Well, it finally happened: I joined a call where the note-taking bots outnumbered the humans.

Prof. Steve Fuller on Aphorisms, Algorithms and the New Media Shaping Thought w/ Luke Robert Mason YouTube video by Luke Robert Mason

🎙️ On the @futurespodcast.bsky.social, I sat down with @profstevefuller.bsky.social to explore how media transforms the way knowledge is created, communicated, and contested. Themes in his new @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social book.

youtu.be/pwgzaVTM36Y

There is something satisfying about the fact that AI fails to give convincing summaries of the texts that deal with the more metaphysical aspects of human existence. It shows it hasn't yet grasped the fuzzier aspects of human experience.

Faceless AI-generated YouTube Videos have now reached the quality of your average adjunct university lecturer. Some of the voices even have more personality. This should really concern the higher education sector.

Those who experience 'Future Shock' rarely face the world beyond their screens.

🧠 What if you could talk to an AI-generated version of your future self?

🤖 @mitmedialab.bsky.social's Pattie Maes joined me on the @futurespodcast.bsky.social to explore how #AI might help us become the best version of ourselves by reshaping how we think about our long-term decisions.

As thousands more teenagers scramble for university places, I have to ask – why? | Simon Jenkins Student debt increasing, graduate salaries dropping, high-skilled jobs thin on the ground – higher education in the UK is a mess, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

University profoundly shaped me and who I wanted to become. As someone who now teaches, I try to offer undergraduates more than information - I try to model that possibility.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If it were truly 'PhD-level' AI, it would crash the moment you asked it to explain in plain English.

A truly 'PhD-level' AI would have enough imposter syndrome to be unsure about the answers it provides.

A truly 'PhD-level' AI would know more and more about less and less until it knows everything about nothing.

What I would like to remind everyone talking about Sam Altman talking about the “PhD level intelligence” of the new ChatGPT is that Sam Altman dropped out of college so he… has no experiential construct for what grad school even is.

A 'PhD-level' AI would write 30,000 words, cite itself, and still get prompted to 'clarify contribution.'

OpenAI claims new GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’ GPT-5's release comes as tech firms continue to compete in an effort to claim the world's most advanced AI.

Let’s hope 'PhD level' AI doesn’t mean it also needs three supervisors, six revisions, and a nervous breakdown before it can explain anything.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Beyond parody 🤦🏻‍♂️

@michae.lv @dralistruthers.bsky.social It's Beyond parody! 🤣

This can't be real?!

A banner advert for the University of Warwick, which says "Beyond ignores curiousity". This is a spelling error.

The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere.

But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.

Warwick marketing ‘fiasco’ shows ‘education isn’t a luxury brand’ Experts warn institutions against losing sight of their purpose, as more details emerge about university’s prolific spending on PR activities

' ... to view universities as being like 'luxury brands' “ ... is to fundamentally misunderstand their purpose”.

“They don’t exist to cultivate prestige – they exist to expand knowledge, support critical thinking and serve the public good.” '

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/warwick...

‘Authentic AI content’ is a contradiction in terms - but that won’t stop marketers from coining another shiny neologism.

“Any teacher who can be replaced by a machine should be.” - Arthur C. Clarke

@profstevefuller.bsky.social's update (below) with a similar sentiment, "You don't want to have a bionic textbook whose content is reducible to their PowerPoints."

Can anyone explain Midlands-based universities' obsession with the word 'Beyond'? 😂

I'm looking for a service that lets me pay $10 a month to access 20 articles from any news platform for Free. Simple. Friction Free.

Barbie's Dreamhouse was a £200k investment in my education.
thetab.com/2024/12/27/u...

They've changed the button to 'Study Here', but maybe that was part of the strategy all along? 🤣

That's how the inmates get to run the asylum. 🤣

I didn't realise you were behind this! #SchoolTasking is incredible work, and showcases the best of what can be achieved at institutions like Warwick. 👏🏻

"Why did you decide to go to Warwick Uni?"
"I liked the font."

Leading the way in transforming our University into a loved and respected global education brand is what drives Ajay Teli – our Chief Communications and Marketing Officer. | University of Warwick Leading the way in transforming our University into a loved and respected global education brand is what drives Ajay Teli – our Chief Communications and Marketing Officer. Find out more about his vi...

Here's the bind: Despite academic freedom, it doesn't benefit your career to critique Senior Leadership, especially on the platforms they monitor. ("Hi, 👋🏻")

Academics have been worried about the optics of our comms since this confusing piece of self-promo: www.linkedin.com/posts/uniofw...

I didn’t realise this was our homepage! A curious outcome when the comms team starts prioritising self-promotion over the institution’s actual research excellence. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Vogue Salon: Breaking the burnout cycle An insightful conversation on breaking the burnout cycle and fostering a healthy workplace culture unfolded.

I think they mean that they had a professor on a panel at a Vogue Salon in Singapore discussing burnout. They forgot that there were 2,691 academic staff & researchers on a campus back in Coventry, who would have appreciated this insight, plus no need to pay to play. 😉
vogue.sg/vogue-salon-...