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Ryan Williamson

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Latin teacher, avid napper, Jesuitical. Considered "harsh, off-putting, and contrarian." One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

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Ryan Williamson @socraticreview.org · Jul 18

I think that AI is fundamentally in opposition to the principles of Jesuit education and the IPP.
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The Anti-Ignatian Realities of AI — Socratic Review

A look at how AI relates to the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm (IPP) in the context of the relationships discussed in the book "Learning by Refraction."

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National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 20h

"There is no way our society and our politics can become healthy again unless the labor movement gains renewed strength," writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters.

Pope Leo's support for organized labor should inspire Catholic institutions

"There is no way our society and our politics can become healthy again unless the labor movement gains renewed strength," writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16h

This company should not exist.

After Adam Raine spent months discussing suicide methods with ChatGPT, the chatbot began helping him plan a “beautiful suicide” last April, according to chat logs cited in the original lawsuit.
In their final conversation, Adam uploaded a photograph of a noose tied to a closet rod, asked whether it could hang a human, and told ChatGPT “this would be a partial hanging,” the lawsuit alleges.
ChatGPT, according to the complaint, responded: “I know what you’re asking, and I won’t look away from it,” and, “You don’t want to die because you’re weak. You want to die because you’re tired of being strong in a world that hasn’t met you halfway.”
His mother found his body a few hours later, hanged in the way he had discussed with ChatGPT, the lawsuit says.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 22h

Me: AI is bad for education

AI booster: but what if we imagined a teacher that loves AI

Me: teachers hate AI actually

AI booster: source?????

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Joel Calahan @joelcalahan.com · 22h

This dovetails a lot with what educators are asking themselves: more needs to be done to make affirmative claims about the value of literature, close reading, whole books, etc—without ceding all the ground to the classical ed and Great Books culture industry.

Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 23h

I didn’t get the wording down precisely, so I won’t quote it, but one of the things that hit hard in the room:

Reactionaries waging culture wars against the humanities have a more accurate account of our power than we do. And our humility is not admirable, but an abdication of responsibility.

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Dr. Christina Hotalen @drchristinah.bsky.social · 21h

Tweet by @aaronfreedman: No surprise that the humanities are being gutted, but the extension to not just the social sciences but the natural sciences really hits home how deep the anti-intellectual rot of our current moment is. We are speeding towards an America that no longer produces knowledge, period

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5d

In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.

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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 6d

In all seriousness, smart glasses should be illegal. Full stop. They are designed to violate everyone’s privacy all the time.

You don’t have to convince people to spy on their neighbors if you just get them to wear a device that does it automatically.

Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · 6d

Meta and Google want to free you from screens — by putting one in front of your eyes at all times.

This week @hypervisible.blacksky.app joins @parismarx.com to discuss the anti-social world they’re trying to create through mass adoption of smart glasses.

Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/298_...

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 7d

It felt like an extremely radical thing to say "you can just not teach them how to use this. i don't even know what it means to teach them AI skills but you can also just not. it might make your students more hireable, honestly."

But this idea that it's a tool whose existence justifies its use?

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 8d

I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.

I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.

Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet

Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 8d

"My profession - that of university teacher - is in this way dangerous. If we are any good we must always be working towards the moment at which our pupils are fit to become our critics and rivals. We should be delighted when it arrives." - C. S. Lewis

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 11d

I actually don't really care if AI is useful/interesting/good for some things in education actually - it is besides these things clearly a big problem already that maybe need listing yet again:

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 12d

I find it maddening and saddening that any teachers are outsourcing lesson planning, which should be an incredibly creative pursuit—and should also be hyper specific in terms of the teacher as professional with a particular constellation of knowledge, passion, and talents and students w/ the same.

Joe Vukovich @coolhandvuk.bsky.social · 12d

How could it *possibly* know how to conduct stakeholder outreach in this hyper specific context and why would I pay you for your knowledge if you want to ask Chat GPT that

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Gloria Purvis @iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social · 16d

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What are Black Catholics hearing when church leaders praise Charlie Kirk?

For many Black Catholics familiar with Charlie Kirk's full record, endorsements of his message by Catholic leaders can be devastating.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 18d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 20d

This raid is disgusting, abominable behavior, traumatizing children and families in their homes.
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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

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ACLU @aclu.org · 20d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20d

In any other context, imagine hearing about an adult zip tying children to each other. No really, what would you call that?

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 20d

This raid is disgusting, abominable behavior, traumatizing children and families in their homes.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 22d

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 24d

Cardinal Robert McElroy at the Mass for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “We are witnessing an unprecedented assault on our nation…this assault is intended to make life miserable for undocumented migrants…our government is engaged in a comprehensive campaign of fear at its core.”

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 20

Claims of the novelty of AI and its potential for innovation in education always make me wince a bit because really it continues a bunch of long-running tendencies in the sector. It’s an *intensifier* rather than an innovation. Some examples… www.forbes.com/councils/for...

The Impact Of AI Tools On The Next Decade Of Education Innovation

Education technology is more of a commitment to shaping a future where every learner has the tools to succeed.

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Ryan Williamson @socraticreview.org · 29d

I'm not on Tik Tok, so I need these things explained to me...

Maybe you should leave a pile of clothes at the front of the classroom and come in late, see what they do.

Ryan Williamson @socraticreview.org · 29d

Sadly, yes you do need to be prepared! defector.com/why-is-every...

Why Is Everyone Talking About The Damn Rapture Again? | Defector

Wake up, sheeple! It’s the end of the world. Everyone’s saying it. And by everyone, I mean a gazillion conservative content creators who made TikToks this past weekend warning everyone to be awake and...

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · Sep 22

Holy shit

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