Bits

Not robots in the classroom, but teachers acting in standardised and predictable ways, unable to operate autonomously when unplugged from the digital infrastructure. #ai #llm #education https://automatedonline.org/2023/07/13/some-thoughts-about-the-automation-of-educational-labour/

#AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and #policy #research on artificial intelligence. We develop policy strategy to redirect away from the current trajectory: unbridled commercial surveillance, consolidation of power in very few companies, and a lack of public accountability. https://ainowinstitute.org/

insights and tips, guiding you on how to spot #ai generated images https://journal.everypixel.com/how-to-spot-ai-generated-images

We’ve also reorganized the staff intranet again. Good luck. #highered https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/due-to-falling-enrollments-we-will-no-longer-offer-courses-in-romulan-at-starfleet-academy

Art

“Lawyers, Guns & Money” re-imagines the 1978 Warren Zevon song as the cover of a 1970s spy novel https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/738050231/warren-zevon-lawyers-guns-money

Computer Love” re-imagines the 1981 Kraftwerk song as the cover of a 1960s-era computer manual. https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1373282838/kraftwerk-computer-love-1960s-computer

Bits

The departure of Summer means the start of my evening #videogames season is close at hand .. will definitely start my season with the new #cyberpunk2077 DLC https://kotaku.com/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty-update-review-idris-elba-1850852291

Machinations: #ai ,Ethics of Care, and the Future(s) of #edtech – great 2023 Digital Pedagogy Institute keynote from @brennacgray https://play.library.utoronto.ca/watch/c77ec5ca3a00d655c7b336a44c7e6d6d

if #AI image generators can produce anything with their giant dataset and their powerful #algorithms why should they produce photorealistic images by default? https://medium.com/@louischarron/the-case-for-ai-hallucination-a79688338a14

This specific blend of awe, disbelief, and dread all sound like the words of a victim of a mentalist scam artist – psychics. #ai #llm https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/

Music & Sound

“a pop-surrealistic parable of creeping corporate power and infinite war, rampant industrialisation and environmental collapse, UFOs and time travel” https://vimeo.com/865537604

Politics & Economics

The challenge is how do you communicate radical ideas—meaning ideas that get to the root of our current crises—in a way that invites other people into a different world view or a different set of solutions? #strikedebt #studentdebt #economics https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/astra-taylors-age-of-insecurity