Adrian Kirwan

Delighted that the @maynoothuniversity.ie Teaching and Learning Reading Group returns tomorrow to discuss 'Title: Exploring the role and performance of Graduate Teaching Assistants'. Full details: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/centre-teach...

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

Screenshot of paper title: Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence

AI always calling your ideas “fantastic” can feel inauthentic, but what are sycophancy’s deeper harms? We find that in the common use case of seeking AI advice on interpersonal situations—specifically conflicts—sycophancy makes people feel more right & less willing to apologize.

"and some even hope AI could simulate the responses of minorities or other groups who are often underrepresented in studies."

You fucks trained a parrot to talk words & now instead of studying trans people you're writing up the parrot's responses as research. there is no place in hell hot enough

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Great discussion. Thinking about how we implement some great ideas. How do we train students to utilise these technologies in a critical way that aids rather than hinders learning. #LTHEchat

A6 #LTHEChat @nurun.bsky.social Coming from the humanities I going to say all for slow thinking.

Excellent point. A central consideration is if GenAI will contribute further to this. (Reflecting here on training data etc. which reinforces a particular worldview). #LTHEChat

This is a really good point. Lots of discussion around the usefulness of Socratic dialogue with GenAI. However, we need to consider how we train students to do this if we are considering Chatbots as a teaching and learning tool.

I agree. Even thinking about the concept of intelligence and what we mean when we use that word needs consideration (has a lot of loaded connotations). These are particularly important conversations when considering 'Artificial Intelligence'. #LTHEChat

A3 #LTHEChat @nurun.bsky.social Critical AI literacies are really important. Students need to understand the ELIZA effect and view GenAI as a synthetic text machine. It can be useful but it is not 'intelligence'. More than this, understanding why their 'intelligence' is unique is just as important.

Limitations. Students need foundational knowledge to do this. Danger that students will not engage in dialogue without training as to what this is. May just use GenAI for answer. Danger of isolation of students from peers and instructors.

A2 #LTHEChat

Benefits. Provides students with potential to offer alternative viewpoints, perspectives that help them question their knowledge/interpretation/perspective

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Everyone hates a police state until it’s a police state with Tech

Why does it take years, Amazon?

The e book is available link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Would highly recommend this book to anyone thinking about not only Generative AI but also why we should value and cherish writing.

Free Course | Designing Course Layouts for Learner Success - AHEAD

A good (short) course on Designing Course layouts is here: www.ahead.ie/ARK-Designin...

The myths of the digital native and the multitasker Current discussions about educational policy and practice are often embedded in a mind-set that considers students who were born in an age of omnipres…

'Digital natives' are a myth. If anything, the current student cohort -- due to their engagement with the internet via Apps -- are less equipped than there Millennial predecessors. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Not to say that VLE's are navigable.

Heading to @ria.ie to talk about AI and assessment at 'The future of AI and education' conference today. #edchat #HigherEd

In other news, sky is blue, sea is wet, and anyone who has worked with machine learning has known this all along

Join me on Nov 13 for my talk:

A Recipe for Resistance? Vegetarianism and Ethics in the anti-Nazi Underground.

My alternative title was: First add oats, then kill Hitler.

This is Open Access

It's Open Access. I'd be delighted to hear what you think.

Imagine trying to generate a class discussion if everyone is worried about being recorded. We need strong guidelines around their use. #edchat #HigherEd

Facebook owner Meta unveils new AI-powered smart glasses The event comes as Meta faces ongoing scrutiny over the impact of its products, particularly on children.

Wearable technologies, such as Meta's new smart glasses, are going to present significant challenges for higher education in the coming years. This includes not only concerns about the security of in-class assessment but also privacy.

a man playing a trumpet and a man playing a guitar are standing next to each other ALT: a man playing a trumpet and a man playing a guitar are standing next to each other

My latest article has just been published in The Irish Journal of Medical Science

'An Irish Radium Institute: the Royal Dublin Society and the promotion of radioactive therapy in twentieth-century Ireland'

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AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities Large language models reflect biases that can lead to inferior healthcare advice to female, Black and Asian patients

I'm shock🫠

AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethic minorities

A great lineup for this semester's Department of History Research Seminar in Maynooth. This is open to all so do join us and please share widely.