Jon Jackson
@iamjonjackson.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer & Programme Director at qmul.ac.uk; Visiting Research Fellow at bnu.ac.uk; SpongeBob fan; I also like coffee gimme coffee 😬
Higher Education | Degree Apprenticeships | Software Engineering | AI Ethics | LLMs
linkedin.com/in/iamjonjackson
Higher Education | Degree Apprenticeships | Software Engineering | AI Ethics | LLMs
linkedin.com/in/iamjonjackson
Being an academic means sitting on a train at 8am and suddenly wondering if you can pull in citation counts to @zotero.org 🤓
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Being an academic means sitting on a train at 8am and suddenly wondering if you can pull in citation counts to @zotero.org 🤓
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Cloudflare down 😬
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Cloudflare down 😬
#DigiTechFest25 was awesome 🎉
Huge thanks to our guest speakers and those apprentices who had their work showcased 👏
Huge thanks to our guest speakers and those apprentices who had their work showcased 👏
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#DigiTechFest25 was awesome 🎉
Huge thanks to our guest speakers and those apprentices who had their work showcased 👏
Huge thanks to our guest speakers and those apprentices who had their work showcased 👏
Today is #DigiTechFest25 at @qmul.bsky.social for our Digital and Technology Solutions degree apprentices.
On the agenda:
- Guest speakers and Q&As
- Apprentice video showcase
- Competition Awards
First time we're running this, and I am super excited for it!
#degreeapprenticeships
On the agenda:
- Guest speakers and Q&As
- Apprentice video showcase
- Competition Awards
First time we're running this, and I am super excited for it!
#degreeapprenticeships
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Today is #DigiTechFest25 at @qmul.bsky.social for our Digital and Technology Solutions degree apprentices.
On the agenda:
- Guest speakers and Q&As
- Apprentice video showcase
- Competition Awards
First time we're running this, and I am super excited for it!
#degreeapprenticeships
On the agenda:
- Guest speakers and Q&As
- Apprentice video showcase
- Competition Awards
First time we're running this, and I am super excited for it!
#degreeapprenticeships
If you use GenAI for your news, you’re more than likely spoon feeding yourself misinformation 👍
GenAI does not fail gracefully. It fails and obfuscates.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
GenAI does not fail gracefully. It fails and obfuscates.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If you use GenAI for your news, you’re more than likely spoon feeding yourself misinformation 👍
GenAI does not fail gracefully. It fails and obfuscates.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
GenAI does not fail gracefully. It fails and obfuscates.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Reposted by Jon Jackson
For good, ill, neutral, or mixed, "Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground: Spurred by titans like Amazon and OpenAI, California State wants to become the nation’s 'largest A.I.-empowered' university..." 🤓 NY Times unlocked article: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t... #AIinEducation #CalState
Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
For good, ill, neutral, or mixed, "Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground: Spurred by titans like Amazon and OpenAI, California State wants to become the nation’s 'largest A.I.-empowered' university..." 🤓 NY Times unlocked article: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/t... #AIinEducation #CalState
October 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Reposted by Jon Jackson
Absolute pure chef's kiss. A company called Ugmonk have invented pieces of paper to make notes on as a way to stay offline. One of them is a ring-binder notebook ugmonk.com/en-gb/collec...
October 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Absolute pure chef's kiss. A company called Ugmonk have invented pieces of paper to make notes on as a way to stay offline. One of them is a ring-binder notebook ugmonk.com/en-gb/collec...
Feeling spicy over on LinkedIn 👀
Gotta love the pseudo-educator AI hypester grift
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Gotta love the pseudo-educator AI hypester grift
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
October 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Feeling spicy over on LinkedIn 👀
Gotta love the pseudo-educator AI hypester grift
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Gotta love the pseudo-educator AI hypester grift
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Passive aggressive possibly-human-maybe-a-bot support agent.
Air quotes… “your query” 😝
Air quotes… “your query” 😝
October 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Passive aggressive possibly-human-maybe-a-bot support agent.
Air quotes… “your query” 😝
Air quotes… “your query” 😝
Spice up your Entity Relationship Diagrams with GenAI 👌
The bizarre typos are delicious and I particularly like the psychopathic relationship cardinalities.
Also, customers aren’t people, ok? #GenAI says so.
I’m going to have so much fun with this and my students 🤓
#SoftwareEngineering #AI
The bizarre typos are delicious and I particularly like the psychopathic relationship cardinalities.
Also, customers aren’t people, ok? #GenAI says so.
I’m going to have so much fun with this and my students 🤓
#SoftwareEngineering #AI
September 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Spice up your Entity Relationship Diagrams with GenAI 👌
The bizarre typos are delicious and I particularly like the psychopathic relationship cardinalities.
Also, customers aren’t people, ok? #GenAI says so.
I’m going to have so much fun with this and my students 🤓
#SoftwareEngineering #AI
The bizarre typos are delicious and I particularly like the psychopathic relationship cardinalities.
Also, customers aren’t people, ok? #GenAI says so.
I’m going to have so much fun with this and my students 🤓
#SoftwareEngineering #AI
Generative AI reducing inequalities in some contexts, widening inequalities in others.
via @economist.com
#GenAI
via @economist.com
#GenAI
September 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Generative AI reducing inequalities in some contexts, widening inequalities in others.
via @economist.com
#GenAI
via @economist.com
#GenAI
September 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Hello from me a floofy kitty cat (yesterday evening) 👋
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Hello from me a floofy kitty cat (yesterday evening) 👋
First day back teaching at London city institute of technology 🙌
Team did good. Apprentices did good.
Let’s go!
@qmul.bsky.social
Team did good. Apprentices did good.
Let’s go!
@qmul.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
First day back teaching at London city institute of technology 🙌
Team did good. Apprentices did good.
Let’s go!
@qmul.bsky.social
Team did good. Apprentices did good.
Let’s go!
@qmul.bsky.social
Yes we could prompt prompt prompt prompt prompt prompt prompt…
or we could go read a book
seriously…
go read a book
or we could go read a book
seriously…
go read a book
September 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Yes we could prompt prompt prompt prompt prompt prompt prompt…
or we could go read a book
seriously…
go read a book
or we could go read a book
seriously…
go read a book
Looking forward to welcoming 100+ new degree apprentices to @qmul.bsky.social tomorrow at London City Institute of Technology 🙌
Tube strikes allowing 🫠
(In the spirit of adaptability, we’ll be running everything hybrid for those that cannot get in)
Tube strikes allowing 🫠
(In the spirit of adaptability, we’ll be running everything hybrid for those that cannot get in)
September 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Looking forward to welcoming 100+ new degree apprentices to @qmul.bsky.social tomorrow at London City Institute of Technology 🙌
Tube strikes allowing 🫠
(In the spirit of adaptability, we’ll be running everything hybrid for those that cannot get in)
Tube strikes allowing 🫠
(In the spirit of adaptability, we’ll be running everything hybrid for those that cannot get in)
Recent publication from @unesco.org
Includes a piece by the inimitable @emilymbender.bsky.social
AI and the future of education. Disruptions, dilemmas and directions
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
#AIEd
Includes a piece by the inimitable @emilymbender.bsky.social
AI and the future of education. Disruptions, dilemmas and directions
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
#AIEd
AI and the future of education. Disruptions, dilemmas and directions
This anthology explores the philosophical, ethical and pedagogical dilemmas posed by disruptive influence of AI in education. Bringing together insights from global thinkers, leaders and changemakers
www.unesco.org
September 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Recent publication from @unesco.org
Includes a piece by the inimitable @emilymbender.bsky.social
AI and the future of education. Disruptions, dilemmas and directions
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
#AIEd
Includes a piece by the inimitable @emilymbender.bsky.social
AI and the future of education. Disruptions, dilemmas and directions
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
#AIEd
The Fever Dream of Imminent ‘Superintelligence’ Is Finally Breaking
By @garymarcus.bsky.social via @nytimes.com
#GenAI #AGI #LLMs
Gift link 👇
By @garymarcus.bsky.social via @nytimes.com
#GenAI #AGI #LLMs
Gift link 👇
Opinion | The Fever Dream of Imminent ‘Superintelligence’ Is Finally Breaking
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Fever Dream of Imminent ‘Superintelligence’ Is Finally Breaking
By @garymarcus.bsky.social via @nytimes.com
#GenAI #AGI #LLMs
Gift link 👇
By @garymarcus.bsky.social via @nytimes.com
#GenAI #AGI #LLMs
Gift link 👇
New post on the QM Academy Centre for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence in Education blog.
The Role of Generative AI in Education: Questions, Reflections, and Provocations
#academicSky #GenAI #AIEd
The Role of Generative AI in Education: Questions, Reflections, and Provocations
#academicSky #GenAI #AIEd
The Role of Generative AI in Education: Questions, Reflections, and Provocations
www.qmul.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
New post on the QM Academy Centre for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence in Education blog.
The Role of Generative AI in Education: Questions, Reflections, and Provocations
#academicSky #GenAI #AIEd
The Role of Generative AI in Education: Questions, Reflections, and Provocations
#academicSky #GenAI #AIEd
Reposted by Jon Jackson
For my last lecture of this trip, I loved exploring the search for #LifeInSpace with the wonderful sailors aboard #ScarletLady. Where do you think is the most promising place to search for life beyond Earth?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrxX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrxX...
Life in Space
YouTube video by Ed Macaulay
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
For my last lecture of this trip, I loved exploring the search for #LifeInSpace with the wonderful sailors aboard #ScarletLady. Where do you think is the most promising place to search for life beyond Earth?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrxX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrxX...
betterimagesofai.org/images
No need to generate AI slop imagery when there is much better imagery to use when writing about AI
#GenAI
No need to generate AI slop imagery when there is much better imagery to use when writing about AI
#GenAI
Better Images of AI
We are a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. Visit our growing repository available for anyone to use for free under CC licences, or just to use as insp...
betterimagesofai.org
August 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
betterimagesofai.org/images
No need to generate AI slop imagery when there is much better imagery to use when writing about AI
#GenAI
No need to generate AI slop imagery when there is much better imagery to use when writing about AI
#GenAI