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Jérôme Melançon

@lethejerome.bsky.social

Il/lui/him/he. Écrivain & writer (philosophy, poésie, sciences sociales). Translator. Prof @ University of Regina. Desires new forms and contents. Livres : Prairiales; En d'sous d'la langue (Prise de parole); La politique dans l'adversité (Metispresses).

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Tom O'Shea@tomoshea.org · 6d ago

Leviathan Short Victory: Complete your studies of Man and of Commonwealth Leviathan Long Victory: Banish the Kingdom of Darkness! Leviathan Domination Victory: Master the Civill Science and defeat the Democratical Gentlemen

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · last wk.

This disconnect from reality and abject failure to LISTEN to people, in order to uplift institutional agendas IS WHY the public has lost trust in higher education. The pattern is everywhere: SA cases everywhere, student debt crisis, public engagement. It’s not rocket science. It’s failure.

Jérôme Melançon@lethejerome.bsky.social · last wk.

And in Canada everything is the same. Exoneration or consequenceless consequences, pushing law "enforcement" aside, forcing women to try to cope with the assault and the lack of response or just dropping out. Tuition keeps rolling in, donations keep rolling in - because the image is "managed."

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · last wk.

THIS! This situation is the perfect instance of WHY PEOPLE DO NOT TRUST HIGHER EDUCATION. Women’s lives are being destroyed, ruined, torn to shreds, but sweep it under the rug and compartmentalize it because the institutions have an agenda.

Jérôme Melançon@lethejerome.bsky.social · 2w ago

I hope Carney and the premiers know that they are destroying higher education rather quickly. This is bad for youth, and bad for research and innovation. I hope they know this because if they're not purposefully destroying, then they are incredibly incompetent and stubborn. Somehow that's scarier.

Cllr Dr Alex Powell@apowelllaw.bsky.social · 3w ago

I remain astounded at the failure of universities, as supposed centres for critical enquiry, to challenge the ideological capture of AI. The only AI policy that is ethical, fair and defensible for students is an outright ban on its use.

Jérôme Melançon@lethejerome.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is so much my life some days. Exactly this beautiful relief followed by crushing disappointment. But actually I like most meetings I'm in because I work with many great colleagues, and with fantastic students. I just hope *they* don't feel this post too much.

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 3w ago

"With this bountiful amount of time, we hope you choose to hydrate, eat, address your rapidly declining mental, emotional, and physical health, repair all relationships with the loved ones you’ve neglected, and progress through any other stages of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs." buff.ly/k2hhGaM

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3w ago

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

Daniel Knowles@dlknowles.bsky.social · 3w ago

I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something." No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm

sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social · 4w ago

a lot freaks me out about AI but 0% of my anxiety is about AGI. i think this is the part that freaks me out the most right now -- the many many indications that no one is at the wheel and no adults are present

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Jérôme Melançon@lethejerome.bsky.social · 4w ago

Every time someone shows up half-apologetically, half-proud with "I just put this into [LLM chatbot]" it's nonsense we all have to spend more time making sense of and adjusting to. We prepare for meetings so they run well, we prepare agendas so we can prepare for meetings. This sets us off course.

Alan Regenberg@aregenberg.bsky.social · last mo.

One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’ - Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/one-of...

One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’

Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.

wired.com

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last mo.

Carney is now set to trample on rights, destroy ecosystems, and devastate the fight against climate change for his projects. So I guess it’s important that he rewrite history in this way, lest he see his own reflection in elements of history that we’ve rightfully condemned!

Jérôme Melançon@lethejerome.bsky.social · last mo.

Our Conservative Prime Minister constantly relies on the old talking points. He gets to live Stephen Harper's dream: he doesn't have to deal with the fringe right wing and his anti-immigration, anti-Indigenous, exploitative and oppressive policies float right through approval after approval.

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last mo.

Disturbing, offensive, but perhaps fitting that Carney is seeking (much like far-right groups!) to rehab Sir John A’s reputation into that of a Great Uniter, rather than someone who engaged in horrific crimes against Indigenous people and Chinese immigrants (in part to build this project!)