Katie (Kathryn) Conrad

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Prof. of English at University of Kansas. Tech and culture. Pandora’s Bot on Substack. #aiethics #criticalailiteracy

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"But even as ed tech gurus are selling the 'magic' of time-saving to teachers, the quiet logic that animates the development of these tools is that what is being automated is actually what matters." kconrad.substack.com/p/friction-v...

Friction v. “Magic”kconrad.substack.com The lure of AI "time-saving" tools for teachers

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Regarding Microsoft's (increasing) local surveillance, a new feature - thought slightly limited - requires taking screenshots of your desktop activity every ten seconds to help with their local AI tools for "productivity". This is a novel vector of abuse.

Seems like a good moment to re-post this. softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...

The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…softwarecrisis.dev The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour

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And take the opportunity to recirculate this recent entry on "teaching tips" from the #AIhypewallofshame (also co-authored w/ @kconrad.bsky.social). /16 https://criticalai.org/2024/03/07/katie-conrad-and-lauren-m-e-goodlad-on-teaching-tip-navigating-ai-in-the-classroom-03-07-2024/

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There's still time to apply to @aacu's Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum by 5/20. www.aacu.org/event/instit... Glad to be invited to serve as institute faculty by organizers Jose Bowen and Eddie Watson alongside @leaton01.bsky.social @kconrad.bsky.social and many others!

Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum | AAC&Uwww.aacu.org A VOICE AND A FORCE FOR LIBERAL EDUCATION. AAC&U advances the vitality and democratic purposes of undergraduate liberal education.

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Scoop from 404 Media: National Archives is banning employees from using ChatGPT. Agency is tasked w/ preserving history; leaked email says "NARA has determined that ChatGPT’s unrestricted approach to reusing input data poses an unacceptable risk" www.404media.co/national-arc...

National Archives Bans Employee Use of ChatGPTwww.404media.co The agency tasked with preserving the historical record is banning ChatGPT, citing the possibility that the tool would leak internal information.

I didn't have being offered absolution by a chatbot "priest" on my 2024 bingo card, but there you go.

This week! news.ku.edu/news/article...

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📢📢📢 ANNOUNCING NEW CAI RUNNING SERIES: Gen AI & TEACHING WRITING IN HIGHER ED. Complete CFP. [1/4] https://criticalai.org/2024/04/16/cai-special-series-cfp-generative-ai-and-teaching-writing-in-higher-ed/

Tired of being the Debbie Downer buzzkill. Just gonna leeeeeaaaannn in to the hype.

What Russo is suggesting is deeply gross at so many levels: ethical nightmare? Meet uncanny valley mediocrity. Also? “rom-com” my a$$

Generative AI isn't just for predatory billionaires, it's also for hack directors who want to be able to exploit women from beyond the grave variety.com/2023/film/ne...

Today I’m on a webinar, Pedagogies of (Generative) AI, with @annamillsoer.bsky.social @helenbeetham.bsky.social and more. Sign up here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Pedagogies of (Generative) AIdocs.google.com April 11th, 3pm to 4pm BST Step out of the hype cycle and take time for a generous, (re)generative conversation about teaching and learning in a time of AI. Rather than accelerating our practice to t...

We've extended our application window to Fri, 4-19. Thanks to the support of the William T. Kemper Foundation (Commerce Bank, Trustee), we will offer chosen participants a $1000 stipend! For Kansas City area secondary and college humanities educators. hallcenter.ku.edu/aidl

Greater KC-area humanities teachers: deadline this Fri. 4/5, but if you get in everything but your supervisor letter, we'll contact you. We've also just learned that the William T. Kemper Foundation-Commerce Bank, Trustee will support each chosen applicant with a $1K stipend! hallcenter.ku.edu/aidl

Applications now open for our 5-day institute, AI & Digital Literacy: Toward an Inclusive and Empowering Teaching Practice, June 3-7, '24, for KC metro area secondary and college humanities teachers! More info in the application link. Please share! tinyurl.com/AIDLInstitut...

This afternoon! If you can't make it, register anyway--they might be recording

"AI in the Classroom: Ethics, Academic Integrity, and Equity." Looking forward to presenting with @kconrad.bsky.social this Wednesday 3-4:30 pm Eastern, hosted by the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition. Please join us (free)! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Updates: the LinkedIn conversation on Calmara, the poorly-designed malpractice/privacy nightmare STI app, continues, with the founder getting very defensive. Meanwhile, it identified my thumb, an avocado skin, & an overripe peeled banana as "clear" but is worried that my toe might have an STI.

This app, by the way, did accept a photo of a German sausage and a vegan sausage and suggest that both might have STIs.

Calmara: We care about your privacy and will need your explicit consent before you use our product. Calmara's CEO: oh just go find a dick pic on the Internet and upload it! 😜 It'll be great!

TODAY! Sorry for the late notice. Zoom option in alt text!

"Let’s think twice before urging our students to 'latch on' to the slippery commercial trends now hyped by huge tech companies and their investors. And let’s demand more from outlets like Inside Higher Education." criticalai.org/2024/03/07/k...

Katie Conrad and Lauren M. E. Goodlad on “Teaching Tip: Navigating AI in the Classroom” (03/07/2024)criticalai.org Katie Conrad and Lauren M. E. Goodlad on “Teaching Tips for Navigating AI in the Classroom” (03/07/2024) March 7th, 2024[ For more on The AI Hype Wall of Shame and our rating system, see this link.…

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Remember those viral videos of “fully automated” McDonald’s and Taco Bell restaurants (that still had plenty of human workers)? Well, the AI-powered drive thrus aren’t working out so well and the company behind them is losing its big customers.

AI Losing Its Grip on Fast Food Drive-Thru Lanesthetakeout.com Artificial intelligence might not be the future of the drive-thru after all.

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“Resspondamess”. Sounds about right. 😆 #ChatGPT #OpenAI #AIHype

ChatGPT's values, according to ChatGPT:

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Theory meets praxis.

Enjoying this hilarious breakdown of the AI-generated Wonka event mess.

The AI-generated "script" the actors were given for the Glasgow Wonka event is.. something. Aside from featuring staging and effects that would be impressive for a moderately-sized West End spectacular, its stage directions also dictate, in detail, precisely how delighted the audience will be.

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#Avast deceived users by saying its software would help eliminate tracking on the web — when it actually did the tracking itself. It then sold personal data without users' consent. So the FTC is fining it $16.5 million. #privacy #AIEthics #surveillance #Philtech www.theverge.com/2024/2/22/24...

Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing datawww.theverge.com Avast collected data on location, health concerns, and more.

Still trying to find a way to curate my feeds. I'm not getting either traction or an easy way to find folks engaging deeply with tech questions here like I do on X. I am seeing more AI art bots than good convo on the AI/ML feed? Help?

Tag yourself: I'm Timothée Chalamet. Angry Trapezius King looks like he needs a little fiber. #AI #AIhype

I feel you, ChattyG. #AIfail

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Good thing companies and governments aren’t stuffing this half baked tech into crucial infrastruct…oh wait.

ChatGPT has been losing its mind and no one seems to know whywww.businessinsider.com Users of ChatGPT have shared screenshots of their interactions with the chatbot on social media after it started responding with nonsense.