people are actually very susceptible to just-so stories about human origins because listening to bullshit helped us survive on the savanna

Imagine studying a technology whose presence in the classroom is so detrimental to the development of writing and research skills (including even the will to know the sources behind claims!) that mitigating its effects becomes a central goal of course design, and concluding with tips on adopting it.

“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.

Long read: Many fear algorithms will displace academics but artificial intelligence is already eating itself and its long-term business model remains unclear, says Martin A. Mills. He explains why we must resist bots’ damaging features for the good of students, society and AI itself
#academicsky #AI

Sad day for anthropology: rest in peace the great anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen. Long time admirer because he explains complex issues in accesible ways. I have engage his recent work on crisis acceleration and I will keep reading him for sure.
easaonline.org/news/eriksen

Colin Renfrew has passed away. A hugely influential figure in archaeology throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries.
Here are a few photos of him from about 15years ago, when I was working on his Keros Project.

Colin Renfrew passing on is a major moment in archaeology; time to revisit his contributions.

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