And part of the long con will be the claim that you don’t need a university if you have these tools—tech CEO’s have already suggested as much—but schools will play along anyway. The other part will be when students start asking why they are paying tuition when they could just get a subscription.

I do these lectures and people ask me, “BUT WHAT ABOUT AI?!” Which A.I.? Where? When? Under what conditions? Telling me it’s inevitable and it changes everything is like asking me to critique policy in a Grimm’s fairytale.

We don’t need to “take AGI seriously” - we need to engage with reality, accepting that the gen. AI boom is built on shaky ground, which should invite criticism, not optimism. Leading reporters should act with responsibility to their readers, not the markets. www.wheresyoured.at/optimistic-cowardice/

Efforts to restrict DEl are in opposition to Christ's teachings of radical inclusion and love. LMU will continue to champion academic freedom, social justice and human dignity not as politics, but as moral imperatives required by our faith.”

Next week, @nobugsnous.bsky.social and I are doing a workshop for undergrads talking about writing, learning, and refusing generative AI.