people should be thinking of aberfan and similar tragedies when they bleat about cutting red tape and safety regulations. all of that stuff exists for a reason

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If you used a person to do the tasks that you currently use ai to do, then put your name on it, it would be an academic scandal no matter how well-written you think it is.

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In my most curmudgeonly moments, I don’t see why presenting the prose output of a machine built on mass theft as your own scholarly work should be evaluated less harshly than old school plagiarism. Traditional plagiarists at least had to identify and evaluate the works they were going to copy.

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Aberdeen University alone lost 440 jobs between 2023 and 2025. There have been 30,000 jobs lost across the UKHE sector since 2023. But hey we can pay 300 more people to wreck the planet.

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Depending on the yarn and fibers, a hand-knit sweater can be uniquely beautiful in a way that's not easily replicated by machine-made counterparts. Hand-knitting can result in a slightly uneven texture, which adds visual interest to an outfit. Machine-made knits can be quite flat in comparison.

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