Jean-Paul van Deursen
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“Of course, we have to teach our students about AI technologies. Teaching about AI technologies should be just like how we teach ‘no smoking’ or the causal links between lung cancer and smoke; yet, we do not teach students how to roll cigarettes and smoke them.”
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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
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September 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“Of course, we have to teach our students about AI technologies. Teaching about AI technologies should be just like how we teach ‘no smoking’ or the causal links between lung cancer and smoke; yet, we do not teach students how to roll cigarettes and smoke them.”
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I saw someone compare AI to asbestos, in that people thought it was this amazing new material and put it in everything whether it needed it or not, but then realized too late that it was incredibly harmful. Do asbestos and AI both have a place? Yes. Do they need to be in everything out there? No.
October 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I saw someone compare AI to asbestos, in that people thought it was this amazing new material and put it in everything whether it needed it or not, but then realized too late that it was incredibly harmful. Do asbestos and AI both have a place? Yes. Do they need to be in everything out there? No.
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LLM model is fairly well known to have trouble with negation.
Sort of expected, since a single "no" token can get missed easily during network propagation.
Sort of expected, since a single "no" token can get missed easily during network propagation.
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
LLM model is fairly well known to have trouble with negation.
Sort of expected, since a single "no" token can get missed easily during network propagation.
Sort of expected, since a single "no" token can get missed easily during network propagation.