András Kiséry
@andrask.bsky.social
early modernist and book historian, curious about shorthand, epigraphy, catalogs and other media. also sociology of cold war translations, history of media studies, … and Uwe Johnson.
prob signing with another sheet of paper as a ruler
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
prob signing with another sheet of paper as a ruler
agree re: it being intimidating in that format—I wonder how it can be made a bit more public though.
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
agree re: it being intimidating in that format—I wonder how it can be made a bit more public though.
great assignment sheet. Have you tried asking them to do it in front of the class? Will also be curious to know if any students mighg have an issue with doing this even one on one.
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
great assignment sheet. Have you tried asking them to do it in front of the class? Will also be curious to know if any students mighg have an issue with doing this even one on one.
thank you. yes, the move away from papers is a big motivation although i have come to believe that memorization provides a unique experience of the text that can be a game changer.
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
thank you. yes, the move away from papers is a big motivation although i have come to believe that memorization provides a unique experience of the text that can be a game changer.
Curious: how many of these replicas survive? Is there work on them, I mean on replicas in the US and their fate? Such a remarkable canon of works reproduced, which clearly shaped the art historical canon for decades.
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Curious: how many of these replicas survive? Is there work on them, I mean on replicas in the US and their fate? Such a remarkable canon of works reproduced, which clearly shaped the art historical canon for decades.
Great close-up photo!
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Great close-up photo!
would be curious to know how you do it—I haven’t taught S in a few years, will be in the spring. Usually do staged readings in groups but was pondering memorized passages as well (30 students).
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
would be curious to know how you do it—I haven’t taught S in a few years, will be in the spring. Usually do staged readings in groups but was pondering memorized passages as well (30 students).
but at this point you are usually asked to sign a statement that your submission is not AI-assisted. Or a statement about the extent and nature of AI use.
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
but at this point you are usually asked to sign a statement that your submission is not AI-assisted. Or a statement about the extent and nature of AI use.
it’s in a flux i suppose, I don’t know—but it would defeat the purpose of publication I guess. machine-assisted work is supposedly replicable with no effort so why waste resources on publication?
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
it’s in a flux i suppose, I don’t know—but it would defeat the purpose of publication I guess. machine-assisted work is supposedly replicable with no effort so why waste resources on publication?
translations and editions are publications
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
translations and editions are publications
and sure, not next week: but the excitement is about how a lot of highly skilled intellectual work will be conveniently replaced by one prompter. Which sounds nice, unless you contemplate the cultural consequences.
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
and sure, not next week: but the excitement is about how a lot of highly skilled intellectual work will be conveniently replaced by one prompter. Which sounds nice, unless you contemplate the cultural consequences.
for as long as such are trained and exist, because there are jobs for them.
I don’t think you have actually thought about how expertise gets produced and what it actually is.
I don’t think you have actually thought about how expertise gets produced and what it actually is.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
for as long as such are trained and exist, because there are jobs for them.
I don’t think you have actually thought about how expertise gets produced and what it actually is.
I don’t think you have actually thought about how expertise gets produced and what it actually is.
most experts mostly do mundane work. like the stuff mentioned here. on the scale we are talking about this is about jobs: not about uniquely brilliant individuals finding something fun to think about. And the truly brilliant experts emerge from a cohort of competent professionals—
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
most experts mostly do mundane work. like the stuff mentioned here. on the scale we are talking about this is about jobs: not about uniquely brilliant individuals finding something fun to think about. And the truly brilliant experts emerge from a cohort of competent professionals—
and at last—the fulfillment!
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
and at last—the fulfillment!
but maybe never waits in queue
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
but maybe never waits in queue
a strong guy who always appears here on cue
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
a strong guy who always appears here on cue
a heavily drawn curlicue
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
a heavily drawn curlicue
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And, I'll just step out of my historical lane for a second and say that the 19C railroad industry--a bubble these guys love to invoke as precedent--wasn't trying to pump railroad into everything. There was no Railroad School. No Railroad Healthcare System. No Railroad Personal Assistant.
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
And, I'll just step out of my historical lane for a second and say that the 19C railroad industry--a bubble these guys love to invoke as precedent--wasn't trying to pump railroad into everything. There was no Railroad School. No Railroad Healthcare System. No Railroad Personal Assistant.
Until there were no more experts because no one would hire them because, you know, Gemini…
I am sure this is a happy outcome.
Tell me what I am misunderstanding here.
I am sure this is a happy outcome.
Tell me what I am misunderstanding here.
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Until there were no more experts because no one would hire them because, you know, Gemini…
I am sure this is a happy outcome.
Tell me what I am misunderstanding here.
I am sure this is a happy outcome.
Tell me what I am misunderstanding here.
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I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.