Hel Eline

@hel.eurosky.social

Socialist, ICT Support Technician, Data Electrician, Software Engineering Student, Millennial, Amateur Photographer, Average Cooking Enjoyer, Lesser Bushcraft and Wildermess Survival Enthusiast, Catless Crazy Cat Lady, HRT since 15th of May 2026, 🏳️‍⚧️🇳🇴

"be kind" doesn't include people who make a living being unkind. he made this bed of people who hate him for the things he said and now he gets to rot in it. every single one of you British media class dick heads will get the same treatment unless *you* start being kind.

The unworkable EHRC Code comes into effect today - A reminder to all my lovely trans+ fam… It’s designed for organisations, not you! It does NOT make it a criminal offence for you to carry on using whichever loo best suits you/ your needs. If someone complains, that’s the orgs problem, not yours!

CARRY ON
AND
KEEP
PEEING

We do need to make this sound as scary as possible to cis people - so they give a shit. But when addressing trans people directly, dial down the fear factor - because the impact on the average person will be minimal. They want to scare people into the closet, don’t let them.

Published with some minor changes! Please share widely. 😊 Guest, O., Suarez, M., ... & van Rooij, I. (2026). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Digital Culture & Education, 16(2), 85–118. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Journal: www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/volume-162

Volume 16.2 — Digital Culture & Education (ISSN: 1836-8301)

digitalcultureandeducation.com

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 11mo ago

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or
even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in
the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or
apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we
are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not
considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This
is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse
and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece,
we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology
industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to
relevant work to further inform our colleagues.

Da du trodde tech-oligarkene ikke kunne bli mer parodisk skurkete, så begynte de å kjøpe gamle bøker, scanne dem for å trene opp KI-en sin til å plagiere og lage sørpeversjoner av innholdet, og så ØDELEGGE dem. Sitat meg i artikkelen: «Vi er på drukne kattunger-nivå på den litterære skurkeskalaen».

KI-selskaper kjøper opp bøker – for så å destruere dem

OPPHAVSRETT: Tek-selskaper i USA har funnet et smutthull i lovverket for å bruke bøker til KI-opplæring. En aksjonsgruppe for regulering av KI kaller det parodisk, og kritiserer et lovforslag fra Regj...

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Microsoft, and big tech more generally, has fucked up so bad that comedy podcast hosts are doing "How To Install Linux" videos. They have sapped the fun and wonder out of technology and permeated it with terrible and unwanted AI "features" chained to you through extractive subscription models.

It seems to me that capitalism so often makes the things that it is our duty and responsibility to say, into things we'd get fired for saying. "No. That is wrong and harmful." Because, the less we agree to prioritize profit above all else, the more our salary becomes a bad investment.