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  1. Mark's avatar

    I’d like to pose a question. Let’s be pessimistic for the moment, and assume AI *does* destroy the university, at…

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    I agree with all of this. The threat is really that stark. The only solution is indeed in-class essay exams,…

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    My big problem with LLMs at the present time, apart from being potentially the epitome of Foucault’s panopticon & Big…

  6. A in the UK's avatar

    I’m also at a British university (in a law school) and my sentiments largely align with the author’s. I see…

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    If one is genuinely uninterested in engaging with non-human interlocutors, it is unclear why one continues to do so—especially while…

The Kind of Force that Makes Sense? (Nadelhoffer)

After dismissing a cease-fire in Lebanon yesterday as a "false promise," Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice suggested that, "we are looking at what kind of international assistance force makes sense" (see here). Well, we can quit holding our collective breath–it is now clear what kind of ‘force’ we have in mind (namely, precision-guided missiles).  See here for details.  The only thing more predictable than American and Israeli war-mongering is the backlash it creates.  When will the world learn that "peace" and "missiles" don’t go hand-in-hand?   

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