David Gooda
@davidgooda.bsky.social
North west. Irish diaspora. Housing, reading, running, cooking. Grown-up children are no less time-consuming.
Well, Oxford will not be AI-free. And that's a good thing.
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I'm not suggesting that we pretend anything. But there's increasing evidence that the core academic skills of reading, thinking, researching and arguing are actively degraded by the use of AI, and I would have preferred it if Oxford had chosen to take control by advocating for these skills instead.
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm not suggesting that we pretend anything. But there's increasing evidence that the core academic skills of reading, thinking, researching and arguing are actively degraded by the use of AI, and I would have preferred it if Oxford had chosen to take control by advocating for these skills instead.
Pretty surprised to see this view from a Professor of Eng Lit. I am content to remain untaught, thanks.
December 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Pretty surprised to see this view from a Professor of Eng Lit. I am content to remain untaught, thanks.
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3) The effort is the juice! The effort is the high! Mastery of a skill is an unparalleled buzz. "Having written" is nice yes, we all joke about that, but *the making is the pleasure*. Men who've never experienced that, trying to steal it because ironically *they do not know its value*, is a sin.
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
3) The effort is the juice! The effort is the high! Mastery of a skill is an unparalleled buzz. "Having written" is nice yes, we all joke about that, but *the making is the pleasure*. Men who've never experienced that, trying to steal it because ironically *they do not know its value*, is a sin.
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what's v interesting to me is that the Judge just settled the philosophical question right here:
"an LLM does not reason in the way a litigant must. To put it in a slightly different way, LLMs do not perform the metacognitive processes that are necessary to comply with Rule 11."
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"an LLM does not reason in the way a litigant must. To put it in a slightly different way, LLMs do not perform the metacognitive processes that are necessary to comply with Rule 11."
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December 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
what's v interesting to me is that the Judge just settled the philosophical question right here:
"an LLM does not reason in the way a litigant must. To put it in a slightly different way, LLMs do not perform the metacognitive processes that are necessary to comply with Rule 11."
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"an LLM does not reason in the way a litigant must. To put it in a slightly different way, LLMs do not perform the metacognitive processes that are necessary to comply with Rule 11."
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Well, I have spares - I buy it whenever I see it, to share! DM me an office address and I'll pop one in the post...
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Well, I have spares - I buy it whenever I see it, to share! DM me an office address and I'll pop one in the post...
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I’m reminded of that essay about peacetime and wartime leadership (I can’t find it now).
Too many of our leaders are peacetime people, who calculate odds, reduce risk or maximise personal gain, and unsuited to the demands of the moment.
Too many of our leaders are peacetime people, who calculate odds, reduce risk or maximise personal gain, and unsuited to the demands of the moment.
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I’m reminded of that essay about peacetime and wartime leadership (I can’t find it now).
Too many of our leaders are peacetime people, who calculate odds, reduce risk or maximise personal gain, and unsuited to the demands of the moment.
Too many of our leaders are peacetime people, who calculate odds, reduce risk or maximise personal gain, and unsuited to the demands of the moment.
Is that Tom Lehrer?
December 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Is that Tom Lehrer?
That’s a remarkable coincidence: I sang another setting of Cummings in 1994/5, such good texts for voices.
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W5...
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W5...
Five Madrigals to poems by e e cummings (Edgley Smith) - from CDA67575 - Hyperion Records - MP3 and Lossless downloads
www.hyperion-records.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
That’s a remarkable coincidence: I sang another setting of Cummings in 1994/5, such good texts for voices.
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W5...
www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W5...
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.