Karrie Kaiser Lee
@karrielee.bsky.social
Lecturer, Professional Writing program, Dept of English, Purdue University.
Letter writer who describes himself as "Libertarian I guess" because he's a centrist is hilarious
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Letter writer who describes himself as "Libertarian I guess" because he's a centrist is hilarious
I am seeing job ads for professors to work in AI departments and programs. They are currently adding "AI Literacy" requirements and I have never seen curriculum change happen so fast. This feels unprecedented.
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I am seeing job ads for professors to work in AI departments and programs. They are currently adding "AI Literacy" requirements and I have never seen curriculum change happen so fast. This feels unprecedented.
I ack in 1995, I wonder if academia embraced the Internet as swiftly and strongly as it has #genai. Were departments of the Internet started back then? Was there a rush to start Internet literacy requirements?
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I ack in 1995, I wonder if academia embraced the Internet as swiftly and strongly as it has #genai. Were departments of the Internet started back then? Was there a rush to start Internet literacy requirements?
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today’s don’t build the torment nexus comes to us from the classic horror story don’t build the evil sentient toy
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
today’s don’t build the torment nexus comes to us from the classic horror story don’t build the evil sentient toy
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toy company CEOs: "at long last, we have created the Sinister Talking Doll Factory from the acclaimed movie 'Don't Create the Sinister Talking Doll Factory'"
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AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
toy company CEOs: "at long last, we have created the Sinister Talking Doll Factory from the acclaimed movie 'Don't Create the Sinister Talking Doll Factory'"
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November 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
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Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
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A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
October 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
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I'm super excited to be returning to my old program, and a tiny bit nervous, tbh. But there's a lot of resources and support. #Purduerhetoricandcomp
August 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I'm super excited to be returning to my old program, and a tiny bit nervous, tbh. But there's a lot of resources and support. #Purduerhetoricandcomp
I'll be splitting time between CHI and W Lafayette. It's about a 2 hour drive one way, plus a time zone. (For those of you keeping track, my previous commute wound up being about 1.5 hours one way.)
August 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I'll be splitting time between CHI and W Lafayette. It's about a 2 hour drive one way, plus a time zone. (For those of you keeping track, my previous commute wound up being about 1.5 hours one way.)
(For everyone under the age of 80, that was a TV show where a HS teacher returned to his old HS to teach. Hilarity ensued)
August 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
(For everyone under the age of 80, that was a TV show where a HS teacher returned to his old HS to teach. Hilarity ensued)
I am happy to report I will be teaching at Purdue as a full-time Lecturer for the Professional Writing program starting this fall. That's where I earned my PhD in rhetoric. So, a little like "Welcome Back, Kotter."
August 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I am happy to report I will be teaching at Purdue as a full-time Lecturer for the Professional Writing program starting this fall. That's where I earned my PhD in rhetoric. So, a little like "Welcome Back, Kotter."
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Reminder that AI harms marginalized communities!
The Exploited Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence | NOEMA
Supporting transnational worker organizing should be at the center of the fight for “ethical AI.”
www.noemamag.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Reminder that AI harms marginalized communities!
This whole thread - yes. I am so concerned about generative AI and am alarmed at how it's being crammed down our digital throats.
The victim-blaming logic for ChatGPT and related “AI” tools has already been established. When the technology puts people in danger, even deadly danger, folks will say it’s the user’s fault for trusting the technology—even as the media, the industry, workplaces and even schools encourage that trust
August 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This whole thread - yes. I am so concerned about generative AI and am alarmed at how it's being crammed down our digital throats.
Yes! All 5" squares in different prints.
August 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yes! All 5" squares in different prints.
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We don't need more data centers, this addiction to computer solutionism is psychotic and does not work. It literally makes every problem we face dramatically worse.
August 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We don't need more data centers, this addiction to computer solutionism is psychotic and does not work. It literally makes every problem we face dramatically worse.
Really misread the embroidery pattern's source. It's Needles 'N Hoops! 😳
July 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Really misread the embroidery pattern's source. It's Needles 'N Hoops! 😳
The 1980s seemed to be a time when fashion from other periods came back, makes sense typefaces designed then might harken back to earlier decades.
July 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The 1980s seemed to be a time when fashion from other periods came back, makes sense typefaces designed then might harken back to earlier decades.
Love this, thank you! Typefaces are fascinating to me!
July 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Love this, thank you! Typefaces are fascinating to me!
Before opening the frame, I guestimated this came from the 1980s. Just a hunch. On to see if I can find the pattern!
July 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Before opening the frame, I guestimated this came from the 1980s. Just a hunch. On to see if I can find the pattern!
I'm pausing this project. I have archival framing tape but no archival cardboard to wrap the embroidery in. Leaving it in the frame, I'll see if the piece needs to be washed. Hope it won't. You can see damage to the fabric from the cellophane tape used in the original framing.
July 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I'm pausing this project. I have archival framing tape but no archival cardboard to wrap the embroidery in. Leaving it in the frame, I'll see if the piece needs to be washed. Hope it won't. You can see damage to the fabric from the cellophane tape used in the original framing.