Adam Beauchamp
@delayedcajun.bsky.social
Librarian. Historian. Gulf Coaster.
Head of Research & Instruction at Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans.
Head of Research & Instruction at Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans.
Reposted by Adam Beauchamp
Universities: investing millions so students ”develop literacy in the language of AI”
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
December 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Universities: investing millions so students ”develop literacy in the language of AI”
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
Reposted by Adam Beauchamp
To use it like this is to teach children that a statistical composite is better than their own imagination.
It is morally wrong on that basis alone, before you even get to all the harm required to produce it
It is morally wrong on that basis alone, before you even get to all the harm required to produce it
October 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
To use it like this is to teach children that a statistical composite is better than their own imagination.
It is morally wrong on that basis alone, before you even get to all the harm required to produce it
It is morally wrong on that basis alone, before you even get to all the harm required to produce it
Reposted by Adam Beauchamp
Yes, literacy is important -- but literacy means more than "how to use X". It also includes understanding what X (here, LLMs) is and when NOT to use them.
Synthetic text that reads as authoritative but for which no one is accountable is poison to the information ecosystem.
Synthetic text that reads as authoritative but for which no one is accountable is poison to the information ecosystem.
September 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Yes, literacy is important -- but literacy means more than "how to use X". It also includes understanding what X (here, LLMs) is and when NOT to use them.
Synthetic text that reads as authoritative but for which no one is accountable is poison to the information ecosystem.
Synthetic text that reads as authoritative but for which no one is accountable is poison to the information ecosystem.
And there’s a song! youtu.be/jNz_xl86Jlc
Jimmy C. Newman - "Lâche pas la patate" (avec paroles)
YouTube video by LeQuebecDautrefois
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May 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
And there’s a song! youtu.be/jNz_xl86Jlc