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5. The US economy’s dependence on AI may have been overstated, experts say. In 2025: it became conventional wisdom that AI was a major driver of growth. But some prominent economists estimate that it contributed as little as 0% to economic status

Aren’t we lucky that universities haven’t gotten carried away with the hype and taken a careful approach to AI?
Imagine if they had decided to push AI into our teaching and work life!
All praise to our leaders in higher ed for not falling for hype, hallelujah and praise the goddess

Maki goes absolutely nuts in the snow.

Res Difficiles | Difficult conversations in classics Visit the post for more.

In 2024, we founded a new open access, peer reviewed journal. I'll be at the #AIASCS in San Francisco with a stack of #ResDiffJournal postcards, and as submissions editor I'd be happy to chat with anyone looking to submit their work. resdifficiles.com

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Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.

We “are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.” Thanks for this, @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social and Christopher Nygren.

Happy to announce that the Fall 2025 issue of the New England Classical Journal (52.2) is now published! Featuring an article on felicitas in late antiquity, two book reviews, and an in memoriam for Gil Lawall. Check it out at the link!

crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/

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The official issue that contains my review of the Cambridge Metamorphoses commentary is out! Thanks @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social for posting, and thanks again to @gretahawes.bsky.social for the chance to spend some quality time with this enormously important resource for Ovidian studies.

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I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!

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Friends, please check out this amazing and important fundraising campaign from @chancebonar.bsky.social to compensate an Arabic translator for his vital sourcebook of ancient voices in Gaza and consider making a donation! spot.fund/klk26smsc

Hell with other people Video games are often the first and most common way that many people now encounter the classical world. Hades, a critical hit following its release in

Delighted to have a short piece in this week's TLS on Hades 2, gender, and modern myth making.

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Infographic titled "AI Isn't a Ticket To an A," explaining how chatbots work, what the data show about the prevalence of these technologies and how they're used, what we know about the quality of their output, and what we know about the impact that frequent use of these technologies has on their users and on content creators, low-wage workers, and the environment.

For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )

Might just be a function of where my own brain is at in terms of my training! Looking at some of the other answers, I only really think about Aristotle or the Old Oligarch when I'm forced to ... 😬

The Eumenides maybe?

YouTube video by Bristol IGRCT Morse Lecture 2024: 'Translating Ovid's Metamorphoses' with Professor Stephanie McCarter

Teaching a new course this semester focused on Ovid’s Metamorphoses and our first assignment is pondering this marvelous talk by @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social on (the politics of) translating Ovid and how a feminist lens resists contemporary gender and sexual stereotypes.

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Thanks for the invitation! It was a delight to work on this.

Now out - open access - in Classical Review. Thanks, @thedancinggrad.bsky.social for taking this one on.

Latest review just dropped! I had the pleasure of reviewing the new English translation of the Valla commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses, and I unsurprisingly found it the most definitive English-language commentary on the Metamorphoses out there. Check out the review here!

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Yes! I find that the AI problems come in my classes with more “traditional” grades versus ones with labor-based or specs grading, which I think is indicative in and of itself …

I've had students use it in ways I didn't expect in language classes, like summarizing videos so they don't watch the whole thing (and thus don't understand the vid's point) and generating what was meant to be subjective responses to readings (e.g., "what's the most important thing you learned?")

Decreased public funding for state schools is not a red state vs blue state issue. It isn’t a Trump issue. It’s symptomatic of a bipartisan disinvestment in higher ed as a foundational public good. It’s been happening for decades. It doesn’t have to be this way. www.opb.org/article/2024...

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The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations “In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...

“P.S. You’re probably thinking of the en dash. That whore has always been suspicious.”

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screenshot of Facebook post advertising the search for an adjunct to teach an introductory Latin course and a Roman literature in translation course at Fairfield University in Fall 2025

Classics friends, we're searching for an adjunct to teach two in-person courses, intro Latin and a Roman lit in translation course, at Fairfield University this fall. Please see details in the attached screenshot, and let me know of any questions or interest!

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Where was Apollo in Supergiant’s Hades? Developer motivations and mythological characters in video games Abstract. Academic interest in classical reception and video games is thriving, but one dimension that has so far escaped scholarly attention regards the v

New paper alert! 📢

In this article, I explore how different game design motivations impact mythological characters in video games, based on interviews with the people behind Apotheon, Hades, and Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island:

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Time for panel 2 #MythGames2025, "Myth, Culture, and Heritage (1)" with papers on "mythroidvanias", Etruscan ritual in Lex Arcana, and counterintuitive ontologies in Black Myth: Wukong & Tchia!

Starting with our first panel, "People, Emotions, and Mythological Games" #MythGames2025

Papers on personal myth and Tchia, the therapeutic power of mythology & games, and a queer close reading of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical!

The online Mythological Game Studies Conference #MythGames2025 starts in about an hour! @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social

I'll be opening the conference with an introduction on the theme of the conference, mapping current approaches to the study of mythology and games

Schedule All times are listed in GMT+2 = Central European Summer TimePlease calculate the according time in your individual timezone. Day 0 – Pre-Conference, Wednesday May 21st 21:00-23:00 – Special Event A…

I'm so excited for #MythGames2025 this week! I'll be presenting my paper on Patroclus' dark skin color in Supergiant Games' Hades amongst some excellent company and great topics. Hope to see everyone there!

mythgamescon.wordpress.com/schedule/

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