“The FTC’s enforcement actions make clear that there is no AI exemption from the laws on the books.” - FTC Chair Lina M. Khan www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

FTC Announces Crackdown on Deceptive AI Claims and Schemes

some dingbat on amazon is selling sukkot decorations that, due to printing the hebrew backwards, say "tuchus" instead

John Carpenter had a lively friday

The problem here might not be ChatGPT the problem might be that this student is working full time while studying. So many students really don't have time to learn the things they came to university for. The aim becomes a degree, not the education. ChatGPT is a route to that

BNbrookenewman.bsky.socialSep 25, 2024 2:13pm

Where we’re at now, like it or not. 😑 A history major “runs his assigned readings through ChatGPT to generate summaries of the text, answer specific Q, & identify quotes. ‘I don’t have the time to literally read every single word that gets assigned,’he said.” www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Students turn to AI to do their assigned readings for them

Students are turning to YouTube, podcasts and ChatGPT-crafted summaries rather than actually reading their assignments for class. Professors are unsure how to adapt.

Student fees & student loans create a transactional view of studying that ChatGPT responds to. It's part of the same ecosystem as Turnitin

there’s a New York Public librarian somewhere going “guess who’s gonna be closed up on the weekends now, bitch” as she watches the news and taps a date stamp against her palm

This is still so fucking funny. I love Fiona Apple so much.

Thought of @gretchenmcc.bsky.social and her “this what we mean when we say language enables you to understand strings you’ve never heard put together before” when in class I said “So this is a blending at ‘hole’” (describing WOTY candidate “assholocene”)

Everybody in academia will be using the Torment Nexus within a year, and we simply can’t afford to be left behind. It’s true that the Torment Nexus can’t do everything in its current form, but the next release will be so much better! Don’t be a hater!!! #getonboard

To me the takeaway here is actually how non-revolutionary advances in AI / LLMs have been. I mean 15 years ago, a singular programmer created a script that is functionally equivalent to the paid offerings of large AI firms in 2024