brodiegal.bsky.social
South African journalist & academic. teach/research/publish on media, journalism, archives, public health, data & research methods. Strong sideline in homicide studies + forensic pathology. Writes books and sings songs. It’s not AI it’s automation
👤 Joined on 12 July 2023
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@brodiegal.bsky.social@brodiegal.bsky.social I am totally hooked! Is there anything you can’t do?!🫶
Show Post2. While coding models is not that difficult, theory is hard, mentoring is hard. We never denied it: theory is intractable (escholarship.org/content/qt8c... by @irisvanrooij.bsky.social). Many forces combine to make us not do difficult things in our jobs, even if they are fun and important. 8/
Show PostI've been reading Umberto Eco's Serendipities as a bed book. The main thing I'm getting from it is that knowledge production is a profoundly and fascinatingly inefficient process.
Show PostWhen we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Show PostWas really challenging to participate in this, but I think I was able to pen something real, important, and personal to my experience in AI. Remember that GenAI is not *all* of AI nor all of what it should be. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
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