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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 15h

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 1d

With AI systems deployed at schools misidentifying a bag of Doritos and a clarinet for weapons in recent months, I'm resharing my library Against School Surveillance Technologies in case anybody is looking for news stories, peer-reviewed articles, reports, and other media to teach.

Against School Surveillance Technologies

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

Amazon “has persuaded cities and school districts to abandon competitive bidding and surrender to its dynamic, algorithm-driven pricing…This opaque system subjects buyers to erratic price swings and allows Amazon to covertly inflate prices and overcharge schools and cities.”

US schools face big price swings for basics under Amazon’s ‘dynamic pricing’, report claims

Amazon calls the report ‘flawed and misleading’ and says it offers lower prices than competitors

www.theguardian.com

Mary Rice @digitalliterate.bsky.social · 4d

It’s just like we didn’t learn anything from the social media monster that we allowed silicone valley to unleash on our children.

Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 4d

“The AI industry is essentially unregulated, which has placed the burden for the well-being of kids heavily on the shoulders of parents.”

As a parent of young children, I cannot emphasize enough how schools need to stop socializing children into GenAI users through partnerships with Big Tech.

Futurism @futurism.com · 4d

"We have a pretty big issue on our hands that I think we don't fully understand the scope of."

Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 4d

“The AI industry is essentially unregulated, which has placed the burden for the well-being of kids heavily on the shoulders of parents.”

As a parent of young children, I cannot emphasize enough how schools need to stop socializing children into GenAI users through partnerships with Big Tech.

Futurism @futurism.com · 4d

"We have a pretty big issue on our hands that I think we don't fully understand the scope of."

The Things Young Kids Are Using AI for Are Absolutely Horrifying

A large number of very young users are engaging with violent — and often sexually violent — interactions with unregulated companion chatbots.

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Mary Rice @digitalliterate.bsky.social · 5d

For the love of English, wouldn’t it be amazing if Caleb Williams had at least one literature teacher as a parent? And isn’t he a man with a literary name for our time? openlibrary.org/books/OL7058...

Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 14d

Study finds girls 3x more likely to solve math problems w/ a standard algorithm; boys more likely to never use an algorithm. Girls' compliance & teacher-pleasing tendencies may result in using algorithms more than boys, who are more socialized to be risk-takers. theconversation.com/girls-and-bo...

Girls and boys solve math problems differently – with similar short-term results but different long-term outcomes

The reasons are not yet fully understood, but researchers consider societal influences that encourage greater compliance among girls as a potential cause.

theconversation.com

Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 16d

If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals

Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is

interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...

New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries

Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.

interestingengineering.com

Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 17d

“This technology that is ruining education has incredible potential to save education, if only I could figure out how to use it better to improve my students’ education.”

Somehow missed this @mcsweeneys.net gem from September.

ht: @brianrbowen.bsky.social

I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers

I care deeply about my students’ learning, but with all the new technologies available to help them cut corners, I worry that they’re not doing the...

www.mcsweeneys.net

Mary Rice @digitalliterate.bsky.social · 19d

If there is no way to say “no” it is not a consent situation. There is no agency.

Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 20d

Until tech gives more agency to citizens, smart cities are a dumb idea for democracy. "While cities may disclose how they collect data, they rarely offer ways to opt out." "Residents want agency" #privacy #AIEthics

spectrum.ieee.org/smart-city-p...

Data Walks Reveal Residents' Mixed Feelings on Privacy

How do Long Beach residents feel about data collection in their city? Gwen Shaffer's data walks reveal surprising insights.

spectrum.ieee.org

Yvalarevolution⁷ @yvalarevolution.bsky.social · 19d

This is why this garbage is being pushed on us so hard. They want to kill intellectual curiosity and learning.

www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

ANALYSIS | ChatGPT may help you find information faster, but you learn less | CBC Radio

Bob McDonald’s Blog: Recent studies show that using chatbots like ChatGPT may get us information faster than ever before, but we’re not gaining much knowledge by using it.

www.cbc.ca

jayjohns69.bsky.social @jayjohns69.bsky.social · 19d

Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages | The Verge share.google/tFiz2i2UJeJ7...

Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages

Amazon data centers might be adding to a public health crisis in Morrow County, Oregon.

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Mary Rice @digitalliterate.bsky.social · 20d

The actual capacities matter less than management’s perception or hope that your job can be done artificially.

Glen Dunlap @glendunlap.bsky.social · 20d

It's coming whether we like it or not.

Terrifying new MIT study claims AI already has the 'cognitive and administrative' capability to replace 11.7% of the US workforce

Are the bots coming for your job?

www.yahoo.com

Mary Rice @digitalliterate.bsky.social · 20d

ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/the-sand-c...

The Sand Creek Massacre And Why It Still Matters Today

November 29, 1864, marked "one of the most emotionally charged and controversial events in American history"

ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com

Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 20d

Until tech gives more agency to citizens, smart cities are a dumb idea for democracy. "While cities may disclose how they collect data, they rarely offer ways to opt out." "Residents want agency" #privacy #AIEthics

spectrum.ieee.org/smart-city-p...

Data Walks Reveal Residents' Mixed Feelings on Privacy

How do Long Beach residents feel about data collection in their city? Gwen Shaffer's data walks reveal surprising insights.

spectrum.ieee.org

Glen Dunlap @glendunlap.bsky.social · 20d

It's coming whether we like it or not.

Terrifying new MIT study claims AI already has the 'cognitive and administrative' capability to replace 11.7% of the US workforce

Are the bots coming for your job?

www.yahoo.com

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28d

EXPLOSIVE: The late President George H.W. Bush told a federal official that an alien made contact with humans at Holloman Air Force Base in 1964, according to an explosive new documentary. Astrophysicist Eric Davis claimed Bush confirmed details of contact between the military and an alien creature.

President George HW Bush ‘knew’ of 1964 alien contact with humans in New Mexico: documentary

Watershed new UFO documentary "The Age of Disclosure" released to Amazon on Friday with dozens of former government officials detailing direct knowledge of alien bodies, crafts, and secret government ...

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 28d

I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ

Howard University AI Panel

YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley

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Mary Rice @digitalliterate.bsky.social · Nov 19

Here is the video presentation I made for the University Council of Educational Administrators about "Going Virtual" for Snow Days. youtu.be/j2RY0iOCEls

Going Online: School Leadership During Asynchronous Learning Days

YouTube video by Mary F. Rice

youtu.be

Isaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · Nov 19

The most widely used writing system in pre-colonial Africa was the ʿAjamī script

www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/theajami-s...

That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · Nov 19

Huge win for Missouri and for all libraries. Thank you to MASL, MLA, the ACLU, and everyone involved! @la-cac.org #FReadom

www.stlpr.org/government-p...

Missouri court strikes down book ban law that pushed libraries to remove hundreds of titles

A law creating a misdemeanor offense for school employees who supply ‘sexually explicit material’ to students is now void.

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Mary Rice @digitalliterate.bsky.social · Nov 17

He may not have realized that Mary Shelley was saying modern Prometheus’ were selfish greedy emotionally vacuous unhinged unethical grave robbing misanthropic nihilists. With god complexes.

Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social · Nov 17

Literally the subtitle to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.”

Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. StartUp Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
Called Project Prometheus, the company is focusing on artificial intelligence for the engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · Nov 17

Experts warn environmental costs to powering AI technology is rising

David Shipley, founder of New Brunswick-based cybersecurity firm Beauceron Security, says the electricity and water required to support modern AI systems are far greater than most people realize.

www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...

Experts warn environmental costs to powering AI technology is rising

Experts say the electricity and water required to support modern AI systems are far greater than most people realize.

www.ctvnews.ca

Mary Rice @digitalliterate.bsky.social · Nov 17

I have done academic job interviews in a hotel room with panels of folks while sitting near a bed. In 2017.

Sarah Trembanis @strembanis.bsky.social · Nov 16

Yes!! I never experienced this, but friends did and women professors warned us— especially about the beds.

Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social · Nov 17

Literally the subtitle to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.”

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Nov 17

Chilling piece on employment effects of AI on early careers. Includes this line, which will probably become the norm for many firms: "Managers at Shopify must now justify hiring a human by first explaining why AI can’t do the job."

nymag.com/intelligence...