Beck Wise
@wisebeck.bsky.social
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Heartfelt advice:
Never do this. For any reason.
Never do this. For any reason.
Legally, “‘you’re basically waiving any rights that you have with respect to medical privacy,’ leaving only the protections that a given company chooses to offer.”
People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to A.I. Chatbots
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Heartfelt advice:
Never do this. For any reason.
Never do this. For any reason.
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Really excited about this 🔔new paper🔔 where we had a chance to leverage Change.org 's staggered rollout of a "write with AI" tool to causally (aka "once and for all") measure the impact of such tools on global platform outcomes. Summary: with AI, petition length ⬆️, homogeneity ⬆️, Outcomes ⬇️. More:
Excited to share a new working paper!
What happened when Change.org integrated an AI writing tool into their platform? We provide causal evidence that petition text changed significantly while outcomes did not improve. 1/
arxiv.org/abs/2511.13949
What happened when Change.org integrated an AI writing tool into their platform? We provide causal evidence that petition text changed significantly while outcomes did not improve. 1/
arxiv.org/abs/2511.13949
Introducing AI to an Online Petition Platform Changed Outputs but not Outcomes
The rapid integration of AI writing tools into online platforms raises critical questions about their impact on content production and outcomes. We leverage a unique natural experiment on Change$.$org...
arxiv.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Really excited about this 🔔new paper🔔 where we had a chance to leverage Change.org 's staggered rollout of a "write with AI" tool to causally (aka "once and for all") measure the impact of such tools on global platform outcomes. Summary: with AI, petition length ⬆️, homogeneity ⬆️, Outcomes ⬇️. More:
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Understanding Generative AI: A Primer for College Writers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Understanding Generative AI: A Primer for College Writers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The CCCC Special Committee on Generative AI in College Composition & Writing Studies is pleased to share two docs that have been in the works since this past summer:
Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, & Generative AI: Guidelines for Postsecondary Writing Teachers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, & Generative AI: Guidelines for Postsecondary Writing Teachers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The CCCC Special Committee on Generative AI in College Composition & Writing Studies is pleased to share two docs that have been in the works since this past summer:
Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, & Generative AI: Guidelines for Postsecondary Writing Teachers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, & Generative AI: Guidelines for Postsecondary Writing Teachers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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this!!! was just having this convo with my friend who is also a WOC faculty member. our prompts/rubrics are so explicit and detailed
Some people don't understand that assignment guidelines and rubrics have increasingly become defensive documents for faculty, particularly faculty from marginalized groups, in the last decade.
I'm not talking about grade justification. I'm talking about protecting yourself from shitty students.
I'm not talking about grade justification. I'm talking about protecting yourself from shitty students.
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
this!!! was just having this convo with my friend who is also a WOC faculty member. our prompts/rubrics are so explicit and detailed
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
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Frikkin amazing stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Frikkin amazing stuff.
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THIS
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
THIS
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Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss.
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss.
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
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If you're in education or know a student, READ THIS. Demand change.
@lollardfish.bsky.social: "It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products." 1/
#academicsky #education #health
@lollardfish.bsky.social: "It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products." 1/
#academicsky #education #health
Here’s where it gets personal for me. When I was 9, I started experiencing suicidal ideation … disinterested in living, and at least some of the time contemplating death and how it might happen … It’s easy to imagine how I would have used programs like these chatbots.
Perry: How can AI be used ethically when it’s been linked to suicide?
"It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If you're in education or know a student, READ THIS. Demand change.
@lollardfish.bsky.social: "It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products." 1/
#academicsky #education #health
@lollardfish.bsky.social: "It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products." 1/
#academicsky #education #health
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One of the conversations I've been trying to have with anyone who will listen if that for unis like mine, which have big classes, this will require either shrinking class sizes drastically or significantly scaling up teaching assistance. There's no way around it.
go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum
The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.
www.ndsmcobserver.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
One of the conversations I've been trying to have with anyone who will listen if that for unis like mine, which have big classes, this will require either shrinking class sizes drastically or significantly scaling up teaching assistance. There's no way around it.
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People still think they don’t need to read black thinkers to do their work. They’re wrong and their work is worse for it.
October 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
People still think they don’t need to read black thinkers to do their work. They’re wrong and their work is worse for it.
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The mayor of a small council that lost nearly $2 million in a "sophisticated" scam says international fraudsters were able to "imitate personalities" using AI.
AI used to imitate personalities defrauds Noosa council of $2.3m
The mayor of a small council that lost nearly $2 million in a "sophisticated" scam says international fraudsters were able to "imitate personalities" using AI.
www.abc.net.au
October 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The mayor of a small council that lost nearly $2 million in a "sophisticated" scam says international fraudsters were able to "imitate personalities" using AI.
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Upload your scanned ID they said. It will be fine they said.
BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare
A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...
www.404media.co
October 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Upload your scanned ID they said. It will be fine they said.
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Be the sort of person where even the rumor of your demise sparks a global depressive spiral and not the Ewok celebration from Return of the Jedi
“There are just a lot of rumors flying around. But I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was okay,” Dolly Parton said in a new two-minute video posted on Instagram. “I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me. And I ain’t done working.” https://to.pbs.org/4hc1DXB
'I'm not dying': Dolly Parton responds to concerns about her health
Late last month Parton postponed her first Las Vegas residency in 32 years, citing “health challenges.”
www.pbs.org
October 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Be the sort of person where even the rumor of your demise sparks a global depressive spiral and not the Ewok celebration from Return of the Jedi
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Australian academic colleagues will want to fill this out: "The Australian University Census on Staff Wellbeing: An investigation of psychosocial safety climate in Australia's universities" doit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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October 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Australian academic colleagues will want to fill this out: "The Australian University Census on Staff Wellbeing: An investigation of psychosocial safety climate in Australia's universities" doit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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This would be why I am such a strident critic of digitization as a substitute for actual archival preservation. My sixteenth century documents are far sturdier and likely to survive another 500 years than the detritus on the internet. And digitization is not democratization.
September 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This would be why I am such a strident critic of digitization as a substitute for actual archival preservation. My sixteenth century documents are far sturdier and likely to survive another 500 years than the detritus on the internet. And digitization is not democratization.
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It is, far and away, the most challenging thing I’ve encountered since entering the academy. And that is saying a lot. I might be working on this but I keep putting it aside because I’m not medicated enough to describe how demoralizing it all is.
We have allowed the lazy, grifting Silicon Valley charlatans into the front door, & in doing so, we have learned just how many of our own colleagues & administrators simply are not interested in the actual business of education. It's incredibly demoralizing.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Thanks so much for your reporting on this, Ben. I just got an email from my campus's IT office triumphantly advertising free student access to four different AI models -- at the same time as we have a hiring freeze, caps on grad enrollment, and a 7% budget cut -- and wanted to scream.
September 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It is, far and away, the most challenging thing I’ve encountered since entering the academy. And that is saying a lot. I might be working on this but I keep putting it aside because I’m not medicated enough to describe how demoralizing it all is.
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This is a bizarre thing to publish on the day the federal court awarded a journalist $220,000 for being unfairly dismissed from an on-air role for their political views.
In Australia it isn't just private companies that cave to pressure, it's the public broadcaster
www.smh.com.au/national/why...
In Australia it isn't just private companies that cave to pressure, it's the public broadcaster
www.smh.com.au/national/why...
Why Jimmy Kimmel would have never been cancelled in Australia
We need to be careful about how we separate true hate speech from satirical speech. In America, it seems, differentiation is out of favour.
www.smh.com.au
September 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
This is a bizarre thing to publish on the day the federal court awarded a journalist $220,000 for being unfairly dismissed from an on-air role for their political views.
In Australia it isn't just private companies that cave to pressure, it's the public broadcaster
www.smh.com.au/national/why...
In Australia it isn't just private companies that cave to pressure, it's the public broadcaster
www.smh.com.au/national/why...
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“When we spoke to executives, they would often say the internal tool was very successful,” said Challapally. “But when we spoke to employees, we found zero usage.”
This must be the Rapture because I am dyingggg
This must be the Rapture because I am dyingggg
“The biggest US-listed companies keep talking about artificial intelligence. But other than the ‘fear of missing out,’ few appear to be able to describe how the technology is changing their businesses for the better.”
America’s top companies keep talking about AI — but can’t explain the upsides
FT analysis of hundreds of filings suggest the S&P 500 businesses are clearer about the risks than benefits
www.ft.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“When we spoke to executives, they would often say the internal tool was very successful,” said Challapally. “But when we spoke to employees, we found zero usage.”
This must be the Rapture because I am dyingggg
This must be the Rapture because I am dyingggg
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When they say ai is a time saver what that often means is that it’s a tool that makes it easier for you to waste someone else’s time.
September 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
When they say ai is a time saver what that often means is that it’s a tool that makes it easier for you to waste someone else’s time.
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I have been saying this for 3 years now; it is evident from even a theorerical understanding of these systems' operations. But ppl keep claiming it's not true or not important, or could be patched over, & so I keep hoping each time an "AI" company CEO comes out & admits will be the one that sticks
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I have been saying this for 3 years now; it is evident from even a theorerical understanding of these systems' operations. But ppl keep claiming it's not true or not important, or could be patched over, & so I keep hoping each time an "AI" company CEO comes out & admits will be the one that sticks
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Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", according to the former chair of a senate inquiry examining governance at public universities. ... "There's no other sector in the country where failure is rewarded so handsomely and with so little scrutiny."
'Rotten' Australian university culture lashed in long-running senate inquiry
Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", a senate inquiry has found.
www.abc.net.au
September 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", according to the former chair of a senate inquiry examining governance at public universities. ... "There's no other sector in the country where failure is rewarded so handsomely and with so little scrutiny."
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Copies of multiple forms of ID, address history, employment history, and financial information that was about what I had to provide for a mortgage application. Then, once you become a tenant, they take photos of the property and all your possessions during inspections
September 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Copies of multiple forms of ID, address history, employment history, and financial information that was about what I had to provide for a mortgage application. Then, once you become a tenant, they take photos of the property and all your possessions during inspections