Well, it finally happened: I joined a call where the note-taking bots outnumbered the humans.
Luke Robert Mason
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🎙️ On the @futurespodcast.bsky.social, I sat down with @profstevefuller.bsky.social to explore how media transforms the way knowledge is created, communicated, and contested. Themes in his new @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social book. youtu.be/pwgzaVTM36Y
Prof. Steve Fuller on Aphorisms, Algorithms and the New Media Shaping Thought w/ Luke Robert Mason
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Faceless AI-generated YouTube Videos have now reached the quality of your average adjunct university lecturer. Some of the voices even have more personality. This should really concern the higher education sector.
Those who experience 'Future Shock' rarely face the world beyond their screens.
🧠 What if you could talk to an AI-generated version of your future self? 🤖 @mitmedialab.bsky.social's Pattie Maes joined me on the @futurespodcast.bsky.social to explore how #AI might help us become the best version of ourselves by reshaping how we think about our long-term decisions.
University profoundly shaped me and who I wanted to become. As someone who now teaches, I try to offer undergraduates more than information - I try to model that possibility. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As thousands more teenagers scramble for university places, I have to ask – why? | Simon Jenkins
Student debt increasing, graduate salaries dropping, high-skilled jobs thin on the ground – higher education in the UK is a mess, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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If it were truly 'PhD-level' AI, it would crash the moment you asked it to explain in plain English.
A truly 'PhD-level' AI would have enough imposter syndrome to be unsure about the answers it provides.
A truly 'PhD-level' AI would know more and more about less and less until it knows everything about nothing.
What I would like to remind everyone talking about Sam Altman talking about the “PhD level intelligence” of the new ChatGPT is that Sam Altman dropped out of college so he… has no experiential construct for what grad school even is.
A 'PhD-level' AI would write 30,000 words, cite itself, and still get prompted to 'clarify contribution.'
Let’s hope 'PhD level' AI doesn’t mean it also needs three supervisors, six revisions, and a nervous breakdown before it can explain anything. www.bbc.com/news/article...
OpenAI claims new GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’
GPT-5's release comes as tech firms continue to compete in an effort to claim the world's most advanced AI.
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The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere. But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
' ... to view universities as being like 'luxury brands' “ ... is to fundamentally misunderstand their purpose”. “They don’t exist to cultivate prestige – they exist to expand knowledge, support critical thinking and serve the public good.” ' www.timeshighereducation.com/news/warwick...
Warwick marketing ‘fiasco’ shows ‘education isn’t a luxury brand’
Experts warn institutions against losing sight of their purpose, as more details emerge about university’s prolific spending on PR activities
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‘Authentic AI content’ is a contradiction in terms - but that won’t stop marketers from coining another shiny neologism.
“Any teacher who can be replaced by a machine should be.” - Arthur C. Clarke @profstevefuller.bsky.social's update (below) with a similar sentiment, "You don't want to have a bionic textbook whose content is reducible to their PowerPoints."
Can anyone explain Midlands-based universities' obsession with the word 'Beyond'? 😂
I'm looking for a service that lets me pay $10 a month to access 20 articles from any news platform for Free. Simple. Friction Free.
Barbie's Dreamhouse was a £200k investment in my education. thetab.com/2024/12/27/u...
University of Warwick spent almost £200k on new 'Barbie' inspired learning space
Does pink really go with everything?
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Dr Keith Wilson 💭@keithwilson.eu · last yr.From the university that gave us this… 😏
Education is not a branding exercise. Well-intentioned? Maybe. But appearing in Vogue wearing $450 socks to discuss 'reinventing education' is what happens when senior leadership becomes a little too disconnected from the front lines of higher ed. I can confirm: it triggered a campus-wide cringe. 😬
Chris Havergal@chrishavergal.bsky.social · last yr.University of Warwick under fire after senior executive appeared in a glossy Vogue advertorial promoting the institution’s new branding strategy, with academics calling it “tone-deaf” and a “self-inflicted embarrassment” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/warwick... via @tashmosheim.bsky.social
New podcasts recently dropped on the excellent Futures, hosted by @lukerobertmason.net Two takes on near-futures speculation by @liam-young.bsky.social & @stephenoram.bsky.social Well worth a listen: futurespodcast.net/episodes/84-...
Applied Science Fiction w/ Stephen Oram | FUTURES Podcast
Science Fiction Author Stephen Oram shares his insights on collaborating with scientists to transform research into speculative storytelling, using near-future fiction to explore the ethical implicati...
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🧠 On @futurespodcast.bsky.social, I spoke to @mitmedialab.bsky.social's Pattie Maes, who shared her insights on using #tech to enhance human potential, developing #wearable systems to support #cognition and #learning, and designing ethical human-centred artificial intelligence. youtu.be/gJWeHDlDOLk
Prof. Pattie Maes on Augmenting Human Intelligence w/ Luke Robert Mason | Dubai Future Forum 2024
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🤖 On this week's @futurespodcast.bsky.social, I speak to computer scientist @lawrennd.bsky.social who shared his insights on what #machineintelligence can teach us about being #human, and the risks of prioritising efficiency & scalability over #ethics. futurespodcast.net/episodes/83-...
Why Machines Can’t Replace Us w/ Neil Lawrence | FUTURES Podcast
Computer Scientist Neil Lawrence shares his insights on what machine intelligence can teach us about being human, the risks of relying on technologies that prioritise efficiency and scalability over e...
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🎙️ Hear Director of Impact Jane Lawton on The FUTURES Podcast, exploring the profound implications of decoding animal communication—not just for conservation, but for our relationship with the natural world. 🎧 Listen here: futurespodcast.net/episodes/bon...
Decoding Animal Communication w/ Jane Lawton | FUTURES Podcast
Earth Species Project’s Jane Lawton shares her insights on how artificial intelligence is used to decode animal communication, how new technology challenges human-centric views of intelligence, and ho...
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🔮 Conceptual #artist Pierre-Christophe Gam shares his thoughts on the transformative power of #imagination to shape reality & the potential of the #African continent to become a #global leader. 🎤 Bonus episode of futurespodcast.bsky.social Live from the #DubaiFuture. 📺 Watch: youtu.be/zmQj-tSf52U
Pierre-Christophe Gam on Dreaming the Future w/ Luke Robert Mason | Dubai Future Forum 2024
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New essay on the ethics of self-deception in human-AI emotional relations from Emilia Kaczmarek and published in the "Journal of Applied Philosophy." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This is marvellous mind-food for anyone interested in futures. I recommended a great podcast (on protopian futures), & to dip into the whole series, to a colleague just this week. #futures
Luke Robert Mason@lukerobertmason.net · 2y ago🤯 On the FUTURES Podcast, I meet the incredible individuals who dare to imagine the world of tomorrow. The show explores the topics of artificial intelligence #AI, human enhancement, #space travel & virtual reality #VR. 🎧 Listen Now: futurespodcast.net
"Some researchers worry that if #AI systems become conscious and people neglect or treat them poorly, they might suffer." - This was one of the BIG issues examined in "The Machine Question" @mitpress.bsky.social It's only taken 12 years for people to catch up : ) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What should we do if AI becomes conscious? These scientists say it’s time for a plan
Researchers call on technology companies to test their systems for consciousness and create AI welfare policies.
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