LJ_MI
@lj-mi.bsky.social
Higher ed., PhD, teacher of rhetoric, design, tech comm, and digital studies. J'apprécie de plus en plus le silence et l'écoute des autres. 🚴♀️
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Over these past decades, software has coached us into thinking like a computer. Not necessarily on purpose, but because the software wasn't designed to be usable by thinking like a human.
This side effect was a net positive for libertarians, who leapt from anti-human software to an anti-human world
This side effect was a net positive for libertarians, who leapt from anti-human software to an anti-human world
Paulina Borsook "warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through The Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, a book based on her 1990s writing" www.thenerdreich.com/she-warned-a...
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Over these past decades, software has coached us into thinking like a computer. Not necessarily on purpose, but because the software wasn't designed to be usable by thinking like a human.
This side effect was a net positive for libertarians, who leapt from anti-human software to an anti-human world
This side effect was a net positive for libertarians, who leapt from anti-human software to an anti-human world
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The tech industry’s aesthetics in a nutshell: superficially progressive in a way that collapses into reactionary slop upon any scrutiny; weirdly sexual nonsequitors; insufferable smugness.
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The tech industry’s aesthetics in a nutshell: superficially progressive in a way that collapses into reactionary slop upon any scrutiny; weirdly sexual nonsequitors; insufferable smugness.
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Allez que ça pète !
TLDR: OpenAI, pourtant le plus gros des trucs IA, perd toujours 2 fois plus d'argent qu'il en gagne, et ça changera au mieux en 2029. D'ici la ça va continuer à cramer de la tune, la planète et l'emploi pour donc : rien toujours. Merci.
www.humanite.fr/social-et-ec...
TLDR: OpenAI, pourtant le plus gros des trucs IA, perd toujours 2 fois plus d'argent qu'il en gagne, et ça changera au mieux en 2029. D'ici la ça va continuer à cramer de la tune, la planète et l'emploi pour donc : rien toujours. Merci.
www.humanite.fr/social-et-ec...
Bulle de l’IA : OpenAI brûle des milliards et des gigawatts qu’elle n’a pas au risque d’un effondrement en cascade - L'Humanité
Ce mois-ci, le créateur de ChatGPT a commandé plus de 10 millions de processeurs, qui consommeront la production énergétique de plus de 20 réacteurs nucléaires, alors que l’ent...
www.humanite.fr
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Allez que ça pète !
TLDR: OpenAI, pourtant le plus gros des trucs IA, perd toujours 2 fois plus d'argent qu'il en gagne, et ça changera au mieux en 2029. D'ici la ça va continuer à cramer de la tune, la planète et l'emploi pour donc : rien toujours. Merci.
www.humanite.fr/social-et-ec...
TLDR: OpenAI, pourtant le plus gros des trucs IA, perd toujours 2 fois plus d'argent qu'il en gagne, et ça changera au mieux en 2029. D'ici la ça va continuer à cramer de la tune, la planète et l'emploi pour donc : rien toujours. Merci.
www.humanite.fr/social-et-ec...
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Place graduates into what AI jobs, exactly?
Place graduate students into what disciplines, exactly?
Congruence between what college curricula, exactly? Produced where and by whom? With what high school curricula?
Compete on what prestige? With what money?
Place graduate students into what disciplines, exactly?
Congruence between what college curricula, exactly? Produced where and by whom? With what high school curricula?
Compete on what prestige? With what money?
October 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Place graduates into what AI jobs, exactly?
Place graduate students into what disciplines, exactly?
Congruence between what college curricula, exactly? Produced where and by whom? With what high school curricula?
Compete on what prestige? With what money?
Place graduate students into what disciplines, exactly?
Congruence between what college curricula, exactly? Produced where and by whom? With what high school curricula?
Compete on what prestige? With what money?
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Bring back earnestness and sincerity as virtues...
October 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Bring back earnestness and sincerity as virtues...
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If it’s possible, there’s even less demand for AI than there was for “civic discourse”. Unless you are building war tools for a U.S. government program, new programs better have tremendous unmet student demand. I haven’t seen any evidence of that.
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If it’s possible, there’s even less demand for AI than there was for “civic discourse”. Unless you are building war tools for a U.S. government program, new programs better have tremendous unmet student demand. I haven’t seen any evidence of that.
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The problem with these shiny mirages is that, not unlike AI capital investment right now, the credentialing in “artificial intelligence” is completely decoupled from demand.
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The problem with these shiny mirages is that, not unlike AI capital investment right now, the credentialing in “artificial intelligence” is completely decoupled from demand.
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I’ve said since LowerEd is that neoliberal credential expansion usually starts by producing a degree to solve a short term employment bottleneck, for example in nursing in 2000s. The degrees get predatory once demand is met
The AI labor market doesn’t even have the short term labor market demand!
The AI labor market doesn’t even have the short term labor market demand!
October 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I’ve said since LowerEd is that neoliberal credential expansion usually starts by producing a degree to solve a short term employment bottleneck, for example in nursing in 2000s. The degrees get predatory once demand is met
The AI labor market doesn’t even have the short term labor market demand!
The AI labor market doesn’t even have the short term labor market demand!
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To nobody's surprise, the whole enterprise is self-undermining: 1 - Make slop machines, 2 - make slop to trap people, 3 - train on slop... 4 - model brain rot
Assuming this is over and above model collapse, insofar as it's about particular anti-social kinds of outputs
Assuming this is over and above model collapse, insofar as it's about particular anti-social kinds of outputs
Clickbait Gives AI Models 'Brain Rot,' Researchers Find
Brain rot doesn't require a brain, just this one simple trick.
gizmodo.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
To nobody's surprise, the whole enterprise is self-undermining: 1 - Make slop machines, 2 - make slop to trap people, 3 - train on slop... 4 - model brain rot
Assuming this is over and above model collapse, insofar as it's about particular anti-social kinds of outputs
Assuming this is over and above model collapse, insofar as it's about particular anti-social kinds of outputs
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Fellow academics, I'm doing it. Going all in. Pulling the plug, literally.
This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."
All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."
All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fellow academics, I'm doing it. Going all in. Pulling the plug, literally.
This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."
All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."
All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
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What I'm teaching in my class module on GenAI Ethics this week: GenAI and the Messiness of Copyright (a reading recommendation)
mettalrose.substack.com/p/genai-and-...
mettalrose.substack.com/p/genai-and-...
GenAI and the Messiness of Copyright
A reading recommendation
mettalrose.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
What I'm teaching in my class module on GenAI Ethics this week: GenAI and the Messiness of Copyright (a reading recommendation)
mettalrose.substack.com/p/genai-and-...
mettalrose.substack.com/p/genai-and-...
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Tech companies want us to outsource all cognitive labor to their models. Instead, academics must defend universities by barring toxic, addictive AI technologies from classrooms, argue @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social .
bit.ly/48FNcJj
bit.ly/48FNcJj
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
bit.ly
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Tech companies want us to outsource all cognitive labor to their models. Instead, academics must defend universities by barring toxic, addictive AI technologies from classrooms, argue @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social .
bit.ly/48FNcJj
bit.ly/48FNcJj
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I also appreciate this recent piece by @altibel.bsky.social and @petertarras.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/iris...
“The delegation of tasks to “tools & assistants” constitutes a methodological decision (…) Researchers should therefore be required to explain why they are trusting a black box that is neither open nor fair.”
— @altibel.bsky.social & @petertarras.bsky.social
www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/why...
— @altibel.bsky.social & @petertarras.bsky.social
www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/why...
Why AI transparency is not enough
Recently, a taxonomy to disclose the use of generative AI (genAI) in research outputs was presented as an approach that creates transparency and thereby supports responsible genAI use. In this post we...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I also appreciate this recent piece by @altibel.bsky.social and @petertarras.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/iris...
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Did a quick search, and Google's AI Overview algorithm claims that Benin is in the Americas 🤦🏾♀️
October 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Did a quick search, and Google's AI Overview algorithm claims that Benin is in the Americas 🤦🏾♀️
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look ma, I'm a statistic
October 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
look ma, I'm a statistic
@martinanav.bsky.social happy birthday!! 🎾🎂🎉🎈
October 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
@martinanav.bsky.social happy birthday!! 🎾🎂🎉🎈
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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I just had a creative meeting where our team solved four problems and made a huge leap towards achieving our goal and I regret to inform you — truly — that sometimes an in-person meeting truly is the best, most efficient use of your time.
October 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I just had a creative meeting where our team solved four problems and made a huge leap towards achieving our goal and I regret to inform you — truly — that sometimes an in-person meeting truly is the best, most efficient use of your time.
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every big AI pitch is like “what if we took away your means of survival and devalued all your skills to make stonks go up temporarily? You’d like that wouldn’t you?”
October 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
every big AI pitch is like “what if we took away your means of survival and devalued all your skills to make stonks go up temporarily? You’d like that wouldn’t you?”
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I actually don't really care if AI is useful/interesting/good for some things in education actually - it is besides these things clearly a big problem already that maybe need listing yet again:
October 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I actually don't really care if AI is useful/interesting/good for some things in education actually - it is besides these things clearly a big problem already that maybe need listing yet again:
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The great actress Diane Keaton has left us at the age of 79. Too soon to say good-bye to the woman who made us smile at the quirky Annie Hall, and who broke our hearts in Reds. Your charm and talent will be sorely missed.
October 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The great actress Diane Keaton has left us at the age of 79. Too soon to say good-bye to the woman who made us smile at the quirky Annie Hall, and who broke our hearts in Reds. Your charm and talent will be sorely missed.
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Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...
people.com/diane-keaton...
Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)
Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'
people.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...
people.com/diane-keaton...
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The generous reading is they believe there is no limit to the money worth dumping into any project that could lead to a future AGI, because the AGI will be essentially invaluable. But this is the equivalent of building the world's largest economy around the expectation that the rapture is imminent
We know that LLMs struggle with math. Apparently the people involved in delivering the data centers that power LLMs do too. There's no way that investments will pay off. The bubble of bubbles. futurism.com/future-socie...
AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought
An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.
futurism.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The generous reading is they believe there is no limit to the money worth dumping into any project that could lead to a future AGI, because the AGI will be essentially invaluable. But this is the equivalent of building the world's largest economy around the expectation that the rapture is imminent
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I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Dangers of using AI to Grade
Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains
substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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that claims that machines can think are nonsense ALSO can formally & otherwise be shown as nonsense IF you take those fields seriously. Gödel proved it, Whitehead & Russell proved it, the frame problem captures it, and my current favourite Prigogine & Stengers show it in Order out of Chaos, and 11/n
July 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
that claims that machines can think are nonsense ALSO can formally & otherwise be shown as nonsense IF you take those fields seriously. Gödel proved it, Whitehead & Russell proved it, the frame problem captures it, and my current favourite Prigogine & Stengers show it in Order out of Chaos, and 11/n