Just 1 example of the kind of thing unis are getting for their massive spend on consultants. ANU spent $6k on a "non-significant meeting" with a reputation management firm at which apparently no one took a note. That's more than a tutor gets for a semester's work
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
mill's dedication: this is a jointly authored work
a century & a half of male editors: mill exaggerated out of a sentimental fondness for his wife
mill's letters: no, really, most of "my" work was partly by her, i really could not be clearer on this
yesss shove it in my veins
Chapter 11
Strategies for organising against AI in higher education
Robert Ovetz and Lindsay Weinber
> the future of AI in higher education is not a foregone conclusion. Academic workers can organise to contest,
refuse and ban extractive AI
You are a powerhouse, Zoë.
I do think that wishes aren't subject to consistency norms, but I also think there is a difference between _wishing someone luck_ for getting the job and wishing they get the job.
Yes, I believe so.
Just noticed that you've taken a step back from hosting interviews on the Philosophy channel on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. As a listener, thanks for the many fascinating discussions over the years!
Sorry to read this! Hope you are on the improve and can salvage part of the long weekend.
I'm excited to share my last paper of 2025, which is out now in Human Studies. This one means a lot to me, as I draw on my own experience of synaesthesia in grappling with Merleau-Ponty's claim that 'synaesthetic perception is the rule'. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
It is wonderful to hear that pioneers and stalwarts of Australian gaming production are also such generous, enthusiastic, and personable people. Great interview!
A publication for a special issue of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies to close out the year. I examine the role of the heart as a temporalising and motivating organ for human experience in the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and María Zambrano. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KSBQS...
I don’t think the kind of specialised scientific data analysis tools discussed in the article are the applications of AI about which people are concerned.
Leadership would have you so tired, so poor, so disempowered, that you only watch your own back.
This is what happens when we don’t watch each others back.
Join a union that cares about *everyone* and work hard to keep everyone safe. Including people that are at risk from viruses.
Wild ride. And condolences, Maks.
Congratulations to my @emorylaw.bsky.social colleague Deepa Das Acevedo on her new book The War on Tenure. www.cambridge.org/us/universit... Zoom in for the 9/26 book launch:
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations”
what can i say? i’m good at what i do
Back after a short hiatus, in our latest episode,
@ptmcconville.bsky.social speaks with Anya Daly. They discuss meditation and perception, the divide between continental and analytic philosophy, and human and animal lifeworlds. Follow the show and listen wherever you find your podcasts!
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
Here's me in Guardian Australia on the total debacle with Meanjin.
www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
“Universities educate students, but they are also incubators of new knowledge and discovery. ... For example, by supporting areas of research that might not be economically “efficient” but which will be required for our future.”
theconversation.com/universities...
Exemptions to copyright legislation for AI would disadvantage Australian writers – and set a bad precedent.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/the-pro...
Interesting discussion. As someone who routinely masks, and is trying to encourage institutions to take durable measures to ensure indoor environments have clean air, the spectrum of reactions runs from bemusement through suspicion and resentment to downright hostility.
WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
One of the best experiences I had in graduate school was joining a reading group on @bryanvannorden.bsky.social's Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy (and the accompanying books of readings). There is still so much missing from mainstream philosophy.
