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Professor Horrified When Students Use ChatGPT to Generate "Briefly Introduce Yourself" Assignment... in Ethics Course

An assistant professor of philosophy was shocked to find her students use ChatGPT to "briefly introduce" themselves.

I’m not sure how I’d even begin to suggest such a thing. Let alone as a medical procedure.

Ah, so now we know where the bass drum solo is supposed to be used in the Horst-Wessel-Lied?

Let’s not inform the Australian anti-vaxers about this huh? No-one wants a live redback trapped in a macadamia shell dangling from their neck.

BTbevanthomas.bsky.socialOct 11, 2024 6:55pm

British wise women and cunning men used many techniques to heal people. One wise woman would trap a live spider inside the shell of a small nut, sew the nut in a bag, place the bag around the client's neck, and "as the spider wasted, so would the fever leave him." #FolkyFriday

Worth reading.

SHewacat.bsky.socialOct 11, 2024 11:53pm

I got served this incredible advert over on twitter. It's a book summary written by AI but I bet the book is AI too. It's just so incredibly stupidly funny and every time I read it I start WHEEZING

As someone who lives in a different part of the world, using the term “nativist” seems a concession in itself, when what they mean is xenophobic or just plain racist.

Goodness - an Apollo guidance computer on your wrist. apollo-instruments.com

Holy shit the ending of this ad is 🤌

Used to be we had regular carnivals in this country so kids got exposed to grifts early on and grew up savvy. That's why I'm calling to establish a 6th armed service - The Carny Force - to keep America's richest people from becoming such easy fucking marks.

MNpaleofuture.bsky.socialOct 11, 2024 2:17pm

It’s kind of funny that Robert Scoble, of all people, got confirmation last night that Musk’s robots aren’t autonomous

Elon Musk's Beer-Pouring Optimus Robots Are Not Autonomous

The robots were interacting with guests at Tesla's big Cybercab event Thursday in L.A.

questions an enterprising political reporter in an influential newsroom could ask a trump spokesperson: “what percentage of americans does trump think are scum?” “what does trump propose to do with the americans he says are scum?” “are these the same americans trump describes as vermin?”