D. J. Hicks
philosopher turned data scientist turned philosopher. enviro policy, data science, phil sci/STS, lefty stuff. UC Merced. they/them. Signal: danhicks.50
- Reposted by D. J. Hicksarticles about how it's the end of education can imo be filed under fear clickbait
- Reposted by D. J. HicksI think we're actually converging on modus vivendi re: AI. Most people I know IRL have a range of different but reasonable perspectives about it. All we need now is a bit more immune system to resist VC hypesters, fear clickbait ("60% of zoomers would date an AI") and drive-by social media randos.
- I think my department's particular version of this is that we have some folks who are excited about figuring out #2, and other folks who would happily banish LLMs to the void if they could. How do we give students something coherent when they're getting #1 in some classes and #2 in others?
- Reposted by D. J. Hicks1) Handwritten exams, non-networked machines, or 2) Projects that attempt genuinely new things, which remain hard even with AI assistance The unpleasant thing about (2) is that these are not necessarily the kinds of projects profs themselves were originally trained to do.
- Reposted by D. J. Hicks“IT’S DIFFERENT!” @jessjewell.bsky.social @jasoncordova.bsky.social Dr. Mortimer, the hypocrite #actualplay #gothic #horror #thebetween #pennydreadful youtube.com/shorts/QQstN...
- Reposted by D. J. HicksAdmiral Squeaks is still available!
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- Reposted by D. J. HicksForce people into a rat race for security instead, and they'll do everything they can to get and stay ahead. They'll cut corners. They'll take shortcuts. And, yes, they'll readily have a computer do all of their thinking for them.
- Reposted by D. J. HicksGive people economic security, and they'll have the agency to develop themselves both for its own sake and to our collective benefit, as we're all better off when people can think and create for themselves. Not all will take advantage of it. But they'll be given the chance.
- Reposted by D. J. HicksIf there is one rule that passes Kant’s categorical imperative it’s that you ought to repost and watch this video whenever it comes across your horizon
- Reposted by D. J. HicksMy thoughts on that pitiful excuse of a letter from the Sec of ED to Harvard. I care about the naked power grab and authoritarianism way more than the bad writing. They also included my regular request that boards not be cowards. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
