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Pangram’s outputs match my judgment about whether something is AI more reliably than any other tool’s. It is the most…
Not selling PDF versions of books, or shifting to HTML-only versions for web access, will do absolutely nothing to prevent…
Why not publish open access? Are university presses such an important tool to generate money?
My general rule is that any book involving extensive mathematical or logical notation should be read in hard copy. Digital…
I’ve had to deal with a few of these HTML e-books from OUP. Aside from the usual annoyances, I have…
Just to share a personal observation on the state of academic freedom in mainland China: I spent seven years in…
I just tried Pangram out as a test. I uploaded two chunks of text that were almost entirely AI-generated using…