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New in The Important Work: @thevogelman.bsky.social shares his AI Transparency Survey and writes about what he learned when he asked his 10th and 12th grade students to reflect on their AI usage. Here's a bit of what his students shared. Read it here: theimportantwork.substack.com/p/the-transp...
![Alaina: After a few drafts of my conclusion, there were two sentences that I couldn’t find a clear wording for and I felt they were getting too convoluted for my presentation. I decided to ask AI to give me a few options for ways to rewrite them so I combined some of those ideas to make what I was trying to say more articulate.
Talia: Personally, I do not think AI usage is ethical, especially in a literature situation. . . Everything AI can tell me from a prompt I can learn from my own research.
Smaran: I always use the Microsoft Word Editor after every essay or project . . . Also, I used AI to try to find a scholarly source based on my thinking.
Ainslie: I’m not sure how to use AI in a way that maintains my thinking and voice and the integrity of the project. I also don’t see the [point of ] wasting that sort of energy and adding to my carbon footprint if I could use my brain.
Erin: I do not like AI and do not like using it in regard to my writing. I think it takes away the work of real writers and is harming us a lot more than it’s helping us.
Johan: I used the Google AI on my phone to look for different examples of Norse mythological influences in contemporary media.
Cassie: I didn’t use AI at all in this project. I don’t like using AI because it feels as though I am cheating myself out on my learning. This is an AP class; things are supposed to be difficult.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a6m5puxjmwuwxhuviabkhg67/bafkreie26xqbeowqke7g5wlejitz2bgnxgjnv427xnov6e6vkvuman6p2y@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
New in The Important Work: @thevogelman.bsky.social shares his AI Transparency Survey and writes about what he learned when he asked his 10th and 12th grade students to reflect on their AI usage. Here's a bit of what his students shared. Read it here: theimportantwork.substack.com/p/the-transp...
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New art video just dropped! The 7 Trillion Dollar Seance 🔮 This is meant to be performed live, recited in front of the video at conferences, museums, public events. It got a standing ovation at Tech Together in NYC. Your phone works but best on your largest screen.
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The 7 Trillion Dollar Seance
Şerife Wong The 7 Trillion Dollar Seance 2025 Original score by Jeromey Cooks (rikuwru) This video is part of Icarus Salon. It is intended to be viewed in…
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November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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On setting boundaries and defining refusal of AI, and the imagination of LLMs as wedding-crashers of the social sphere.
Trespassing into Language
I'm Actually At Capacity Right Now
I have to apologize for nearly any invocation of Slavoj Zizek or Jacques Lacan, so fair warning. But I want to highlight a point made by Yuxuan Zhang in a paper on ...
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October 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
On setting boundaries and defining refusal of AI, and the imagination of LLMs as wedding-crashers of the social sphere.
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Hahaha. Funny coz it's true.
If I genuinely believed I was 18 months away from superintelligence that could solve cancer, I would probably not be pivoting to horny chatbots, but that's just me (a person with priorities)
October 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hahaha. Funny coz it's true.
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Wanted to share a critical AI spreadsheet I've been working on for a little bit now. It has a list of resources and links to materials I thought were interesting or that I used in my schools Critical AI LibGuide. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Critical AI Resources - bookjockeyalex.com
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August 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Wanted to share a critical AI spreadsheet I've been working on for a little bit now. It has a list of resources and links to materials I thought were interesting or that I used in my schools Critical AI LibGuide. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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it has been very disappointing to me how many academics (who should know better) are falling for the nonsense. i created this resource to respond to admins at my institution calling me "emotional" for being skeptical of llms: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Questioning AI Resource List
Excellent summary of major problems with companies’ focus on AI written by expert in machine learning: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/ Another g...
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August 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
it has been very disappointing to me how many academics (who should know better) are falling for the nonsense. i created this resource to respond to admins at my institution calling me "emotional" for being skeptical of llms: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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GPT-5 has been hyped for years as the next step towards AGI. Sam Altman promised a "PhD-level intelligence on any topic." It's not even close.
On the terms OpenAI itself laid out for its own product, any fair assessment must conclude that GPT-5 is a failure.
Now the question is: Will it matter?
On the terms OpenAI itself laid out for its own product, any fair assessment must conclude that GPT-5 is a failure.
Now the question is: Will it matter?
GPT-5 is a joke. Will it matter?
How the fraught release of the most-hyped AI product yet clarifies the stakes.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
GPT-5 has been hyped for years as the next step towards AGI. Sam Altman promised a "PhD-level intelligence on any topic." It's not even close.
On the terms OpenAI itself laid out for its own product, any fair assessment must conclude that GPT-5 is a failure.
Now the question is: Will it matter?
On the terms OpenAI itself laid out for its own product, any fair assessment must conclude that GPT-5 is a failure.
Now the question is: Will it matter?
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I will take AI seriously when my smart speaker understands the phrase “original broadway cast recording.”
June 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I will take AI seriously when my smart speaker understands the phrase “original broadway cast recording.”
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Utah legislators commissioned a study to go with their 2023 ban on gender-affirming pediatric care. Now they're trying to ignore the results.
Utah study on trans youth care extremely inconvenient for politicians who ordered it
The state's ban on gender-affirming pediatric care "cannot be justified" by science, a two-year review concluded.
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May 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Utah legislators commissioned a study to go with their 2023 ban on gender-affirming pediatric care. Now they're trying to ignore the results.
Funny cuz it's true.
May 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Funny cuz it's true.
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Going to start calling Sam Altman "Sloppenheimer"
May 15, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Going to start calling Sam Altman "Sloppenheimer"
Bunch of betas.
The White House has set up high-dollar partnerships with YouTube, Meta and Amazon, among others, for Monday’s Easter Egg Roll, underscoring the close relationships the leaders of those tech companies have sought to cultivate with the Trump administration.
Read more: cnn.it/44E2FXY
Read more: cnn.it/44E2FXY
April 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Bunch of betas.
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The White House has set up high-dollar partnerships with YouTube, Meta and Amazon, among others, for Monday’s Easter Egg Roll, underscoring the close relationships the leaders of those tech companies have sought to cultivate with the Trump administration.
Read more: cnn.it/44E2FXY
Read more: cnn.it/44E2FXY
April 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The White House has set up high-dollar partnerships with YouTube, Meta and Amazon, among others, for Monday’s Easter Egg Roll, underscoring the close relationships the leaders of those tech companies have sought to cultivate with the Trump administration.
Read more: cnn.it/44E2FXY
Read more: cnn.it/44E2FXY
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Elon Musk wants to father a ‘legion’ of genius babies — before the apocalypse hits.
Musk wants to have more babies to help save the world? It would make more sense if he wasn’t already a threat to humanity. #Opinion
Musk wants to have more babies to help save the world? It would make more sense if he wasn’t already a threat to humanity. #Opinion
Vinay Menon: Elon Musk wants to father a ‘legion’ of genius babies — before the apocalypse hits
Driven by doomsday fears and a messianic mission, Musk is reportedly recruiting women to help him repopulate the planet — one genius baby at a time.
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April 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Ew
Plot twist!
March 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Plot twist!
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On the new episode of On the Nose, editor-at-large @peterbeinart.bsky.social speaks with Columbia professor & co-director of the Center for Palestine Studies Nadia Abu El-Haj about the shocking developments at Columbia.
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Higher Ed Under Attack
Editor-at-large Peter Beinart speaks with Columbia professor Nadia Abu El-Haj about the shocking developments at Columbia.
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March 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
On the new episode of On the Nose, editor-at-large @peterbeinart.bsky.social speaks with Columbia professor & co-director of the Center for Palestine Studies Nadia Abu El-Haj about the shocking developments at Columbia.
jewishcurrents.org/higher-ed-un...
jewishcurrents.org/higher-ed-un...
@cravecanada.bsky.social has just added every season of @BuffytheVampireSlayer, and I think I know how I am going to survive the next few weeks.
March 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
@cravecanada.bsky.social has just added every season of @BuffytheVampireSlayer, and I think I know how I am going to survive the next few weeks.
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Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? We teamed up with history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat to answer the internet's burning questions about authoritarianism and fascism.
History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
Professor and authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about dictators and fascism. Why do people suppo...
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March 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? We teamed up with history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat to answer the internet's burning questions about authoritarianism and fascism.
Started sewing again two years ago. I have now reached the point where when I see a garment I like, more often than not I say "Hey, I can make that."
March 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Started sewing again two years ago. I have now reached the point where when I see a garment I like, more often than not I say "Hey, I can make that."