College professors: is it true that all students use Chat GPT now? Is cheating rampant?

Talking about this on Monday on the show.

This is now my favorite office art ever. Amazing.

Alternatively, if you're going to use AI for a literature review: don't.

Not only does using it waste everyone else's time and resources, it defeats the entire purpose of conducting a review.

That’s how you write a headline, people.

The "screaming eagle" line might have been the reason this has gone viral. Touched a nerve.

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I actually hate the "lol the giant asteroid will deliver us from this suffering" jokes.

Are there any other people in the progressive movement who think that humans are actually fucking amazing?

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1) Finger Lakes wineries are already losing contracts to sell in Canada. Example: Lakewood Vineyards on Seneca, which signed a deal just three weeks ago.

Lakewood's Chad Hendrickson: "It’s a big deal. We should be growing, not damaging. I’m not really sure how we’re going to recover from this."

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025

A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.

GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS

PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.

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This scientist studies climate change. Then the Los Angeles fire destroyed his home Climate scientist Ben Hamlington works on understanding the impacts of climate change. Losing his house in the Eaton Fire has given that work new meaning.

Climate scientist Ben Hamlington works on understanding the impacts of climate change. Losing his house in the Eaton Fire has given that work new meaning.

Lance should 100% travel up and down State Street with two coconuts

Cool story alert:

This appears to be the first time in NYS history that five brothers have started a varsity basketball game.

The boys are all named after famous BASEBALL players! Tyrus, Teddy, Denton, Gehrig, and Mickey.

The Peters boys won their minutes 5-4.

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Gino had it first, because, well, Gino being Gino

That's really very kind -- and the team will be thrilled to hear it!

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The cameras in studio strangely make it appear that I am balding, be warned. No camera is perfectly accurate.

Opinion | No, You Don’t Get an A for Effort High marks reward excellence, not grit.

We're looking for

1) college students who can weigh in on this piece
2) college professors who have a strong opinion, pro or con

Thanks for any leads!

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/o...

I wish companies would just create a box at checkout that says, "Click here or not, your choice, but we are absolutely sending you unwanted offers and news, and unsubscribing will be nigh impossible"

Is This How Democrats Win Back the Working Class? Embracing populism could help the party build a lasting political coalition—if the Republicans don’t do it first.

Powerhouse piece that seeks to capture the most effective post-election roadmap.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

It's one thing to say that adults can form friendships or even fall in love with AI. And that's already happening.

It's another to think of the impact on children, who are still emotionally maturing and developing.

Lawsuit: A chatbot hinted a kid should kill his parents over screen time limits Two families are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI for allegedly encouraging harm after the kids became emotionally attached to the bots. One chatbot allegedly exposed them to sexualized content.

ROC Sky: this NPR headline is horrifying.

We're wondering if you know kids who use this kind of tech.

www.npr.org/2024/12/10/n...

This is awesome

Okay Bluesky, let's see if we can get the follower count up for this platform! You keep telling me that @wxxirochester.bsky.social and I have to be here more often. Let's go!

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It's a nice tribute to our show, and clearly the NYT did it on purpose

It is me, in fact

Hey ROC: I'm looking for local Dems who are in the "Maybe we should have gone with Bernie some time in the past eight years" camp.

Thanks for any leads.

Today at 1pm on Connections we're discussing... Bluesky. How about that. If you're reading this, you're already here.

Anyone else feel like autocorrect -- typically a helpful innovation -- is now overdoing it, trying to commandeer your emails or posts? Maybe a little glimpse at how AI should have limits.

Thank you Maribeth!

I'm more and more convinced that any decent social platform has a shelf life before it's overrun with the worst elements. We'll see! I'm trying to spend less time on social overall.

Hi. It's me. How nice of someone to impersonate me on here before I even signed up. Please know that whoever is at @evandawson on Blue Sky is not me.

Not sure how I feel about this platform. I'm not a fan of epistemic bubbles. I also don't love X's porn and general terribleness. So we'll see!