Christopher Silsby

I am not going to click that link, and just assume that you meant "at the same time."

My new Apple TV+ series Julia & Genghis is going to be so fire!

What of "it" is a pink slip?

If you're criticizing Chuck Schumer today, you're a missing the forest for the trees type.

AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.

Doing a little unsanctioned prep reading for today's mandated college "AI" training on "how to use a chatbot": www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...

Slide is titled: You don't need to use LLMs. Science is a process of collaborative meaning making, by which we try to understand the world Even if AI were perfect, we rely on it at our peril — it is not science if we (i.e., humanity as a whole) do not understand and cannot recapitulate all parts of it I very, very rarely use LLMs myself. You can give yourself permission not to. Don’t FOMO yourself into it

Conclusion: Don't rely on something you don't understand and can't control If you must use LLMS: 1. Treat them like you would an intern: only use them for things you can easily and thoroughly check 2. Make your process as robust as possible 3. Be aware of your own (human) cognitive biases

Getting nervous for the talk I'm about to give at a workshop about "using AI to drive impact" which features slides such as these.

How many people ever substantially use their specific degree knowledge in their subsequent jobs? Fairly few

Yet we know that having a degree in anything leads to higher earnings *over a lifetime*.

I’m not confident AI is being used to maximise whatever it is in education that does that.

#hnutLyfe

He still couldn't (wouldn't?) in the second worst concession speech in recent history.

Academics:

Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood.

cc: the folks who say we have to teach K-12 kids how to use AI because we have to prepare them for the future.

It's rude to show AI output to people | Alex Martsinovich Feeding slop is an act of war

Yes, like distantprovince.by/posts/its-ru...

I'm confused by this one. Does this mean that you are only allowed to Boogie if you have your Boot and Scoot? (Thinking of the logic of the sign it is parodying)

Or is it an anti-mid-90s Pop-Country line dancing? Only old school, original Western line dancing allowed!

Oh, wait, it isn't so bad. Just the Scab-ickers. Most of the rest of our distribution supply is Union-made. ✊

Oh man, I wish I had seen this list earlier. Now I feel like a scab.

I am really confused how Erin, Clare, Orla, Michelle, and James are going to work into this prequel series. Doesn't even seem to be Northern Ireland. Seems more like Maine. #WelcomeToDerryGirls

This sounds like an amazing position! Race and AI algorithms! Come work at #Baruch #CUNY on this important intersection of fields

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Baruch (CUNY) Black and Latino Studies Department is hiring! Check out the description in the link, apply, and/or pass it on!!! cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Soooo this "Scott" insulted you then just gave you his money? That's a very nice story.

Ahhhhh, just one more question.

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text. -- Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

Wouldn’t it be tight if everyone was chill to each other?

“When someone says we can’t miss the boat, I ask: where is the boat going? What exactly will this technology improve? That’s rarely discussed. Since when did we become Big Tech's free PR department?”

Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.

"Writing prompts isn’t a skill, it’s something you can learn quickly on the job if necessary. I don’t believe translators in training should learn how to prompt. To the contrary: they will be the ones that have to clean up the badly translated texts AI produces"
apache.be/2025/10/24/b...

I've started noticing more and more emails, posts, posters, etc, using emoji as bullet points. I'm going to assume any time I see that, it was written by an LLM and not a person, so I will ignore it.

New Yorkers using gridlock and sidewalk blocking to our advantage. Gotta work with the tools you have.

New York Times: Scott Perry Says Democrats ‘Hate the Military,’ Echoing Trump’s attacks. The remarks by the Republican House member from Pennsylvania align with efforts by the president and G.O.P. leaders to portray the political left as un-American.

If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.

The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.

Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.

Woman in a dress and blazer stands in the street giving two middle fingers while blocking a HSI/police vehicle in New York City.

New Yorkers never disappoint #NYC

And yet still somehow less degradation than a certain other tattoo in the news today.

I mean, who wasn't into DK, thought about voting for Jello Biafra before he actually ran for national office, never actually wore any of the vegan leather boots and jackets but just envied their straightedge punk friends with their over-a-foot-long dyed mohawk spikes?

So the onus has to *also* be on students to want to learn and not just teachers whose labor is spread thin already between teaching, scholarship, and committees. We all bear a responsibility to guard our education and humanity (broadly defined) from bots. 3/3

Doing my part to push back against the narrative of autonomous inevitability when it comes to genAI