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By Jon Dron 4 October 2022 @ 5:00pmPosted to group: COMP 650: Social Computingnews.uark.edu - This describes an interesting study that seems to confirm social media use can be harmful no matter who you are though, as the article notes, more research is needed to confirm the findings. Quite a few similar studies have come to quite similar...So, this is a thing...
By Jon Dron 26 September 2022 @ 3:24pmtwitter.com - Students are now using AIs to write essays and assignments for credit, and they are (probably) getting away with it. This particular instance may be fake, but the tools are widely available and it would be bizarre were no one to be using them for...My latest paper, "Learning, Technology, and Technique", now online in the Canadian...
By Jon Dron 10 August 2022 @ 7:50pmcjlt.ca - This is my latest paper, Learning, Technology, and Technique, in the current issue of the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology (Vol. 48 No. 1, 2022). Essentially, because this was what I was invited to do, the paper shrinks down over...We need help: Athabasca University is facing an existential threat from the government of Alberta
By Jon Dron 5 August 2022 @ 4:26pmwww.youtube.com - This video from Peter Scott, president of Athabasca University, is a clear, eloquent, and passionate plea to save our university and the education of its students from imminent destruction at the hands of a brutal, self-serving, short-sighted...Can GPT-3 write an academic paper on itself, with minimal human input?
By Jon Dron 2 July 2022 @ 12:51pmhal.archives-ouvertes.fr - Brilliant. The short answer is, of course, yes, and it doesn't do a bad job of it. This is conceptual art of the highest order. This is the preprint of a paper written by GPT-3 (as first author) about itself, submitted to "a well-known...Can GPT-3 write an academic paper on itself, with minimal human input?
By Jon Dron 2 July 2022 @ 12:48pmhal.archives-ouvertes.fr - Brilliant. The short answer is, of course, yes, and it doesn't do a bad job of it. This is conceptual art of the highest order. This is the preprint of a paper written by GPT-3 (as first author) about itself, submitted to "a well-known...Ernst & Young fined $100 million after employees cheated in exams
By Jon Dron 28 June 2022 @ 11:23pmwww.npr.org - Not just any exams: ethics exams. These are the very accountants who are supposed to catch cheats. I guess at least they'll understand their clientele pretty well. But how did this happen? There are clues in the article: "Many of the employees...Therapeutic Relationship Matters
By Xi Zhuo 31 May 2022 @ 8:05amwww.psychotherapy.net - https://www.psychotherapy.net/article/all-love-this-way Freudian counselors remain anonymous during therapy, while Adlerian counselors try to make the process a shared journey for both client and therapist. This article explores how love in a...Interesting product: Bionic Reading
By Jon Dron 19 May 2022 @ 10:44ambionic-reading.com - Having spent a while researching the literature on ways that visual landmarks and other text enhancements (and deliberate obfuscations) affect comprehension and recall, I am a little sceptical about the underlying theory for this patented product...Chatbots, creepiness, & privacy
By Robert Heller 17 May 2022 @ 9:10amwww.researchgate.net - Introduces the concept of 'creepiness' in chatbot design in relation to privacy concerns.
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Let's just skip the middle man and fail to submit it.
Jon Dron December 1, 2021 - 12:14pm
I would be honored to be selected to co-author a paper with you. However I understand your selection criteria may be high, and you may choose not to select me, in either case, it is an honor to be selected, or not.
Trevor K December 1, 2021 - 11:36am
Nice find! As a philosophy graduate with an ongoing interest in ethics I have much enjoyed the series myself. I believe that the writing team included professional philosophers to help generate and critique the plot, so there's a lot of academic depth hiding just beneath the entertaining and absurd surface. It's quite fun trying to spot the philosophers/schools of philosophy being called upon in each episode, as well as in the broader trajectory of the plot.
Jon Dron October 22, 2021 - 9:54am
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This works for me! More efficient too.
Trevor K December 1, 2021 - 12:18pm