And since this has reached the AI enthusiasts, let me say: ChatGPT, CoPilot etc has ruined so much about education. It is a technology for the large scale theft of the work of artists and authors; it is a technology for cheating on a scale never seen before. It destroys trust. And erodes creativity.

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You are never going to convince me that this is some necessary omnipurpose technology that everyone, no matter their field, must use and engage with. I don't need it to do my work, and I don't need it to teach. I also don't think the necessary basic skills in History can be acquired with this tech.

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Sherry Turkle: “I’m arguing that we are seduced by something, & we want something that is bad for us, particularly if you’re a child… when you have a conversation that you find enjoyable with an object that really is not there as a caring object, you’re entering a shell game of illusions & mirrors”

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@jpietruska.bsky.social @rlspang.bsky.social

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From pigeons carrying stock quotes to Bloomberg’s Market Master terminals, the history of #finance is really a story about how fast you can move information and who controls that transfer. buff.ly/A2ohMwc

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