Andrew Armstrong
@andrew-armstrong.bsky.social
University of Nottingham server admin, member of Senate and Council and UCU branch committee member. Dabbles in Lego, modding videogames and crafty stuff.
Good stuff inews.co.uk/news/every-u...
Every UK national newspaper prints identical front page
Journalists and music industry urge Labour to abandon plan to water down copyright laws for AI firms, amid threat to £126bn creative industries
inews.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Good stuff inews.co.uk/news/every-u...
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Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place
advait.org/files/lee_20...
advait.org/files/lee_20...
advait.org
February 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place
advait.org/files/lee_20...
advait.org/files/lee_20...
Been 10 years but I do love this, read it to my wife as a bedtime story. She was bemused! www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-...
L.P.D.: Libertarian Police Department
I was shooting heroin and reading “The Fountainhead” in the front seat of my privately owned police cruiser when a call came in.
www.newyorker.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Been 10 years but I do love this, read it to my wife as a bedtime story. She was bemused! www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-...
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Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
1/10
Happy new year! 2025 will be challenging but I hope to post more social things as I go along.
January 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Happy new year! 2025 will be challenging but I hope to post more social things as I go along.
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Merry Christmas all! 🎄
December 25, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Merry Christmas all! 🎄
Interesting article on the use of genAI in Universities. The poor teacher to student ratio, ways of teaching and assessment and poor methods to tackle genAI (or policies around it) are clear. COVID mixed with the rise of genAI means it's not been an organic rise
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis
More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports ...
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Interesting article on the use of genAI in Universities. The poor teacher to student ratio, ways of teaching and assessment and poor methods to tackle genAI (or policies around it) are clear. COVID mixed with the rise of genAI means it's not been an organic rise
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
A great obituary from Howard, Lopa and Aoife. Agnes was an amazing @ucu.org.uk branch chair and national delegate and active across APM and in areas I was fighting. I am now APM officer and miss her advice and help, she would have been on UoN Senate for sure.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Agnes Flues obituary
Other lives: Branch president of the University and College Union (UCU) at Nottingham University
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:05 PM
A great obituary from Howard, Lopa and Aoife. Agnes was an amazing @ucu.org.uk branch chair and national delegate and active across APM and in areas I was fighting. I am now APM officer and miss her advice and help, she would have been on UoN Senate for sure.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starting on Bluesky! I'm busy doing my job at University of Nottingham, including being elected to Senate and Council, committee member of the UoN UCU branch, and Labour Party member in Gedling. I make Lego and mod video games in my spare time.
November 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Starting on Bluesky! I'm busy doing my job at University of Nottingham, including being elected to Senate and Council, committee member of the UoN UCU branch, and Labour Party member in Gedling. I make Lego and mod video games in my spare time.