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A.I. Frei
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Sociologist • critical researcher in edTech • what the hell is going on here • PhD candidate
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mikedrucker.bsky.social
Wait but people online keep telling me that this is a miracle technology that must be embraced immediately and criticizing it is ableist doomerism
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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republik.ch
🧘 Wir möchten, dass Sie sich in diesen chaotischen Zeiten zurechtfinden können. Denn nur wer gut informiert ist, kann auch sinnvolle Entscheidungen treffen.
Darum gibt es die Republik aktuell zum Einstiegspreis für 1 Franken. Jederzeit kündbar.
🔗 vist.ly/47mus
September 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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bcmerchant.bsky.social
With students heading back to the classroom, a group of cognitive scientists and AI researchers has published one of the most forceful and evidence-backed calls yet to reject the "uncritical adoption of AI" in academia:
Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI in academia
A new paper calls on academia to repel rampant AI in university departments and classrooms.
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September 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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cfiesler.bsky.social
My video about how LLMs are not search engines has led to many, MANY comments telling me that I should be using Perplexity. Some insisting that Perplexity does not hallucinate.

Out of a list of 26 papers it just provided me (in "Research" mode) 4 were real. FOUR. 85% hallucination rate.
August 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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bildoperationen.bsky.social
Attractive job offer at the University of Zurich:

Lecturer Teaching position in Digital Methods for the Study of Visual Cultural Data, 100%, permanent position

Please share widely!

#DigitalHumanitie #JobAlert

jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
UZH: Lecturer Teaching
The Art History Department (Program Directorate) in collaboration of the departments of Film Studies, Archaeology, Media and Communication, and Educational Sciences of the University of Zurich is seek...
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July 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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paulita.bsky.social
ich habe eine gute (PostDoc-)Stelle zu vergeben
100 % E13, zunächst 1 Jahr, ziemlich sicher aber sehr viel länger
ab 1.12.2025
Soziologie & Gender Studies
deadline: 15.09.2025

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Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (m/w/d)
job-portal.lmu.de
August 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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abeba.bsky.social
Big tech is here to derail and destroy education

GenAI is a problem and not a solution to anything
hypervisible.blacksky.app Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Jun 15
“Technology companies appear to be targeting students as a key demographic for AI tools. Google offers university students a free upgrade of its Gemini tool for 15 months, and OpenAI offers discounts to college students in the US and Canada.”
Revealed: Thousands of UK university students caught cheating using AI
Guardian investigation finds almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating – and experts says these are tip of the iceberg
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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honeypisquared.bsky.social
We found that AI tools - both general like #ChatGPT and research-specific like #Elicit - lack the reliability, relevancy and accuracy to summarise research for teachers. This is important because we have been sold the idea that AI will make research more accessible.
honeypisquared.bsky.social Dr Lucy Rycroft-Smith @honeypisquared.bsky.social · Jun 9
I am delighted to announce that my new paper with @darrenmacey.bsky.social is now published, entitled 'All sizzle, no steak: AI tools are not able to act as credible knowledge brokers by summarising evidence in mathematics education'

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A picture of the title and abstract of the research paper: All sizzle, no steak: AI tools are not able to act as credible knowledge brokers by summarising evidence in mathematics education Lucy Rycroft-Smith, Darren Macey University of Cambridge Current discourse around AI (artificial intelligence) tools suggest they can offer users quick access to research evidence, with the goal of improving our practice and policies in mathematics education. However, recent evaluations suggest that AI often falls short of human capabilities in accurately summarising complex information, raising questions about trust, credibility, and reliability. In this paper, we investigate whether AI tools are able to successfully perform the educational knowledge brokering function of finding, selecting, and summarising research with implications for practitioners. In particular, we ask if AI tools are able to find research papers that actually exist (accuracy), are relevant to the question (relevancy) and are able to interpret findings into useful, actionable implications for practitioners (applicability). We find that generally they are not, and even when they are, they do so in a way that is so inconsistent as to be a serious threat to credibility. Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI; knowledge brokering; large language models; mathematics education
June 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:

www.404media.co/teachers-are...
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
www.404media.co
June 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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waitmanwbeorn.com
Another reason to throw Academia.edu in the dumpster.
marilupapandreou.bsky.social Marilù Papandreou @marilupapandreou.bsky.social · Jun 1
The question is “why?” but the answer is “time to leave”.
June 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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abeba.bsky.social
are there any recent (past year) articles/reports about how 'no tech' has become a selling point for schools in silicon valley/tech elite circles?
May 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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danhf.bsky.social
I still can't believe that universities are also falling for this scam.
January 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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benpatrickwill.bsky.social
New call for papers for a special issue on the political economy of edtech

"A focus on edtech as industry allows us to reveal and interrogate the political economy and belief systems that underpins the everyday operation of technology in and for education" think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
How edtech is made: Researching an evolving industry-education complex
think.taylorandfrancis.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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danmcquillan.bsky.social
Such a refreshing 'no bullshit' perspective on AI Ed Tech from Adrienne Williams in this ep of Mystery AI Hype Theater. Compassion for the real life difficulties of kids and a righteous anger at interfering billionaires and their shoddy technologies 💪 peertube.dair-institute.org/w/kBKnqzWED5...
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 45 - Billionaires, Influencers, and Ed Tech (feat. Adrienne Williams)
From Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, billionaires with no education expertise keep using their big names and big dollars to hype LLMs for classrooms. Promising ‘comprehensive AI tutors', or just ‘ed...
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December 2, 2024 at 10:18 AM
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benpatrickwill.bsky.social
Researchers working in critical edtech studies - just over 2 weeks to send proposals for our conference in Zurich next June. Help build a community of critical edtech research. Especially hope it appeals to doctoral and early career researchers www.de.ed.ac.uk/news/call-ab...
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November 28, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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emilymbender.bsky.social
No, ChatGPT won't help in the classroom, won't save teachers time, and doesn't represent a set of skills students need to learn.

On OpenAI's latest nonsense:

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ChatGPT Has No Place in the Classroom
By Emily On November 20, 2024, OpenAI and an outfit called "Common Sense Media" released a guide to using ChatGPT in K-12 education—a guide which shows a...
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November 22, 2024 at 2:14 PM