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    Everything you say is true, but what is the alternative? I don’t think people are advocating a return to in-class…

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    Cyber security professional here -reliably determining when a computational artifact (file, etc.) was created is *hard*. This is sorta why…

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    Agreed with the other commentator. It is extremely unlikely that Pangram’s success is due to its cheating by reading metadata.

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    At the risk of self-advertising:… You claim “AI is unusual in degree, not in kind” and “It is not clear…

UVA Board Meets Soon to Discuss Possible Reinstatement of President Sullivan

You can watch the proceedings live here, unless the Board votes to close the meeting, which it could do.

(Thanks to Matt King for the pointer.)

UPDATE:  So Sullivan is reinstated as President, and Rector Dragas voted with a unanimous Board to reinstate her–so it's clear they got the Governor's message!   The Board also voiced its support for Rector Dragas, a predictable move given her need to reverse course.  The endless talk about "integrity" was a bit nauseating:  integrity requires more than not taking bribes, it means excercising considered judgment, and there was a failure to do so by Dragas and others that can't be covered up by saying "she meant well."  Dragas did have a funny line about the e-mail she's getting, so I'll give her credit for that!  (Briefly, but my recollection probably isn't as good as the original:  she was using some garden metaphors to describe supportive e-mails she had received, and then added, "But I also had a good deal of fertilizer in my in-box.")

The other remaining unknown is whether the Governor reappoints Dragas–we'll know in a few days.

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