"Mickey Mouse proves that a creature can still survive even when it has thrown off all resemblance to a human being. He disrupts the entire hierarchy of creatures that is supposed to culminate in mankind." -Walter Benjamin (1931)

The premise of "AI can produce text independently of human creativity that cannot be distinguished from human-created text" just fails on multiple levels for me. AI does not produce text independently of human creativity: it mimics human-created texts. (1/3)
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Since this video is making the rounds, it's worth a reminder that the "paper" this is based on is speculative nonsense that is purely intended to generate a market for the authors' consultancy services. (1/4) #AcademicSky #AIRefusal #AIResistance #AIinEdu www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KVD...

“If it should turn out to be true that knowledge…and thought have parted company for good, then we would…become the helpless slaves, not so much of our machines as of our know-how, thoughtless creatures at the mercy of every gadget which is technically possible, no matter how murderous.” -Arendt

Something that really bugs me about AI-in-education discourse is that skeptics are automatically placed on the defensive. We're expected to answer "Why not?" when I don't think we've been given a sufficient answer to "Why?" from the other side.

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For people applying to Ph.D. programs in English/Humanities this year, my advice 1 year after my experience.

1. Cast a wide net. Wider than you think, and as wide as you possibly can. Of the schools I applied to, my finalist/waitlist rate was 25%, acceptance rate 8%.

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