Alzbeta Hajkova
@alzbetahajkova.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of philosophy. Technological politics, technology and gender, pedagogy of philosophy of technology. From Slovakia, in Atlanta. she/her. Views expressed are my own.
“Chimpanzini Bananini: Phenomenology of Italian Brainrot” is my next paper
September 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
“Chimpanzini Bananini: Phenomenology of Italian Brainrot” is my next paper
My cats eeking and trilling
Croissant and chai from Little Tart
Watching bad shows in bed
Picking a thrifted outfit
Husband laughing at my joke
Croissant and chai from Little Tart
Watching bad shows in bed
Picking a thrifted outfit
Husband laughing at my joke
battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
the bus
toddler giggles
opening the mailbox
very cold very bubbly water
found poetry
the bus
toddler giggles
opening the mailbox
very cold very bubbly water
found poetry
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Cold side of a pillow
2. Autumn in New York City, sweater-weather temperature
3. Crocs (the shoe, not the reptile)
4. Finding stuff after thinking you lost it
5. Cats
1. Cold side of a pillow
2. Autumn in New York City, sweater-weather temperature
3. Crocs (the shoe, not the reptile)
4. Finding stuff after thinking you lost it
5. Cats
September 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
My cats eeking and trilling
Croissant and chai from Little Tart
Watching bad shows in bed
Picking a thrifted outfit
Husband laughing at my joke
Croissant and chai from Little Tart
Watching bad shows in bed
Picking a thrifted outfit
Husband laughing at my joke
How did the scam that prompting AI is some sophisticated skill (and hence we need to teach it to our students) start?
First of all, prompting is not hard at all. Second, even if it was, someone with basic analytical skills would be able to easily translate them to that domain.
First of all, prompting is not hard at all. Second, even if it was, someone with basic analytical skills would be able to easily translate them to that domain.
September 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How did the scam that prompting AI is some sophisticated skill (and hence we need to teach it to our students) start?
First of all, prompting is not hard at all. Second, even if it was, someone with basic analytical skills would be able to easily translate them to that domain.
First of all, prompting is not hard at all. Second, even if it was, someone with basic analytical skills would be able to easily translate them to that domain.
Reposted by Alzbeta Hajkova
AI company CEOs say they want to solve humanity’s hardest problems, and then are like ‘try our micro blueberry model to generate images of yourself as anime lol, by the way it’s $20/month’
September 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
AI company CEOs say they want to solve humanity’s hardest problems, and then are like ‘try our micro blueberry model to generate images of yourself as anime lol, by the way it’s $20/month’
We now have two cats, Lola and Mina. And a third one on the wall.
September 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We now have two cats, Lola and Mina. And a third one on the wall.
Just donated. Solidarity!
I overlapped with the instructor, Melissa, as grad students in Notre Dame's English department. One of her former ND colleagues has started a GoFundMe for her: gofund.me/3f5b12078
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September 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Just donated. Solidarity!
This is too real. As a conditional green card holder, one malicious person could practically destroy the 10 years of life I devoted to US academia.
Since ppl love campus anecdotes so much, here's one: I have colleagues who give students they know to be MAGA an A (in one case I'm aware of overlooking clear AI use), because the colleague is on a Green Card or H1B, and they know: one complaint like at Texas A&M, and they're on a flight home. (1/3)
September 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is too real. As a conditional green card holder, one malicious person could practically destroy the 10 years of life I devoted to US academia.
Thank you @olivia.science and others for so fiercely articulating what we all think!
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Thank you @olivia.science and others for so fiercely articulating what we all think!
Reposted by Alzbeta Hajkova
The 2025 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey of 4,000 professors in 12 states has revealed the significant impact of political attacks on faculty work and recruitment. The findings show a widespread climate of fear & ongoing desire by some to leave the region for other jobs. 1/x
a man in a suit and tie says we did a survey on his face
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says we did a survey on his face
media.tenor.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The 2025 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey of 4,000 professors in 12 states has revealed the significant impact of political attacks on faculty work and recruitment. The findings show a widespread climate of fear & ongoing desire by some to leave the region for other jobs. 1/x
People are mad at the Wuthering Heights trailer being too sexual and have we read the same book because to me it’s one of the horniest books ever!
September 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
People are mad at the Wuthering Heights trailer being too sexual and have we read the same book because to me it’s one of the horniest books ever!
Viral Labubu Dubai Chocolate Coffee
August 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Viral Labubu Dubai Chocolate Coffee
An ice breaker I made for my Phil of AI class
August 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
An ice breaker I made for my Phil of AI class
I remember filing out the survey for this important paper! Unsurprisingly, my personal experience with challenges seems to be a part of a larger trend
philarchive.org/rec/PETECO
philarchive.org/rec/PETECO
August 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I remember filing out the survey for this important paper! Unsurprisingly, my personal experience with challenges seems to be a part of a larger trend
philarchive.org/rec/PETECO
philarchive.org/rec/PETECO
The 4 trees that AI previously killed
August 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The 4 trees that AI previously killed
I’m so over the elements in every single app getting rounder and rounder. You’re inviting enough, you don’t have to turn every button into a circle.
August 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I’m so over the elements in every single app getting rounder and rounder. You’re inviting enough, you don’t have to turn every button into a circle.
Imagine if universities reacted to the metaverse grift the same way they approach the AI grift: “We have the responsibility to equip our students with the ability to navigate Horizon Worlds with no legs.”
August 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Imagine if universities reacted to the metaverse grift the same way they approach the AI grift: “We have the responsibility to equip our students with the ability to navigate Horizon Worlds with no legs.”
Labubus? LaBuySomethingUseful instead
July 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Labubus? LaBuySomethingUseful instead
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" yeah well I asked the chickens and lost the battle against the Carthaginians
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" yeah well I asked my friend Joe, I asked my friend Jake, they said it was fhqwhgads
“I asked ChatGPT” “I asked Grok” well I asked Harley Cameron and then she pulled out a puppet of me and the puppet asked my question back in a mocking tone
July 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" yeah well I asked the chickens and lost the battle against the Carthaginians
Reposted by Alzbeta Hajkova
Day 3 of the Summer Institute begins!
“Academic freedom is a job condition, not a privilege…this is a matter of democratic education.”
—Rana Jaleel, Chair of AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure, Morning Plenary “Protecting Academic Freedom: How to Build an Effective Issue Campaign.”
“Academic freedom is a job condition, not a privilege…this is a matter of democratic education.”
—Rana Jaleel, Chair of AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure, Morning Plenary “Protecting Academic Freedom: How to Build an Effective Issue Campaign.”
July 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Day 3 of the Summer Institute begins!
“Academic freedom is a job condition, not a privilege…this is a matter of democratic education.”
—Rana Jaleel, Chair of AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure, Morning Plenary “Protecting Academic Freedom: How to Build an Effective Issue Campaign.”
“Academic freedom is a job condition, not a privilege…this is a matter of democratic education.”
—Rana Jaleel, Chair of AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure, Morning Plenary “Protecting Academic Freedom: How to Build an Effective Issue Campaign.”
Reposted by Alzbeta Hajkova
“He was never a big factor in terms of life” is like if Trump wrote the epilogue to BARRY LYNDON
July 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“He was never a big factor in terms of life” is like if Trump wrote the epilogue to BARRY LYNDON
Wonderful presentation by @hellobrittparis.bsky.social on AI in higher ed @aaup.org Summer Institute. AI in higher ed is NOT inevitable.
July 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Wonderful presentation by @hellobrittparis.bsky.social on AI in higher ed @aaup.org Summer Institute. AI in higher ed is NOT inevitable.
Being here is the kind of morale boost that I need right now. Solidarity!
Hundreds of higher ed workers have gathered at Morehouse and Spelman College for the AAUP and @afthighered.bsky.social Summer Institute! Here, members discuss organizing skills that will protect students and our campuses ✊🏻
July 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Being here is the kind of morale boost that I need right now. Solidarity!
If I hear “AI is a tool” one more time…
July 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
If I hear “AI is a tool” one more time…
Haven’t been skeeting much because being offline more helps me during these end times. Here’s my morning backyard walk with Mina!
July 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Haven’t been skeeting much because being offline more helps me during these end times. Here’s my morning backyard walk with Mina!
Calling with my 80 year old Slovak grandpa: “…and tell that Trump to go to hell!”
July 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Calling with my 80 year old Slovak grandpa: “…and tell that Trump to go to hell!”