Michael Neiberg

So How Do I Actually USE AI? Or, how to pursue détente with AI

New Substack is up about how to use AI to solve research problems. I can't prove it, but I hope it's the first #AI Substack post to feature an indirect Sheena Easton reference. I hope it sparks some thought. open.substack.com/pub/michaeln...

Let's Talk About That Microsoft Study What I'm worried about and what I'm not (yet) worried about

Latest Substack on #AI and #HigherEd. What do we REALLY have to worry about?

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New #Substack about that Microsoft study suggesting that #AI can replace much of what #historians do. What am I worried about? Not what the people reacting to the study seem to be worried about: michaelneiberg.substack.com/publish/post...

A Return of the Blue Book? Grading and Shifting Skills in an Era of AI

I started a #Substack on #AI and #HigherEd. This is #4, on how we grade in an era of AI. Happy back to school!: michaelneiberg.substack.com/p/a-return-o... Are there #AI starter packs out there? Thanks.

(3, sorry): that estate is now a theme park that attracts 100,000 visitors a year to see the animals he collected and the cars he owned (the most valuable of which his enemies torched, so just remains are there now). Crazy.

In addition, Colombia has a hippo problem in parts of the country because Escobar bred them in his mountain estate.

Weird facts you run across: at the height of Escobar's cocaine empire in Colombia, his cartel was buying $1,000 (USD) of rubber bands just to wrap all the cash EVERY WEEK. They also accepted a 10% loss of cash to rats and other animals in the warehouses where they stored all the $$$. (1/2)

Not exactly Slow Horses is it?

Just finished Black Doves on Netflix. Dumbest thing I’ve watched in ages despite a great cast and scenery. Has anyone ever seen London that empty, especially at Christmas?

After 9/11 Denmark invoked article 5 (an attack on one NATO ally is an attack on all) and sent fighters to patrol US airspace. dk.usembassy.gov/open-letter-...

Assassination of Anwar Sadat. Talked about with real fear and trepidation by my family.

Gracias

For those #gluten free and #celiac I am very happy to report that Spain has gone from one of the worst places to eat to one of the best. ¡Viva España!

Ha! What would you select as your favorite?

I don’t like to get controversial on social media and I’m sure others will have different opinions but this is my third trip here and there is no easier city to fall in love with in Europe (maybe the world) than Seville - when the weather is not obnoxiously hot.

Me 25 years ago: Madrid to Seville by high speed train in 2.5 hours. Amazing!

Me today: No WiFi? What is this horror?

If you live in a city named Columbus, you don't get to complain if someone plants a flag in land that doesn't belong to them.

Well, we know for sure Duolingo is not Reviewer Two….

@maartjeabb.bsky.social terrific article in the new First World War Studies Journal. Really creative. Hope all is well there!

Can Europe defend itself without America? The continent will have to spend more as Trump refocuses policy elsewhere. But replacing US military heft will not be easy

“It’s ‘boring war’ — stuff like ammunition stockpiles, transport and logistics — that really matters,” says Stringer, who has written about a possible post-US Nato. “It’s also what almost nobody does properly at scale, except for the US.” www.ft.com/content/6bea...

Taco Bell opens its first restaurant in Bosnia and Herzegovina, expanding its business into the Balkans region Taco Bell has opened the doors of its first restaurant in Ilidža, Sarajevo, marking a major milestone in Taco Bell’s

Taco Bell opens a 'restaurant' (I use the word loosely) in Sarajevo. Kinda feels like the 20th century is officially over. www.media-marketing.com/en/news/taco...

It also has global reach and a history of jealously guarding its sovereignty.

France has at least two assets no other EU state has: an independent nuclear deterrent and a UNSC veto. Copying won’t be easy.

Madeleine Riffaud, ‘the Girl Who Saved Paris,’ Dies at 100 Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, she joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train.

Vive la France Libre: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/w...

Getting started with AI: Good enough prompting Don't make this hard

Great post from E Mollick on how to start using #AI. Tips include: treat like a forgetful coworker; start in areas you know well; do NOT treat it like Google. AI is best for processing info quickly, not web searching. I'm using Mistral and Google Notebook LM. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/getting-st...

I'm not sure how far he got in the process. It would interesting to run it down and see where he got stopped - in France or in DC.

Bloch was WWI vet & pathbreaking historian. He fought at Dunkirk, got to the UK, and was refused admission to USA. He returned to France, wrote one of most important WWII memoirs then joined FR Resistance. Nazis murdered him in 1944 bc he was Jewish. He will now rightly enter the Panthéon.

Marc Bloch, historien et résistant, va entrer au Panthéon, annonce Emmanuel Macron Le président de la République, qui s’exprimait au palais universitaire à Strasbourg, a également appelé à reconnaître et enseigner la tragédie des « malgré-nous », ces Alsaciens et Mosellans incorporé...

Marc Bloch to enter the Panthéon.

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YouTube video by MandatoryFunDay All service members boo this man

This video should win every Academy Award ever. www.youtube.com/shorts/e21At...

DTS is the bane of my existence. #military #veteran #army #navy #marines #airforce My content does not reflect the DoD. TikTok video by MandatoryFunDay

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