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Simon Glendinning
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The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.
And yet we barely blink at the fact that the human today anthropomorphises itself without more ado. (The rational animal, the self-conscious animal, the thinking animal, the animal with the capacity for language, the psycho-sexual animal, etc.)
tunes to make you run away@whippoorwont.bsky.social · 2w ago"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
My annoying traits are likely inseparable from self-restraint: the lengths I go to not to get annoyed. When I am annoyed, the philosophers I’m annoyed with just find me unintelligible. One of the first things I understood about philosophy: at least half will hate what any other does in its name.
@lastpositivist.bsky.social · 3w agoI stand with Brett Karlan. Analytic philosophers and other humanists don't get along and each will pretend its because the other is annoying whereas they are not, but in fact the fight is simply between two diametrically opposed ways of being annoying. None of us are normal, none of us are bearable.
Itself onomatopoeically gross, the constant reference to AI generated text as “slop” is bizarre. Frankly, it says more about the human generated text that uses the word. In any case, AI and human texts (spoken or written) both bubble up from who knows where and both are uncanny and remarkable.
So renaming Lake Ontario is what the "Art of the Deal" moron has decided to do next? America is run by an 80 year old flatulent Orange-painted child, who has no sense of diplomacy, decorum, common sense or shame. What a hideously embarrassing moment in American history.
After this week's "policy" announcement, helpfully trumpeted by the BBC, this is truer than ever
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#BBC you are fast undermining your credibility as an impartial and balanced national broadcaster. And you are genuinely becoming a danger to this country. For those who do not know, Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social is not some random skeeter. He is a former Director of BBC News.
Richard Sambrook@sambrook.eurosky.social · last mo.BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?
This really cheesed me off this morning. There was no “slight confusion”; NF told a straight-up lie. No wonder so many people no longer engage with BBC News content…
Not sure about Joe Pike's analysis of Clacton on BBC News... While technically accurate to say Reform "has had a commanding lead in national opinion polls for much of the past 18 months," isn't it misleading to omit that its numbers have been dropping for months and it is now not even in the lead?
A good indication of what, today, can rightly pass for “philosophy” - something that (with assistance) can also be produced by Claude. That really should surprise no one. dailynous.com/2026/08/13/p...
Philosophy Journal Publishes Largely AI-Authored Article — On Purpose (guest post) - Daily Nous
Philosophy & Public Affairs recently---and knowingly---published an article written mostly by Claude, Anthropic's LLM. The article's thesis was supplied by Simon Goldstein, associate professor of phil...
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If the weather in England this summer was just a year where for once we got really great summer weather I would simply be loving it because I really love great summer weather in England. Unfortunately, while I cannot help loving how it feels - it’s not possible to be happy about how it is…
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Larry Kramer is right - and we really need to think this through if UK universities are going to flourish as they should. www.ft.com/content/e14d...
Labour has harmed universities as much as Trump, London School of Economics head says
LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social has calculated (roughly) how the Conservative vote (probably) went in the second round in the Mayoral election in Manchester. I am trying my best not to get ahead of things but…Reform sliding in the polls is so f**ing heartening.
Labour’s Bev Craig won the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election Friday night and will now succeed British Prime Minister Andy Burnham in the region’s top job.
Labour holds Greater Manchester mayoralty after counting goes to second round
Bev Craig will succeed Andy Burnham, whose departure for Westminster triggered the special election.
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Under the abandoned plans, FIFA would have sold stakes in a commercial subsidiary to private equity investors. The proposed investor consortium was to be led by "Thrive Eternal”, a fund run by "Thrive Capital” — founded by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. FO.
One of Burnham’s most notable comments in his first days as UK PM was saying he aspired for people to “live well” — rather than the supposedly more objective (quantitative, calculable) aspiration to “raise the standard of living”. Doubtless he will be called on to say how it should be measured…
Andy Burnham calls on Infantino to resign over ‘outrageous’ World Cup plans
Andy Burnham calls on Infantino to resign over ‘outrageous’ World Cup plans
UK prime minister is the first head of a major nation to call on the under-pressure Fifa president to step down * UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has called on the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, to resign over his “outrageous” plans to sell a stake in the World Cup. Infantino faces growing pressure over his proposals, which triggered a backlash among major football bodies and prompted the resignation on Friday of a key advisor. Continue reading...
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Evidence has since been uncovered by fans online which appears to show repeated instances of Saltburn players mimicking the sound of an edge with their fingers.
Cricket club investigated as cheating row erupts and league releases statement
A viral cheating row has erupted in the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League. Saltburn Cricket Club are currently under investigation after footage emerged appearing to show players chea…
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Tim Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social makes a bold claim here on the November elections in the US. Please make it so America. Il faut. substack.com/@snyder/note...
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The scenario I think we're in is that Democrats will likely win a huge victory in November. And then the issue is: do they know what to do with that huge victory, do ambitious things to keep the Repu...
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“an unexpected connection between a predominantly Moroccan Jewish lineage and the Saint Thomas Syrian Christian community of Kerala” Oh wow, did not see that coming
It was interesting seeing the penny drop on the Chancellor post to one of the BBC journalists (and with that for me too) yesterday evening having seen only three go into no 10: “I suppose we shouldn’t completely exclude Healey..” - eyes suddenly wide (omg) open “Absolutely not”…
The 1st point made by new UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, was spot on: something has gone very wrong that he is the 7th PM since 2016 (since the Brexit vote). His 2nd main point is the need for “a circuit breaker” and that means rolling back 1980s de-industrialisation and privatisation. Yes, yes.
Wayne Rooney was, in fact, consistently in a league of his own among the BBC commentariate.
The Secret Barrister@barristersecret.bsky.social · 2mo agoGabby: What was your highlight of the half time show? Wayne Rooney: When it finished. I thought it was crap. 10/10 punditry. No notes.