Richard J Hewitt
@richardjhewitt.bsky.social
Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow
@IEGD_CSIC, researcher integrated environmental modelling & policy, archaeology
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-8647
@IEGD_CSIC, researcher integrated environmental modelling & policy, archaeology
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-8647
Problem is that AI is not one thing, as @olivia.science and colleagues informatively point out in this must-read piece philarchive.org/archive/GUEATU
philarchive.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Problem is that AI is not one thing, as @olivia.science and colleagues informatively point out in this must-read piece philarchive.org/archive/GUEATU
Reposted by Richard J Hewitt
The first news story on the publication (to be honest, odd title since it is neither a poem nor debunked as literature, but nice of the journalist and publication to be interested enough in spreading news of it): thefreesheet.com/2025/11/04/m...
Medieval poem debunked after 700 years, rewriting Black Death history - theFreesheet
A single 14th-century rhyming poem, mistakenly believed to be a historical fact, has misled scientists and historians for 700 years about how the Black Death
thefreesheet.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The first news story on the publication (to be honest, odd title since it is neither a poem nor debunked as literature, but nice of the journalist and publication to be interested enough in spreading news of it): thefreesheet.com/2025/11/04/m...
Reposted by Richard J Hewitt
Thank you, Alex. Here's everything in one spot olivia.science/ai
I recommend the project syndicate piece with @irisvanrooij.bsky.social and @marentierra.bsky.social 💖
I recommend the project syndicate piece with @irisvanrooij.bsky.social and @marentierra.bsky.social 💖
Critical AI
On this page are some resources for Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) from my perspective.
olivia.science
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Thank you, Alex. Here's everything in one spot olivia.science/ai
I recommend the project syndicate piece with @irisvanrooij.bsky.social and @marentierra.bsky.social 💖
I recommend the project syndicate piece with @irisvanrooij.bsky.social and @marentierra.bsky.social 💖
Quite. I worked a little with ANN about 15 years ago it’s frustrating to see how fancy new AI is basically just rebranded ANN with all of its original glaring limitations (GIGO, black box, overfitting, local minima/maxima etc etc) presumably still there mostly unaddressed…..
November 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Quite. I worked a little with ANN about 15 years ago it’s frustrating to see how fancy new AI is basically just rebranded ANN with all of its original glaring limitations (GIGO, black box, overfitting, local minima/maxima etc etc) presumably still there mostly unaddressed…..
Not much consolation for the AI generated shark problem, but if you haven’t read this I do recommend.
philarchive.org/archive/GUEATU
Good to see at least *some* high quality critical pushback against the injection of AI slop into everything from some directions…
philarchive.org/archive/GUEATU
Good to see at least *some* high quality critical pushback against the injection of AI slop into everything from some directions…
philarchive.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Not much consolation for the AI generated shark problem, but if you haven’t read this I do recommend.
philarchive.org/archive/GUEATU
Good to see at least *some* high quality critical pushback against the injection of AI slop into everything from some directions…
philarchive.org/archive/GUEATU
Good to see at least *some* high quality critical pushback against the injection of AI slop into everything from some directions…
No, what is happening is that everyone is using chatgpt to write their grant applications because writing all that turgid robotic crud was a barrier before & now it isn’t
October 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
No, what is happening is that everyone is using chatgpt to write their grant applications because writing all that turgid robotic crud was a barrier before & now it isn’t
Yup, me too. Hard not to add extra stuff
October 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Yup, me too. Hard not to add extra stuff