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  1. F.E. Guerra-Pujol's avatar

    Apropos of Sagar’s wish to foist the A.I. industry by its own petard, this article appeared in print in yesterday’s…

  2. Claudio's avatar

    I teach both large courses, like Jurisprudence and Critical Legal Thinking (a.k.a Legal Argumentation), and small seminar-based courses at Edinburgh…

  3. Charles Pigden's avatar

    Surely there is an answer to the problem of AI cheating which averts the existential threat. . It’s not great,…

  4. 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…

  5. A in the UK's avatar
  6. Jonathan Turner's avatar

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

  7. Craig Duncan's avatar

2021 in review, 1st quarter: January, February, March

January

An intelligent discussion of "systemic racism"

Dominic Berry is drawing a line!

The "Anti-Kathleen Stock" letter is full of mistakes, fact-free speculation and misleading innuendo

Where (untenured) tenure-track faculty at the U.S. "top 24" PhD programs in 2020-21 got their PhD

The real worry about the stormtrooper riot at the Capitol lasts week is what it portends

Graduate students afraid to support the open letter on academic freedom

Christa Peterson's "Hit Piece" on Kathleen Stock

How the Wokerati talk:  a guide

On being the victim of a stalker, and then being defamed for the stalker's crime

February

America is doomed, part 499:  The Republican Party is even crazier now than before Trump

On Hume's racism, again

More mischief afoot at Bogazici University in Istanbul

Norms for job-hunting by faculty recently hired into tenure-track

Academic freedom does not include lawful extramural speech at the University of New Hampshire

The inflation of "bullying," a continuing saga

Condescension from below watch: Matt Taibbi edition

Spinoza made simple

March

University of Liverpool is a disgrace

"Defund the police" drove voters to Trump

"Academic Freedom Alliance"

"Hostage chess"

Twitter as symptom of the end of writing (and thinking)

Some further thoughts on Twitter

Violations of academic freedom related to teaching and research about issues related to sex and gender

Approaches to affirmative action/diversity hiring:  the poll results

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