Readers of my recent blogs will have worked out (!) that I am concerned about how reliance on AI prevents students learning basic skills, depletes the number of people capable of supervising AI , and robs students of voice and authorship. Of course, I acknowledge that students reading these posts may roll their eyes! YetContinue reading “AI and Universities: students and AI”
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AI and universities: Who will oversee AI?
AI in universities: short-term gains AI is inevitable in the sense that it has been forced upon us by tech oligarchs, and that it provides practical tools for short-circuiting lengthy processes such as writing, synthesis, programming, cleaning data, and so on. In the short-term, and from a purely pragmatic perspective, there are many reasons toContinue reading “AI and universities: Who will oversee AI?”
If a ‘science’ feminizes, is it still considered science?
Sunday 11th February was United Nation’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This is an important reminder of the biases – explicit and unconscious – that women face when they enter the world of research and academia. Biases are also faced by people from other historically disadvantaged groups. According to the UN, non-STEMContinue reading “If a ‘science’ feminizes, is it still considered science?”
Richard Shearmur 