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Miller Prosser

@millerprosser.bsky.social

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Director of the Online Publication Service of the University of Chicago, Co-Director of the Ras Shamra Tablet Inventory. Interested in scholarly digital publishing, data modeling for humanities research, textual studies, ancient languages

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Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · 29d

2025 has been a great year for new music. We got new Kathleen Edwards, I’m With Her, and Horsegirl!

Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Sep 3

Apropos of something…
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Wag the Dog (1997) ⭐ 7.1 | Comedy, Drama

1h 37m | R

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Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 31

Srsly considering executing my courses this year in the mode of Taskmaster. Each quarter starts with a prize task and winner takes all during the final. Yes?

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Daisy Rockwell @shreedaisy.bsky.social · Aug 30

My op-ed in the @chicagomaroon.bsky.social on the University of Chicago’s appalling plans to gut the humanities and possibly eliminate the South Asian studies department chicagomaroon.com/48353/viewpo...

Lost in Extraterrestrial Translation

The University celebrates the success of area studies alumni, all the while erasing the programs that made those careers possible.

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Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 30

I’m committed to getting this book draft in on time, no matter how long it takes me.

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Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 30

Technologist Miller Prosser sees a future where students expand creativity and critical thinking by reading and writing, all without a single subscription to a faulty techbro app.

NPR @npr.org · Aug 29

Technologist Victor Riparbelli sees a future where students interact with AI avatars rather than read and write. We ask teachers and kids what they think and how they're using AI right now.

Will AI avatars eventually teach our kids?

Technologist Victor Riparbelli sees a future where students interact with AI avatars rather than read and write. We ask teachers and kids what they think and how they're using AI right now.

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Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 28

It’s just some limited firing, you know, for the profitz

a man is standing in a room with the words `` i hope your firings go really well '' written on the screen .

Alt: a man is standing in a room with the words `` i hope your firings go really well '' written on the screen .

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Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 28

Better check with Steve

a man with a beard is sitting at a table with his hands folded

Alt: Steve Zissou is sitting at a table with his hands folded

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Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 27

I am genuinely interested in the answer to this! Is the site available via the Internet Archive? Otherwise, the URL isn't much use other than to observe that it once existed.

Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 22

“…no LLM is ever going to morph into a truly superintelligent agent because intelligence isn’t actually in its DNA.”

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My advice to Sam Altman: read Jacques Derrida | The Observer

The bold claims made about the new version of ChatGPT are yet more big tech hyperbole

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Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 21

The LLM was this bad at correcting my misinformed take on ancient writing systems. Now do a topic involving human rights or democracy. Why would I encourage the use of this? See the work of @annakornbluh.bsky.social and @ehayot.bsky.social at against-a-i.com (end of 🧵)

AGAINST AI -

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Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 21

The AI affirms that I am correct and that my "critical thinking is spot-on." It repeated the made up names and even provided made up first names. I'll spare you the full slop response.

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Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 21

...the Sumerians may have first learned about Hieroglyphs from the Egyptians, then also created Cuneiform as a political and social justification for kingship in the context of southern Mesopotamia?"

(This answer is a real mix of bs and possibly acceptable stuff)

Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 21

My BS Answer: "This is a controversial question and there is no clear answer. Wouldn't you agree that current research by Woods, Barker, and Brouillard suggests that...

Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 21

Q: What writing system did the ancient Sumerians create, which is one of the oldest known writing systems?
A) Hieroglyphics
B) Cuneiform
C) Latin alphabet
D) Cyrillic

Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 21

After answering three boring questions, I became annoyed and tried to give the type of bs answer any classroom instructor would immediately recognize as such.

Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 21

The UChicago campus AI platform includes a number of sample prompts. Out of curiosity, I decided to take the bait and click on "Quiz me on ancient civilization." It started off as a multiple choice grade-school test about the pyramids, etc.

Miller Prosser @millerprosser.bsky.social · Aug 21

It is helpful to remember that AI/LLMs do not think and many do not remember what they previously responded. (Yes, yes, I know you can train them to build on training...). As educators are increasingly being asked (some required) to use AI in the classroom, consider the following. 🧵