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Cynthia Davidson

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Advanced Senior Lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University. Writing and rhetoric, Work stuff. Digital things. GAI fretting and rumination. Very little politics here.

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AI sales hype is a scourge upon the human race. That's not to say AI isn't useful or interesting, it is. But beware anyone who will benefit financially from telling you that it will make you into a genius.

17.12.2023 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a start...it doesn't even begin to scrape the first layer of accountability, but it's something.

29.10.2023 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: G7 to agree AI code of conduct for companies | Reuters The voluntary code of conduct will set a landmark for how major countries govern artificial intelligence amid privacy concerns and security risks, the document seen by Reuters showed.

www.reuters.com/technology/g...

29.10.2023 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Person, Thing, Robot Why robots defy our existing moral and legal categories and how to revolutionize the way we think about them.Robots are a curious sort of thing. On the one h...

Now Available open access.
"Person, Thing, Robot: A Moral and Legal Ontology for the 21st Century and Beyond."
mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546157

03.10.2023 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are going to be conversations about academics using ChatGPT to write their books on ChatGPT--at least goodly chunks of them. The embarrassing moment when they summarize a movie they haven't seen using ChatGPT and it gets the plot wrong, for example.

25.10.2023 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also when AI infiltrates online communities, it changes everything (even if it doesn't mean relying on a single source). This is already happening in faculty Facebook groups dedicated to AI use issues. A conversation starts, then comes along a person that consults ChatGPT & may or may not identify.

25.10.2023 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Will AI Degrade Online Communities? Kalie M. Mayberry is a social impact researcher and educator at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

This is part of what Misti and I were getting at! So important (and sad): β€œWhat is lost when we move away from building communities and rely on a single source?…Will we lose our sense of belonging and the skills required to cultivate meaningful online relationships?” techpolicy.press/will-ai-degr...

15.09.2023 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI can lessen peer-review woes, researchers say Amid bans and restrictions on their use, artificial intelligence tools are creating interest among those who see a solution to systemic peer-review woes.

Amid bans and restrictions on their use, artificial intelligence tools are creating interest among those who see a solution to systemic peer-review woes. #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3MehAhJ

24.10.2023 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fall is my favorite #edusky #autumn

24.10.2023 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello!

24.10.2023 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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