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  1. Mark Robert Taylor's avatar

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

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. Charles Pigden's avatar

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

  5. 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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  7. 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,…

The federal court decision in favor of Harvard in its lawsuit against Trump

I haven't had a chance to read it carefully, but a First Amendment expert here offers a useful overview of the decision and its significance.  If this gets appealed up to the super-legislature, who knows what will happen?  My guess is a settlement will be reached before then, but we will see.  I suspect the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit (which is a fairly sane Circuit, ulnike the 5th) is likely to uphold much of the district court opinion.

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