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‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AI

Artificial intelligence is making steady advances into subtitling but, say its practitioners, it’s a vital service that needs a human…

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Have you been “workslopped” by a bot?

If you have ever experienced this, you might recall the feeling of confusion after opening such a document, followed by…

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Peer Review Paranoia: The system is built on trust between scholars. AI is undermining that.

From an essay that includes a reflection on discovering AI-fabricated quotes while peer-reviewing a scholarly essay for potential publication. (Academics…

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Blaze of Glory #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 23) Sisko needs imprisoned traitor Eddington’s help stopping a war

Rewatching ST:DS9 At dinner with the Siskos, Cadet Nog reluctantly reveals that the B-plot will involve his difficulty getting respect…

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Someone seems to have slipped this over my transom. Thank you, #foodsubstitutefairy whoever you are!

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Air miles be damned. I say the best way to find out about the joy and complexity of our world is through novels

Essays like this remind me why I picked my English major. There are other ways to get facts. Newspapers are…

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Overflow seating for the 50th anniversary of the canonization of #elizabethannseton @setonhilluniversity

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Children of Time #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 22) Defiant crew meets happy colony of their own descendants (it’s complicated)

Rewatching ST:DS9 In the Defiant mess hall, Kira and Dax chat about Kira being single again, and don't notice Odo's…

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I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education.

AI has transformed my experience of education. I am a senior at a public high school in New York, and…

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Soldiers of the Empire #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 21) Worf joins General Martok as first officer on a Klingon bird-of-prey

Rewatching ST:DS9 Bashir scolds Martok for injuring himself (again) during a holosuite training program. (He's being reckless and self-destructive, even…