after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...
Kémy Adé was shocked by the immigration refusal letter she received. In rejecting her permanent residence application, the Immigration Department cited her current job duties, which included wiring and assembling control circuits, building control and robot panels, programming and troubleshooting. The department said these duties didn’t match the Canadian work experience she claimed. Well, no, they didn’t. Adé is a post-doctoral research fellow and guest teacher at McMaster University — and those skills are not part of her repertoire. Nor are they what she submitted in her immigration application a year ago. “I saw this language about this job description that has nothing to do with me,” said the health scientist from France, who has a PhD from Sorbonne University in the immunology of aging. “I was disoriented how this could happen.” But a disclaimer at the bottom of the refusal letter might provide a hint. It’s believed to be the first time that the department explicitly referred to the use of generative AI to support application processing in immigration refusals. The disclaimer also noted that all generated content was verified by an officer and that generative AI was not used to make or recommend a decision.
Today in AI:
Canada rejected the PR application of a McMaster postdoc from the Sorbonne who works in the immunology of aging because the generative AI being used to process applications (😱) entirely hallucinated her credentials.
Everyone involved should be fired.
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"'AI' marks one of the most pressing labor issues that everyone in every profession is facing, particularly since the technology – or certainly those funding and forcing its adoption – is resoundingly anti-worker," writes Audrey Watters.
Come do your PhD with me!
I am offering a fully-funded, four-year PhD position in the School of Education @ucddublin.bsky.social. If you want to do critical research on technology and education, especially combining philosophical and qualitative methods, please apply!
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The modern brain is no different than that of our distant Stone Age ancestors, but our environments have changed dramatically. With so many demands on our attention, we are simply overwhelmed.
Author Richard Cytowic explains how our Stone Age brains can cope in the age of screens:
Who owns your child's data? New #RTEBrainstorm podcast based on a piece by Eamon Costello & Rob Lowney @dublincityuni.bsky.social and voiced by Jan Ní Fhlanagáin - now available wherever you get your podcasts www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Tremendous opportunity to work with amazing colleagues here at @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Education. Two
Ad Astra PhD Scholarships are available in Critical Edtech Studies & Digital Wellbeing in Childhood and Adolescence
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Submission deadline: 31 March 2026
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Open to all at UCD and beyond!
Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....
Rainbow colours, UCD crest and text "Discover diversity in our collections LGBTQ plus history month".
LGBTQ plus history month logo with rainbow colours and photo of man holding a "Heartstopper" graphic novel and cover of book.
It's LGBTQ+ History Month🏳️🌈 & we are displaying the diversity in our collections via our Feb Spotlight display in the JJL! See our guide libguides.ucd.ie/spotlight for more.
Join us on 17 Feb for an event with Eoin McEvoy, talking about his 'Heartstopper' translation. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
For all the discussion of doxxing federal agents, there’s essentially no discussion of how those agents are taking steps that attach severe punitive measures that stretch across wide swaths of the federal bureaucracy against people acting lawfully.
🏆⭐️ Two UCD projects have been named winners at this year’s SATLE Impact Awards, which celebrate initiatives that deliver real, demonstrable impact in teaching and learning across Irish higher education.
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There seems to be little critical debate about our use of phrases like 'I'm going to an Apple school' or ' a Microsoft school'. In this paper, I explore some of the possible reasons for an absence of critical debate about the corporate branding of schools. Free access at: doi.org/10.1080/0332...
Excellent read to start my Monday morning:
PBS News notes this Sunday will be “PBS News Weekend’s” last due to federal budget cuts
AUCD Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarship: Authoritarian Politics #ECPRMemberJobs
🎓 Minimum grade of 2.1 (GPA: 3.6) in a relevant Master's degree
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⌛ Friday 6 February
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@emilianotrere.com @tbonini.bsky.social I really enjoyed your book and have it on my syllabus. Thanks for your work. I wrote a review of it for Critical AI:
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"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
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UCD Citizen Science logo in white and Irish Weather Service Met Eireann logo in aqua green, with an images of an open ledger book and weather index card. A portrait of female researcher Dr. Rhonda McGovern is displayed along with the UCD Research and Library logos consisting of the UCD crest and text.
UCD #CitizenScience event🌀
Met Éireann is calling on the public to help rescue millions of historic weather observations currently held in handwritten paper records.
Dr. Rhonda McGovern will run a free hands-on workshop on 27 Jan in James Joyce Library Link 3.
Register: forms.gle/cXs26gVj68pN...
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Incredible piece of scholarship - lots to think about!
Gardner-McTaggart, A., Blyth, C. Ontological capture: AI, childhood, and the algorithmic governance of becoming. AI & Soc (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s001...
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Computer scientist Ben Shneiderman argues (in NYT's paraphrase) that "tech companies should give us tools, not thought partners, collaborators, or teammates - tools that keep us in charge, empower us and enhance us, not tools that try to be us."
Whether you’re looking for a way to discuss AI with students or be the life of the party this NYE, @civicsoftech.bsky.social has you covered with our new activity:
We did try the manual override 🫣 - I'm sure it's just working out some of the bugs!
We ran a workshop in there last week and the windows did open automatically (interestingly, it was after a break and the room had been cleared out for about 15 minutes) - it could be a bit tricky if It were raining sideways as the windows opened VERY wide (and everyone got very cold!)
Delighted to share our latest article on the @ucddublin.bsky.social Assessment for Inclusion Framework published in @teachinginhe.bsky.social with my colleagues @geraldineoneill.bsky.social & @sheenahyland.bsky.social (featuring artwork from @visualthinkery.bsky.social!)
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