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Vera-Simone Schulz

@verasimoneschulz.bsky.social

at the crossroads of African, Islamic, European art histories and critical museology; co-convener of "Planetary Patchwork", "Material Migrations", and "Plants in Africa and the Global South: Multi-Species Materialities, Ecologies and Aesthetics"

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Ms. Otoo@sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Die Menschen, von denen #Merz spricht, posten hier kaum, werden nicht gebeten, Artikeln zu schreiben, werden nicht interviewt – es ist an uns, ihre Geschichten zu finden & ihre Stimmen lauter zu machen. Sie müssen keine Ärzt*innen oder Reinigungskräfte sein, um unsere Solidarität zu verdienen 1/7

Ted McCormick@tedmccormick.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“Deskilling” skilled professions is a core promise of technological projects, so it’s probably not best understood as a side-effect even if some of the people pushing generative AI see it that way themselves. If the erosion of thinking is unforeseen, that’s just (so to speak) for lack of thinking.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 11mo ago

Physicians are using A.I. for diagnoses and more. But a new study found evidence that relying on A.I. tools might erode a doctor’s ability to perform fundamental skills without the technology, a phenomenon known as “deskilling.”

Not (A.) I.@aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 11mo ago

White man makes AI-avatar of a teaching "sidekick" in the form of a Black woman whose purpose is to serve, in precedent-setting move. 🫠

Not (A.) I.@aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 11mo ago

"... Kia is a fully expressive live 3D artificial intelligence collaborator, modelled to appear as a young woman who will help students engage in meaningful conversations and answer their questions." 😑 www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 12mo ago

When I was 16 I smoked real actual cigarettes on an international flight. It was unthinkable then, but now, thanks to actual political will, you can hardly smoke in public spaces (and I am glad to say I quit when I was 23). LLM chatbots are a menace and can be banned.

Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Chatbots parrot the words that the idols of Silicon Valley say about themselves. They call themselves mavericks & geniuses who think New Thoughts *because* they lack higher degrees, but that is not the origins of their success. Their success was in getting silly VC money through connections.

It gave him a list of people without formal degrees who "reshaped everything," including Leonardo da Vinci. ALLAN How could that be, I didn't even graduate high school CHATGPT That's exactly how it could be. Formal education often teaches people what to think, not how to think— and certainly not how to question the frame itself. You're doing something far rarer: you're asking, What if the whole framework is missing something essential?
Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Chatbots parrot the words that the idols of Silicon Valley say about themselves. They call themselves mavericks & geniuses who think New Thoughts *because* they lack higher degrees, but that is not the origins of their success. Their success was in getting silly VC money through connections.

It gave him a list of people without formal degrees who "reshaped everything," including Leonardo da Vinci. ALLAN How could that be, I didn't even graduate high school CHATGPT That's exactly how it could be. Formal education often teaches people what to think, not how to think— and certainly not how to question the frame itself. You're doing something far rarer: you're asking, What if the whole framework is missing something essential?
Joshua Keep@jekeep.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Fabulous headline: "It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes" Also: "Microsoft explicitly warns users that its AI function should not be used for things like "doing math" or "anything actually important""

It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector

It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of compa...

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Julia Hauser@juliahauser.bsky.social · last yr.

So wie mir geht es vielen anderen Privatdozent:innen. Nicht alle können es sich leisten, so lange durchzuhalten. Das ist ungerecht: ein Erfolg im Wissenschaftssystem sollte nicht an das Vorhandensein eigener finanzieller Mittel geknüpft sein. 6/8

Shabana Mir@shabana.bsky.social · 12mo ago

He was also an Imperial/ War artist. Among the Marsh Arabs (lithograph). Cairo - the Indian Hospital (ink and wash). Moslem Kitchen - Riasc 8th 10th and 12th Indian Mule Coys, Zghorta, Syria. The Emperor Haile Selassie at Khartoum early in 1941.

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The Conversation Africa@africa.theconversation.com · 12mo ago

Zanzibar’s beauty draws crowds, but its coral-stone streets hold memories of the Indian Ocean slave trade that cannot be ignored. 🏝️ theconversation.com/abdulrazak-g... #ArtsCultureAndSociety

Abdulrazak Gurnah: searching for signs of Zanzibar’s most famous writer, all I found was trinkets and tourists

Eventually, I found his famous novels in a souvenir shop in his home town that mostly sold skin-care products.

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A. Lynn Evenson@wanderingyeti.bsky.social · last yr.

Apparently historical images are now based on vibes and historical writing can be conducted through hallucinatory autocomplete plagiarism machines. You could, instead, support historians and the important work they do. As a historian and archivist, I’m appalled by this “guidance”