Justin Tonra
@jtonra.bsky.social
Academic Integrity Officer, University of Galway.
Associate Professor of English.
Research on intersections of literature and technology.
Author, WRITE MY NAME http://doi.org/d736
Associate Professor of English.
Research on intersections of literature and technology.
Author, WRITE MY NAME http://doi.org/d736
Congrats, Claire: I can't wait to read it!
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Congrats, Claire: I can't wait to read it!
And they are actively targeting students now, right in time for assessment season: apps.apple.com/ie/story/id1...
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apps.apple.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
And they are actively targeting students now, right in time for assessment season: apps.apple.com/ie/story/id1...
Outrageous and antidemocratic that fried is overlook while Johnny-come-latelies like hash browns and hassleback [sic] make the ballot.
September 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Outrageous and antidemocratic that fried is overlook while Johnny-come-latelies like hash browns and hassleback [sic] make the ballot.
Thanks a million, @richardacarter.bsky.social: this is really helpful! 🙏
September 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Thanks a million, @richardacarter.bsky.social: this is really helpful! 🙏
Similar resistance in the Netherlands: bsky.app/profile/oliv...
Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss):
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
September 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Similar resistance in the Netherlands: bsky.app/profile/oliv...
And a response to the original opinion piece today: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025... (unpaywalled: archive.ph/l0f3k).
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI
www.irishtimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
And a response to the original opinion piece today: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025... (unpaywalled: archive.ph/l0f3k).
Herbert's 'Redemption'? Not an elegy, though.
August 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Herbert's 'Redemption'? Not an elegy, though.
Today, happily, brings a more thoughtful and considered opinion: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
Opinion | The University’s Best Weapon Against A.I.: The 14th Century
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today, happily, brings a more thoughtful and considered opinion: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
Blithely dismissing "transitional worries about cheating" reveals a misunderstanding of the serious and fundamental threat posed to the integrity of degrees and other qualifications.
And uncritical boosterism undermines the "policies and institutional guidelines" that the piece mentions.
And uncritical boosterism undermines the "policies and institutional guidelines" that the piece mentions.
August 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Blithely dismissing "transitional worries about cheating" reveals a misunderstanding of the serious and fundamental threat posed to the integrity of degrees and other qualifications.
And uncritical boosterism undermines the "policies and institutional guidelines" that the piece mentions.
And uncritical boosterism undermines the "policies and institutional guidelines" that the piece mentions.
I have no issue with some of the utopian sentiments, but it strikes me as irresponsible to imply that AI will help to achieve them without specifying HOW, beyond dubious hypotheticals: "individualised, tailored mentoring that no overstretched academic could hope to supply."
August 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I have no issue with some of the utopian sentiments, but it strikes me as irresponsible to imply that AI will help to achieve them without specifying HOW, beyond dubious hypotheticals: "individualised, tailored mentoring that no overstretched academic could hope to supply."
Outrageous snub for Paddington.
June 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Outrageous snub for Paddington.