My classes are generally small enough that I have time to get to know each student's writing. When a student who confuses "bias" and "biased" in a hand-written response later that day sends me an email later that day that uses "whom" and "betwixt," I notice. I can't prove a student is abusing AI, but I can certainly assess their ability to apply what they have learned through their writing process, and I weigh that process much more heavily than I did last year.

The researchers gave several leading AI agents a range of simulated freelance work and found that even the best could perform less than 3 percent of the work, earning $1,810 out of a possible $143,991. [...] Spectacular AI advances have led to speculation about AI soon surpassing human intelligence and replacing vast numbers of workers. In March, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, suggested that 90 percent of coding work…

I can't stand Pinterest. I hate when Google sends me there, because Pinterest isn't a source, it's just a way to collect images from sources. I don't want to interact with Pinterest, I want the images. For years I used a Chrome plugin called "Unpinterested," which filters out the Pinterest results. Just now, I was stunned to learn that Jupiter isn't a "gas giant" -- it's mostly liquid hydrogen.

AI does not think. It computes! Nobody thinks Google or their iPhone thinks, or is intelligent. Pseudo-intelligence would be a better term for AI.

The sparse facts about Shakespeare's family are far outnumbered by the questions they raise. Records show that in 1582 William Shakespeare, then 18, married 26-year-old Anne Hathaway, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna. Three years later, their twins were born, called Judith and Hamnet, a name that at the time was interchangeable with Hamlet. In 1596, when he was just 11, Hamnet died.

Madeline Cash reflects on her boomer mother's use of ellipses. When I texted to thank her, she responded, ‘Enjoy . . .’ Why not Enjoy period or Enjoy exclamation point? Did she resent the gift? Are the treats poisoned? There’s an extensive online discourse on the Baby Boomer generation’s penchant for ellipses. ‘OK . . .’ ‘Thanks . . .’ ‘See you next week .

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 3, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Prince Andrew has lost all of his royal titles, including “Prince,” in an unprecedented move by King Charles He will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and has been ordered to surrender his lease at Royal Lodge The move comes amid renewed scrutiny of Prince Andrew’s ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and ongoing controversy surrounding past allegations…

Amazon announced Tuesday that it will cut roughly 14,000 corporate jobs, or about 4% of its white-collar workforce, as part of a restructuring meant to “reduce bureaucracy” and “remove organizational layers,” according to a memo. In the memo, Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people experience at Amazon, said the cuts are designed to make the company leaner and more agile as it expands its investments in generative AI. In plain terms, it’s a bet that algorithms can handle many of the coordination, reporting, and decision-making functions once reserved for human managers. --Fortune

For a medieval project, I wanted a wood pile, but I didn't want to have to stack the individual wedges manually. I'm experienced enough with Blender 3D that it only took me a few minutes to get this simulation running -- but as this video clip attests, I need to adjust a few parameters.

In The Quiet Ear, Raymond Antrobus writes that, alongside the primary definition of “sound”, which refers to the sensation of hearing, comes an altogether different meaning: “to arrive somewhere ‘safe and sound’ is to be settled; to be ‘sound’ is to be thorough, well-balanced, well-adjusted”. So what does that make someone who doesn’t hear all sounds? [...] He would often get into trouble at school because he would miss parts of teachers’ instructions.