I enjoyed the conference very much - had great feedback and a chance to talk to brilliant people who engage in interesting research projects. My deepest gratitude goes to all involved, particularly the organisers. It really was a wonderful conference! #MSIA

On 26 June, I will read a paper in MSIA 4 (Ewha Womans University, Seoul). Suzanne Césaire and Ali Smith coincidentally adopt the botanical tropes, but what do they tell about botanical and human migrations? #MSIA #AliSmith
www.modernismasia.hku.hk/items/modern...

On Saturday 14 June, I’m going to read a paper on Leila Aboulela and Japanese academia in LiberLit 12 (Nihon University, Tokyo). #Liberlit #LeilaAboulela

Professor Jim McKinley’s talk on generative AI and the EFL classroom on Tue 13 May. GenAI may aggravate the biases inherent to the dataset it is trained on and establish ‘natural’ usage as pre-discursive and politically neutral. Let’s see what a TEFL expert has to say about this. #AI #GenAI #EFL

もとい、よく見ると結構細かいところがおかしかった。テキストを読み込ませるくらいの努力をしなければ、いまのところ自分で読むほうが安全ということでひとまず安心。時間があったら、他の作品でも試してみるか。

いま実験してみたら、ChatGPTは『ハリポタ』に関する質問についてはほとんど正解でした。1年生向けの授業でこれ以上問題を難しくするのも、採点基準を上げるのも難しい。困った……。