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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 19d

been staring at this paragraph in @umich.edu ‘s AI guidance on and off.

you have an ethical obligation to feed Sam Altman.

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 2m

it happens, no worries

Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 15h

no, like “banning AI to refer to itself by first person pronouns.”

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 16h

i’m sorry, you missed the point. this is to protect people who think it is sentient and fit for romantic purposes, or has an investment in truth.

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 16h

i want a law that prohibits AI from using first person pronouns and replacing them with “this soulless
machine.” it would help a lot

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 17h

he isn’t condemning Israel. He’s condemning the Israeli government. explicitly.

Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 18h

three journalists from three different venues have told me that most academics won’t talk to them anymore, not even off the record. but i guess Tom here wants us to be more patient, because the SA is only in some cities, not all the cities.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

If we were living under fascism, none of you would be here daring to post things. You'd be erasing your social media accounts and keeping your head down; you'd know that peacocking your faux-bravery on a network would expose you to being disappeared.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.

shane @mouthfulofcavities.bsky.social · 3d

the regime is zip tying toddlers and ripping them away from their mothers unclothed... calling it fascism upsets this neo-con.

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 18h

what's a "research sandpit"? Is is like a sink hole?

Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 21h

I know you didn't! just tired of the "soccer moms," no "wine moms," no "resistance moms" etc discourse. As far as I can tell, those folks are holding the country together, and they'll be the ones getting people to the mid-terms, if there should be mid-terms. That said, yes, a general strike? all in!

Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 21h

A general strike would be wonderful, but dunking on people doing and organizing protest is stupid. You want more than that, organize more than that, don't insult and condescend people who actually leave their house once in a while.

Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 1d

“win”

Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 1d

and which one will be the last to ditch that abominable practice?

Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 1d

it’d be great if US media could enter the “how demented is Trump?” room.

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 1d

The students get it. www.michigandaily.com/statement/ai...

AI ate my homework: My experience with the University’s AI toolkit

I don’t understand AI enough to properly dislike it. And I’m curious as to why the University is pushing this tool so much if it inherently devalues learning. So I immersed myself in artificial intell...

www.michigandaily.com

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 2d

he looks a bit dazed?

Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 2d

Never assume it's bribery when centralization mania and hysterical distrust of the faculty suffice.

Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 2d

It's Open Inquiry Week at @umich.edu. The other 51 weeks are for booking travel on Collegiate Travel Planners and finding space for your students in the 70 seat Testing Accommodation Centers.

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 2d

In my capacity as the chair of the provost's senate-appointed advisory committees, I emailed the questions below to @umich.edu's CFO and CIO. Our bylaws entitle me to request information from any officer of the university. This was weeks ago. I have yet to receive a response.