Working in Higher Ed we often despair of the way people ignore the warning signs of climate change, we work at dispelling the misinformation of climate deniers. But when we are told that Gen AI is contributing to climate change, we shrug our shoulders and carry on. The energy and water consumption of AI technologies,…
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That thing you just said about your AI? Yeah, I have questions.
I / we have written about AI. We have asked about disclaimers and acknowledgements in response to people saying things like “We might feel that AI is most usefully considered as another tool: in itself ethically neutral…” (it is not ethically neutral) (pretty sure that ethical neutrality is not a real thing!). We have written…
Read moreMeans. Motive, Opportunity: A Composite Narrative about Academic Misconduct
Reposted my original post from the National Centre for AI I would like to thank the late Andrew Cormack for his support in approaching the ethics of this post, and many others, his support and guidance will be missed. The header image is one that he would have enjoyed and laughed at, The Bird of…
Read more(Not) Writing with an AI
This is not a post about AI per se, it’s about my writing process. I was chatting to a colleague this week about the tool of the moment, ChatGPTn, they were expressing that it was beneficial for them, because faced with a blank piece of paper they struggle to start. I get that, I have…
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