Erik Fredner: OpenAI just announced a new service called "ChatGPT Edu," which they describe as "an affordable offering for universities to responsibly bring AI to campus." “Affordable,” famously, does not mean $0. 1/2

OpenAI just announced a new service called "ChatGPT Edu," which they describe as "an affordable offering for universities to responsibly bring AI to campus." “Affordable,” famously, does not mean $0. 1/2

2/2 Which reminded me of this discussion between @mattseybold.bsky.social & @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social, which suggests humanists need to pay more attention to how much of universities’ budgets are going to “EdTech," of which "ChatGPT Edu" is the latest example: marktwainstudies.com/unbundling/

EdTech, AI, & The Unbundling of Research & Teaching (Criticism LTD, Episode #13)marktwainstudies.com A sometimes uncanny Halloween week exploration of the EdTech griftopia.

Ah fuck

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