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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 8h

As universities embrace AI, corporate influence on research, governance and values is growing.

What happens when higher ed’s pursuit of tech prestige meets Silicon Valley’s profit motives?

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Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence

Higher education’s embrace of AI reveals deeper trends in institutional priorities − and what’s at risk.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 9h

It will also disconnect students from each other—and in a world fractured by various flavors of technofascism, I cannot think of a more disastrous thing (which is likely partly why AI fetishists are pushing for AI in schools and universities)

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 15h

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

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Javi Lopez Frias @javierlopez.bsky.social · 1d

"That's Vinicius' existence: being himself while constantly measured by someone else's comfort...Spain's moral code still confuses composure with virtue...But that code was built in a football world that no longer exists" www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Vinicius Junior smiles again but his Real Madrid future has never been more uncertain - Guillem Balague column

As Vinicius Junior enjoys his best start to a season at Real Madrid, European football expert Guillem Balague believes his future remains uncertain.

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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 1d

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books

To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school | By Rose Horowitch www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... #academia #reading #philsky

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books

To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.

www.theatlantic.com

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 1d

#Philjobs #philsci #philtech

Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 1d

My department is hiring! Tenure-track assistant professor in philosophy (AOS: philosophy of technology) jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/55...

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 2d

Admissions Essays Written by AI Are Generic and Easy to Spot https://bit.ly/4h40RvW

An illustration of a robot working at a computer.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 2d

The best way to find your next read might be closer at hand than you thought. Lydia Davis’s new book, "Into the Weeds," charts a more serendipitous path to reading, David L. Ulin writes:

How to Discover Books

The best way to find your next read might be closer at hand than you thought.

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La Ventana @laventanacadenaser.bsky.social · 5d

🧠 Más Platón y menos WhatsApp con José Carlos Ruiz

👉🏼 Máriam Martínez-Bascuñán presenta "El fin del mundo común. Hannah Arendt y la posverdad"

📹 Vídeo en directo: youtube.com/live/3i-CAiN...

💭 MÁS PLATÓN Y MENOS WHATSAPP | Entrevista a Máriam Martínez-Bascuñán

YouTube video by La Ventana

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Rob Sica @robsica.bsky.social · 3d

🔪"I find it striking how scholars in this literature generally fail to realize the depth of the challenge evolutionary debunking presents"

Relying on Intuitions in Moral and Political Philosophy: A Practice with No Support - The Journal of Ethics

The Journal of Ethics - How can we study normative questions, the subject matter of normative moral and political philosophy? A common answer is: by relying on our normative intuitions. This paper...

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Rob Sica @robsica.bsky.social · 3d

"If AIs soon become much better than us at answering philosophical questions, philosophy will no longer be a source of superlative meaning for any humans at all."

Neil Levy, The work of philosophy in the age of mechanical reproduction: How AI threatens the meaningfulness of philosophy - PhilPapers

Some philosophers have worried that AI threatens meaning in life by making humans redundant in the workplace or by relegating them to menial tasks. While these worries may be justified, there's ...

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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 3d

From the laws of the game to the laws of the psyche —the most recent articles published in "Sport, Ethics & Philosophy" tackle soccer, rugby, and the sport ethic through play and psychoanalytic perspectives. Read more: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rse... #PhilSky #SportPhil

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy

Publishes philosophy that engage with the nature and value of sport, as well as issues of practice and policy, from Anglo-American and Continental traditions.

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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 4d

Judith Jarvis Thomson, whose followup to Philippa Foot's thought experiment spawned an industry jokingly known as Trolleyology, was born otd in 1929. For our #WiseWomen series earlier this year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, @skaskowitz.bsky.social, to investigate: youtu.be/ngl4vJNDOu8

Judith Jarvis Thomson: Roving Philosophical Report

YouTube video by Philosophy Talk

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 4d

Will AI be the cause of worse science, or better science? #AIEthics www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A scientist’s guide to AI agents — how could they help your research?

Researchers are increasingly turning to artificial-intelligence tools that can handle complex, multi-step processes.

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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · 4d

Compassion in Philadelphia

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Javi Lopez Frias @javierlopez.bsky.social · 4d

¿Se refieren a los otros dos penaltis que se quedaron en el limbo?

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Sergio (Mikasa @A_Trallon) @sergete.bsky.social · 4d

La polémica es que te han pasado por encima.

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 4d

🚨 UPSET 🚨

UCLA takes down No. 7 Penn State to get its first win of the season!

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Paul Kelly @pjthinker.bsky.social · 4d

My @lsepress.bsky.social book has now passed 15k downloads and quite a few sales (even though it is free) - time to finish the other volume - yes there is one… tentatively entitled Justice, Order and the Common Good …

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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 5d

2ND PLACE LOOKS GOOD ON THESE GOLDEN WAR CHERRIES 🍒

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David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 5d

I understand the WNBA commissioner is addressing the media today! Maybe someone can ask about what I wrote for the New York Times today.

The WNBA’s revenue has tripled in the last six years. Time to pay the players!!

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Opinion | The W.N.B.A. Is Making More Money Than Ever. Why Aren’t the Players? (Gift Article)

Other professional sports leagues give their players roughly 50 percent of the revenue, but the W.N.B.A. players get less than 10 percent.

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 6d

Because of warm winter temperatures in Utah, Ice Castles will not be returning to Midway this year. Is Utah still suitable for the 2034 Olympics?

Utah getting too warm to keep Ice Castles. Can the state still host 2034 Winter Olympics?

Because of warm winter temperatures in Utah, Ice Castles will not be returning to Midway this year. Is Utah still suitable for the 2034 Olympics?

www.sltrib.com

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 8d

This @edzitron.com piece is a must-read.

Had me doing some napkin math...

Penn State has 88K students and 37K faculty & staff across the commonwealth.

That's 125K people for whom PSU spends $360 annually per person on Microsoft 365 Copilot.

$45m per year on a Mechanical Turk.

Unconscionable...

The Case Against Generative AI

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...

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Stuart Jones @stuartjones.bsky.social · 8d

A symposium on Georgios Varouxakis, The West: A History of an Idea

Date: 24 Oct • 15:00

Location: 327 Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-symposiu...

A symposium on Georgios Varouxakis, The West: A History of an Idea

Georgios Varouxakis Symposium

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Javi Lopez Frias @javierlopez.bsky.social · 8d

There you have those substitutions!

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Javi Lopez Frias @javierlopez.bsky.social · 8d

Ya somos dos...

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