Chris M
@asameshimae.bsky.social
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Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.
From my own academic research, even pre LLMs there was a huge danger of zombie factoids that begin in a respectable publication by mistake and then get reprinted for decades because no one is backtracing to the original source. Once bad info gets into the system it can take years to clear it out.
I've seen numerous examples of this in recent days - we're at a point where some reporters are using LLMs as a source and not even remotely properly factchecking, but also where LLM generated material is making its way into other material and being unknowingly reproduced by others.
July 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.
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There will be puns! Prime numbers! Interactive activities! Chat! I promise it will be a good time. ❤️ You can register for MYFest here: myfest.equityunbound.org MYFest25 Registration is Open! - MYFest25
July 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
There will be puns! Prime numbers! Interactive activities! Chat! I promise it will be a good time. ❤️ You can register for MYFest here: myfest.equityunbound.org MYFest25 Registration is Open! - MYFest25
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The UK: we must reinvigorate our uncompetitive and slow growth economy!
Also the UK: time to censor the easiest general reference of archive of human knowledge, which is also free.
Also the UK: time to censor the easiest general reference of archive of human knowledge, which is also free.
OSA is gonna make us lose access to fucking wikipedia
write to your MPs.
write to your MPs.
July 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The UK: we must reinvigorate our uncompetitive and slow growth economy!
Also the UK: time to censor the easiest general reference of archive of human knowledge, which is also free.
Also the UK: time to censor the easiest general reference of archive of human knowledge, which is also free.
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Have been in the trenches with Chris, and I'd take him anywhere we got some cultural heritage we need to save. Here's "Learning to Save the Web" from @asameshimae.bsky.social. medium.com/@asameshimae...
Learning to save the web
…and saving the web to learn (and maybe saving the world too)
medium.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Have been in the trenches with Chris, and I'd take him anywhere we got some cultural heritage we need to save. Here's "Learning to Save the Web" from @asameshimae.bsky.social. medium.com/@asameshimae...
"Students like using AI because it’s an ever-patient tutor. No question is beneath it, no interaction is too long."[1]
And companies like using AI because it cannot unionise!
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1. Leah Belsky (OpenAI) quoted in archive.is/wip/9HJ8o
And companies like using AI because it cannot unionise!
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1. Leah Belsky (OpenAI) quoted in archive.is/wip/9HJ8o
July 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"Students like using AI because it’s an ever-patient tutor. No question is beneath it, no interaction is too long."[1]
And companies like using AI because it cannot unionise!
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1. Leah Belsky (OpenAI) quoted in archive.is/wip/9HJ8o
And companies like using AI because it cannot unionise!
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1. Leah Belsky (OpenAI) quoted in archive.is/wip/9HJ8o
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Just realized that @datarescueproject.org is four months old as of today. We shouldn't need to exist, but here we are. And we are SO very thankful for all of you and our volunteers. These data are our data. They are the people's data.
May 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Just realized that @datarescueproject.org is four months old as of today. We shouldn't need to exist, but here we are. And we are SO very thankful for all of you and our volunteers. These data are our data. They are the people's data.
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From day one, Israel's leaders and officials loudly broadcast their genocidal intent.
Western leaders and media outlets cannot say they did not know. Instead, they indulged and spread lies about what Israel was doing. And now they must suffer the consequences.
Western leaders and media outlets cannot say they did not know. Instead, they indulged and spread lies about what Israel was doing. And now they must suffer the consequences.
May 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
From day one, Israel's leaders and officials loudly broadcast their genocidal intent.
Western leaders and media outlets cannot say they did not know. Instead, they indulged and spread lies about what Israel was doing. And now they must suffer the consequences.
Western leaders and media outlets cannot say they did not know. Instead, they indulged and spread lies about what Israel was doing. And now they must suffer the consequences.
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Netanyahu has declared Israel's intent to permanently occupy Gaza and drive its entire population into the south.
This is known as a 'concentration camp'. Gaza's surviving population will be left with a choice: leave, or die.
This is known as a 'concentration camp'. Gaza's surviving population will be left with a choice: leave, or die.
May 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Netanyahu has declared Israel's intent to permanently occupy Gaza and drive its entire population into the south.
This is known as a 'concentration camp'. Gaza's surviving population will be left with a choice: leave, or die.
This is known as a 'concentration camp'. Gaza's surviving population will be left with a choice: leave, or die.
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Excellent new piece by my @educationuom.bsky.social colleague, Zhuo Min Huang. advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
Aren't all students 'International'? Unlearning labels in HE | Advance HE
Senior Lecturer in Intercultural Education at The University of Manchester, Zhuomin Huang, reimagines an inclusive HE environment beyond the dichotomy of ‘home’ and ‘international’ students.
advance-he.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Excellent new piece by my @educationuom.bsky.social colleague, Zhuo Min Huang. advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
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Some good news for this Friday. This astonishing group of people have spun up ERICA, the ERIC archive. www.datarescueproject.org/erica-to-the...
#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky
#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky
ERICA to the Rescue!
ERIC, the research repository of the Department of Education, was defunded this week. The ERIC catalog lists over 2 million education-related publications. More than 500,000 of these publications are ...
www.datarescueproject.org
April 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Some good news for this Friday. This astonishing group of people have spun up ERICA, the ERIC archive. www.datarescueproject.org/erica-to-the...
#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky
#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky
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This is the 10th iteration of @uomlibrary.bsky.social 's "Open Knowledge in Higher Education". We're part of the PGCert in HE, and, when we started, it was unusual for a library to "own" and fully deliver a module on a non-library programme. I think we still stand out today for a few reasons...1/n
Topic 1: What is ‘open’? (2024/5)
A topic outline for Open Knowledge in Higher Education
medium.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the 10th iteration of @uomlibrary.bsky.social 's "Open Knowledge in Higher Education". We're part of the PGCert in HE, and, when we started, it was unusual for a library to "own" and fully deliver a module on a non-library programme. I think we still stand out today for a few reasons...1/n