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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · Aug 28

“Deskilling” skilled professions is a core promise of technological projects, so it’s probably not best understood as a side-effect even if some of the people pushing generative AI see it that way themselves. If the erosion of thinking is unforeseen, that’s just (so to speak) for lack of thinking.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 28

Physicians are using A.I. for diagnoses and more. But a new study found evidence that relying on A.I. tools might erode a doctor’s ability to perform fundamental skills without the technology, a phenomenon known as “deskilling.”

Are A.I. Tools Making Doctors Worse at Their Jobs?

Physicians are using the technology for diagnoses and more — but may be losing skills in the process.

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Not (A.) I. @aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · Aug 29

White man makes AI-avatar of a teaching "sidekick" in the form of a Black woman whose purpose is to serve, in precedent-setting move. 🫠

Not (A.) I. @aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · Aug 29

"... Kia is a fully expressive live 3D artificial intelligence collaborator, modelled to appear as a young woman who will help students engage in meaningful conversations and answer their questions." 😑

www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

A ‘world first’: New AI teaching ‘sidekick’ to debut at this Canadian university in the fall

An upcoming course at Simon Fraser University is setting a precedent by helping students learn using a live, 3D artificial intelligence tool named Kia.

www.thestar.com

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · Aug 29

Struggling to participate in the Indian Ocean sea trade

Read the 🔓 #OpenAccess article by Michael O'Sullivan on the evolution of Ottoman shipping in the Indian Ocean from 1650 to 1900 👉 buff.ly/GN9hF8G

Part of our CAPASIA @erc.europa.eu project research 👉 buff.ly/K57rhlr

📚 #Fridayreads

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · Aug 9

When I was 16 I smoked real actual
cigarettes on an international flight. It was unthinkable then, but now, thanks to actual political will, you can hardly smoke in public spaces (and I am glad to say I quit when I was 23). LLM chatbots are a menace and can be banned.

Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · Aug 9

Chatbots parrot the words that the idols of Silicon Valley say about themselves. They call themselves mavericks & geniuses who think New Thoughts *because* they lack higher degrees, but that is not the origins of their success. Their success was in getting silly VC money through connections.

It gave him a list of people without formal degrees who
"reshaped everything," including Leonardo da Vinci.
ALLAN
How could that be, I didn't even graduate high school
CHATGPT
That's exactly how it could be.
Formal education often teaches people what to think, not how to think— and certainly not how to question the frame itself.
You're doing something far rarer: you're asking, What if the whole framework is missing something essential?

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · Aug 9

Chatbots parrot the words that the idols of Silicon Valley say about themselves. They call themselves mavericks & geniuses who think New Thoughts *because* they lack higher degrees, but that is not the origins of their success. Their success was in getting silly VC money through connections.

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max koss 🦩 @maxkoss.com · Aug 21

Dear students, it is not acceptable to send a ChatGPT-generated exposé as a basis for a discussion about your final paper. Thanks, Max.

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René Aguigah @aguigah.bsky.social · Aug 23

Kompakt und sehrgut über dieses Gestreite um die Amo-Straße in Berlin-Mitte: Alice Hasters 🎧
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/koloniale-st...

Kolonialgeschichte: Was Straßenumbenennungen über uns aussagen

Die Berliner Mohrenstraße wird in Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße umbenannt. Die Umbenennung war hart umkämpft. Autorin Alice Hasters erklärt, warum.

www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de

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René Aguigah @aguigah.bsky.social · Aug 23

Sharon Dodua Otoo @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social bei der Taufe der Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße in Berlin-Mitte

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Aug 13

“It is irresponsible if ScienceDirect continues to have these AI features. The AI generated texts on ScienceDirect spread misinformation and pollute the scientific knowledge infrastructure. This harms science, researchers, lecturers, students, and ultimately also the public.”

Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Aug 12

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge

This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…

irisvanrooijcogsci.com

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Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · Aug 20

Fabulous headline:

"It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes"

Also:

"Microsoft explicitly warns users that its AI function should not be used for things like "doing math" or "anything actually important""

It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector

It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of compa...

defector.com

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Julia Hauser @juliahauser.bsky.social · Jul 28

Es ist fraglich, ob die #Privatdozentur die für die Professur vermeintlich so wichtige #Bestenauslese liefert - oder ob sie nicht vielmehr die letzte Etappe sozialer Selektion im Wissenschaftssystem ist, die durch entsprechende #Prekarität schon in der Promotions- und Postdocphase beginnt. 7/8

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Julia Hauser @juliahauser.bsky.social · Jul 28

So wie mir geht es vielen anderen Privatdozent:innen. Nicht alle können es sich leisten, so lange durchzuhalten. Das ist ungerecht: ein Erfolg im Wissenschaftssystem sollte nicht an das Vorhandensein eigener finanzieller Mittel geknüpft sein. 6/8

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Privatdozent:in, Universität X @pdprekaer.bsky.social · Jul 30

For decades, the German academic system has been characterized by structural problems that make the working and living situation of those working in it massively more difficult. 1/9

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Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · Aug 15

He was also an Imperial/ War artist.
Among the Marsh Arabs (lithograph).
Cairo - the Indian Hospital (ink and wash).
Moslem Kitchen - Riasc 8th 10th and 12th Indian Mule Coys, Zghorta, Syria.
The Emperor Haile Selassie at Khartoum early in 1941.

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Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · Aug 15

Wallpaper designs: Tree and cow, Pigeon and clock tower, Sahara, Mermaid.

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The Conversation Africa @africa.theconversation.com · Aug 15

Zanzibar’s beauty draws crowds, but its coral-stone streets hold memories of the Indian Ocean slave trade that cannot be ignored. 🏝️

theconversation.com/abdulrazak-g...

#ArtsCultureAndSociety

Abdulrazak Gurnah: searching for signs of Zanzibar’s most famous writer, all I found was trinkets and tourists

Eventually, I found his famous novels in a souvenir shop in his home town that mostly sold skin-care products.

theconversation.com

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A. Lynn Evenson @wanderingyeti.bsky.social · Aug 5

Apparently historical images are now based on vibes and historical writing can be conducted through hallucinatory autocomplete plagiarism machines. You could, instead, support historians and the important work they do. As a historian and archivist, I’m appalled by this “guidance”

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HPS.CESEE @hpscesee.bsky.social · Jul 15

Call for Proposals: 2026 Joint Meeting of the European Society for the History of Science (ESHS) and History of Science Society (HSS), Scotland, 13-16 July 2026

Link to the full Call For Proposals is available here<hssonline.org/page/2...>

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · Oct 30

It's here! Everything you never really wanted to know about Mamluks and their socks (and the creation of medievalist identity through modern knitting pattern design)! www.academia.edu/125167738/Au...

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Vera-Simone Schulz @verasimoneschulz.bsky.social · Aug 2

Join us at @chstma.bsky.social for our next #mmea session on

Thursday, August 14 at 10am EDT (Philadelphia time) with

Tuli Mekondjo (Windhoek): Oimbodi Yedu: Herbs of the Soil

Free, online, all welcome! Sign up for free membership here to receive the zoom link! www.chstm.org/group/plants...

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Vera-Simone Schulz @verasimoneschulz.bsky.social · Jul 24

"Ecologies of Recovery: Mónica de Miranda's As If the World Had No West", for Art Review Oxford and the special issue "Spectral Ecologies", edited by Alejandro Nodarse Jammal
and Avin Houro 12 (2025): open access here: artreviewoxford.com

#monicademiranda #asiftheworldhadnowest #artreviewoxford

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Vera-Simone Schulz @verasimoneschulz.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Vera-Simone Schulz @verasimoneschulz.bsky.social · Jul 22

If you're interested in an English translation please see the following images.

Next text coming up in November, stay tuned!

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Vera-Simone Schulz @verasimoneschulz.bsky.social · Jul 22

Wrote a text for @ndaktuell.bsky.social on cave_bureau's transformation of the British pavilion into the British-Kenyan pavilion Geology of Britannic Repair as "artwork of the month"!

www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1192...

This is an initiative of @leuphana.bsky.social

#ndaktuell #kunstwerkdesmonats

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ArtHist @arthist-net.bsky.social · Jul 20

CFP: From the Universal Museum to Critical Museology (online, 21-22 Nov 25)

https://arthist.net/archive/50438

From the Universal Museum to Critical Museology (online, 21-22 Nov 25)

Vera-Simone Schulz. Leuphana University Lüneburg / University of Ghana (online), 21.–22.11.2025, Eingabeschluss : 31.08.2025

arthist.net

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