!
#MEpolitics
Google has teased 60-second AI videos from Veo, which sounds impressive until you realize that requires not 10x, but 100x the energy of a 6-second clip. Confirmation of quadratic scaling of AI video footprint: www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp... Techradar on Veo 3.1: www.techradar.com/ai-platforms....
October 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Google has teased 60-second AI videos from Veo, which sounds impressive until you realize that requires not 10x, but 100x the energy of a 6-second clip. Confirmation of quadratic scaling of AI video footprint: www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp... Techradar on Veo 3.1: www.techradar.com/ai-platforms....
Terrifying to think the 21st century is a quarter over! Even more so if your library, archive, or museum is still stuck in the previous century.
In UMaine's online Digital Curation program, we teach the digital skills necessary to bring your collection into the 21st. digitalcuration.umaine.edu
In UMaine's online Digital Curation program, we teach the digital skills necessary to bring your collection into the 21st. digitalcuration.umaine.edu
October 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Terrifying to think the 21st century is a quarter over! Even more so if your library, archive, or museum is still stuck in the previous century.
In UMaine's online Digital Curation program, we teach the digital skills necessary to bring your collection into the 21st. digitalcuration.umaine.edu
In UMaine's online Digital Curation program, we teach the digital skills necessary to bring your collection into the 21st. digitalcuration.umaine.edu
🗳️🇺🇸 Hey, Maine! 2 weeks from tomorrow (Nov 4) you’ve got a referendum that could shape elections for years. It may be an off-year but the outcome will decide who can vote, especially for older/disabled/rural/on-call workers. Bipartisan info at ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.p...
October 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🗳️🇺🇸 Hey, Maine! 2 weeks from tomorrow (Nov 4) you’ve got a referendum that could shape elections for years. It may be an off-year but the outcome will decide who can vote, especially for older/disabled/rural/on-call workers. Bipartisan info at ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.p...
We've integrated lessons on AI's technology, ethics, and techniques into our online Digital Curation grad cert digitalcuration.umaine.edu to support jobs like this Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
HT to our Dartmouth collaborator @novomancy.bsky.social!
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HT to our Dartmouth collaborator @novomancy.bsky.social!
October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We've integrated lessons on AI's technology, ethics, and techniques into our online Digital Curation grad cert digitalcuration.umaine.edu to support jobs like this Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
HT to our Dartmouth collaborator @novomancy.bsky.social!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
HT to our Dartmouth collaborator @novomancy.bsky.social!
"The amount exceeded all US dollars in circulation and surpassed the entire cryptocurrency market combined"
Nothing to see here, move along
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Nothing to see here, move along
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Paxos Mistakenly Issues $300 Trillion of PayPal Stablecoin, Exceeding Global Currency Supply - Slashdot
Paxos mistakenly minted $300 trillion of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin on Wednesday during an internal transfer. Within minutes, the company identified the error and burned the excess tokens. The transact...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"The amount exceeded all US dollars in circulation and surpassed the entire cryptocurrency market combined"
Nothing to see here, move along
news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/...
Nothing to see here, move along
news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/...
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Following a student mispronunciation yesterday, I'll be referring to all LLM output as the Ship of Thesis going forward. Thank you for your time.
October 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Following a student mispronunciation yesterday, I'll be referring to all LLM output as the Ship of Thesis going forward. Thank you for your time.
Funny how the same tech moguls who side with politicians dismantling government in the name of efficiency happen to make their money off of the most top-heavy, bloated software around (*cough* PeopleSoft)
Good introduction to Larry Ellison here, covers the essential questions about CBS News + Tik Tok (and maybe CNN).
We don't know what he'll do yet, but his vision of the future is a bit scary.
(I'm quoted)
We don't know what he'll do yet, but his vision of the future is a bit scary.
(I'm quoted)
lol former Oracle exec: "I remember earlier in my career when I told people I was working for Oracle they would say, ‘Oh you mean the toothbrush company,' and I would say, 'not Oral B, Oracle'
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October 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Funny how the same tech moguls who side with politicians dismantling government in the name of efficiency happen to make their money off of the most top-heavy, bloated software around (*cough* PeopleSoft)
The surge in watermark removers within days of Sora 2’s release reminds us that most AI detection is just security theater at this point. www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
#sora #aiethics #aivideo #ailiteracy #deepfakes #openai #cybersecurity | Jon Ippolito
The surge in watermark removers within days of Sora 2’s release reminds us that most AI detection is just security theater at this point.
Detection advocates will counter that sure, visible marks lik...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The surge in watermark removers within days of Sora 2’s release reminds us that most AI detection is just security theater at this point. www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
This week we lost avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs, whose flickering experiments with film and light reinforced the lesson of variable media preservation: we keep things alive by keeping them moving. blog.still-water.net/ken-jacobs-a...
October 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This week we lost avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs, whose flickering experiments with film and light reinforced the lesson of variable media preservation: we keep things alive by keeping them moving. blog.still-water.net/ken-jacobs-a...
Did you know that the Learning With AI toolkit has a speakers bureau for AI and education? Filter for expertise like "agents + administration" or "data + bias," then click on presenters to watch recordings that demonstrate their presentation styles learnwithai.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Did you know that the Learning With AI toolkit has a speakers bureau for AI and education? Filter for expertise like "agents + administration" or "data + bias," then click on presenters to watch recordings that demonstrate their presentation styles learnwithai.org
We offer rolling admission for our online grad certificate in Digital Curation, so you can apply any time. Our spring 2026 courses will cover #DigitalPreservation #DigitalStorage #Metadata #Migration #Emulation #DigitalForensics #WebArchiving and more digitalcuration.umaine.edu
October 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We offer rolling admission for our online grad certificate in Digital Curation, so you can apply any time. Our spring 2026 courses will cover #DigitalPreservation #DigitalStorage #Metadata #Migration #Emulation #DigitalForensics #WebArchiving and more digitalcuration.umaine.edu
Will AI in the classroom mean students asking ChatGPT for help with algebra homework, or strapping on a headband that streams their brainwaves to teachers and parents? In China, teachers are already policing attention with the latter www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
#edtech #k12 #instructionaldesign #aiethics #aiineducation #privacy #surveillance | Jon Ippolito
Will AI-powered education mean asking ChatGPT for help with algebra homework—or strapping on a headband that streams your brainwaves to teachers and parents?
In China, the latter is already here. At ...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Will AI in the classroom mean students asking ChatGPT for help with algebra homework, or strapping on a headband that streams their brainwaves to teachers and parents? In China, teachers are already policing attention with the latter www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
A new finding demonstrates the brutal carbon math of AI video: a 6-second clip can burn 4x the energy of a 3-second one. I’ve updated the What Uses More digital footprint calculator to show why “just a bit longer” gets disproportionately expensive. www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...
#aiethics #aivideo #aiineducation #ailiteracy #llm #environment #climate | Jon Ippolito
I've updated the What Uses More calculator with new research this week that makes the environmental footprint of AI video potentially far higher than I thought.
On Tuesday Julien Delavande, Régis Pie...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A new finding demonstrates the brutal carbon math of AI video: a 6-second clip can burn 4x the energy of a 3-second one. I’ve updated the What Uses More digital footprint calculator to show why “just a bit longer” gets disproportionately expensive. www.linkedin.com/posts/jonipp...