Hope you enjoyed it Sarah :)

Nice to see the quality of thoughtful comment here is a match for x.

UK university libraries ‘£51 million worse off than last year’ Cuts to library budgets of up to 30 per cent have seen journal subscriptions cancelled and opening hours slashed, says librarians’ association

'Drawing on survey responses from 104 university libraries, the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) finds about three-quarters of libraries (73 per cent) are making cuts in their budget ranging from 1 per cent to 30 per cent, with an average mean cut of 8 per cent.' 1/2

In the crucible of change, what matters isn't who stands with us in moments of comfort, but what truths we're willing to defend in moments of solitude. True innovation rarely arrives with unanimous applause, it emerges from the willingness to wade into uncertainty and remain standing.

The Cognitive Revolution More Than Just Adaptation, a Systemic Shift

The Cognitive Revolution
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Thoughts on 2025: Beyond the AI Hype - Utility, Reality, and the Great Reassessment Educational institutions will largely accept that fighting the tide of AI use is futile.

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The Great AGI Distraction: A Reality Check Is AGI in the Room With Us Now?

I point them to this 😁 hybridhorizons.substack.com/p/the-great-...

My Christmas Day attire arrived just in time !

‘AGI is nearly here!' shout people who can't define AGI
'AGI will destroy us!' counter people who also can't define AGI
'AGI is impossible!' others who,you guessed it can't define AGI

Perhaps the real artificial intelligence was the undefined terms we argued about along the way... 🎭
#GenAI #AIhype

2024: The Year Wonder Started to Win (And Why 2025 Will Be Even Better) When we look back at 2024, I believe it will be remembered as the year education started to embrace reality over illusion.

Making snow angels in 35°C might sound crazy, but so did letting go of AI control in education... until we did it.
2024 was the year wonder started winning over worry.
Want to know why I'm surprisingly optimistic about 2025?
👇 #AIinEducation #GenAI

A festive thank you to the LinkedIn AI experts still explaining why GPT-3.5 is 'just a stochastic parrot.' Your commitment to 2022's insights is heartwarming. Looking forward to your detailed explanations of why o3's ARC-AGI results don't really matter. Comfort is a gift that keeps giving 🎁😉

From Test Subject to Testament: A Year of Cognitive Amplification AI doesn't just keep up with your thoughts - it accelerates them, creating new branches of exploration with each interaction. You can literally think yourself into exhaustion.

From Test Subject to Testament: A Year of Cognitive Amplification
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Apologies missed this, it’s a ‘vibe’ mainly but practically speaking ive noticed it’s accomplished at logical iteration from prompts - so where I clearly evidenced push back it adapted smartly and not just to please. It ‘felt’ like a collaboration at a deeper level.

Have witnessed Gemini 2.0 do some logic leaps I’ve not seen other models do, both exhilarating and unnerving - making connections I missed … but are entirely logical.

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I think I’ve finally found a Gemini I’ll use … Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental join Carlo’s club of regular use.

‘I’ve had access for a bit’ humble bragging in genAI world 👌

Engagement for complaining is the best kind of engagement 👌

While everyone’s discussing o1 pro - im just happy o1 is now available- that’ll do pig, that’ll do #GenAI #OpenAI

2024 When AI Became Personal
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Dr Nick Jackson on LinkedIn: #generativeai #genai #ai #aieducation #aiineducation This is just SO true and well articulated. To extend on Carlo's piece, this also speaks to the benefits of engaging with the nuances of Generative AI and…

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The AI Adoption Imperative- Why Starting Now Matters More Than Ever by @carloiacono.bsky.social & my addendum on the benefits of engaging with the nuances of GenAI and getting your hands dirty in the engine room of working with LLMs in chatbot or other forms

I’d advise all AI companies unless closely affiliated with Musk to leave the US for next 4 years.

The saddest part of educational transformation isn’t resistance to change - it’s watching insight die by committee. #AIinEducation

Sadly I find this approach leads to oversimplification but that’s only my opinion

That ‘data labeller’ critique feels like it’s clickbait tbh

He’s sees it through a mixture of models that makes an awful lot of sense - it was always a stretch to see the original class of llm get there - o1 is already showing how important inference will be for instance. Still I think it shows how positive Yann is.