Similar:Oh that sweet, sweet feeling of progress.PersonalWooden document holders. Pretty routine, but practice is practice. #Blender3DPersonalShe doesn't have keys or a phone or an ID. Why does my tween need a purse?To stash her Lemonheads and Smarties. ht…AmusingEveryone wants to save the world, but no one wants to help Mom do the dishes.CultureCarolyn as Cosette…
Be careful of the parts of news stories that rely on ifs and coulds and maybes. Having said that, this is fascinating exploration of what’s at stake. It’s a fact that OpenAI’s business model involved training its large-language model on copyrighted material, without acquiring legal permission to do so, and without any mechanism to share…
Rewatching ST:DS9 Plot contrivance particles somehow force Bashir to live out his superspy holodeck fantasy. I know this episode has its fans, and I have to admit Garak’s outsider commentary almost saves it from Facepalm Planet, but coming so soon after the s4e9 “Little Green Men” homage to sci-fi B movies and the s4e8 “The…
I’m sad thinking of all the students whose academic careers and personal intellectual growth will suffer because they depend on generative text software — whether or not they get “caught” for plagiarism. In my mind, the fundamental error that almost everyone is making is in believing that Generative AI is tantamount to AGI (general purpose…
Similar:Worked a short day today, and it shows. Tomorrow is another day!PersonalCardassians (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 5) Garak takes an interest in Carda…Rewatching ST:DS9 Garak, the station’…EmpathyGreebles make me happy.Before CGI, filming a science-fiction st…AestheticsSeeing the premiere of a play based on the life of a Holocaust survivor who ended up as a…
Similar:The truth hits Thorvald. Loved PPT PlayTime’s online presentation of Ibsen’s A Doll’s Hous…PersonalReport to the bridge so the captain can assess your virtual upholstery skills. #blender3d …AestheticsHeadphones, Croutons and RhetoricME (with crouton tongs in one hand and s…CultureNutcracker dress rehearsal montage. Carolyn plays the Dew Drop Fairy Saturday at 7.Personal"No, no, the drink, the…
Whether a source is biased towards the left or right is not as important as to whether the story depends on facts and fact-dense analysis (best), fact-supported and fair opinions (okay), or taunts, propaganda, and fabrications (fringe stuff that’s harmful to our civic well-being). This version of the Ad Fontes chart shifts the AP a…
Rewatching ST:DS9 Kor (the charismatic and brilliantly campy John Colicos) recounts the battle from s2e19 “Blood Oath.” He’s stretching the truth quite a bit. “Yeah, but who cares?” asks O’Brien. “He tells it well.” A starstruck Worf is sensitive about his outsider status, but Kor not only accepts him, but recruits him on a quest…
Similar:Seeing A Wrinkle in Time. @prime_stagePersonalSolitaire ChessSpent a relaxing evening in playing soli…AmusingPlaying a well-dressed bad guy. PersonalOne of my students is demonstrating the perceived value of brand-name vs no-name products…. PersonalPreparing for some serious nerd time with the family this summerSet phasers to “nerd”! This summer I’ll…CultureIt’s something to do.Personal
In a writing-intensive class, students need to write extensively to the point that the teacher cannot possibly grade all of it. — Edutopia via NCTE Good advice from an article by Kara Douma, reprinted by NCTE. I need to hear that. The referees don’t score every practice. The coaches don’t give you feedback after…
I was so glad to see my daughter in this show at The Theatre Factory a few years ago. Flashback! Similar:A new study shows that students learn way more effectively from print textbooks than scree…Saving this for next term’s “History and…BooksProfessional or college Shakespeare productions in the Pittsburgh area this fall?Does anybody know of…
It’s been a while since something got me into a movie theater. Obviously I wasn’t in a rush. I recently rewatched 1-4 with my son, to get ready, and I took an afternoon off in order to catch a matinee. I enjoyed it. There was no standout scene that in my opinion quite matched the…
The Marion County Record reported that restaurant owner Kari Newell kicked their staff out of a public forum last week. When a third party told the paper that same restaurant owner had a DUI conviction that could have affected her eligibility to get a liquor license, the paper chose not to run the story. “We…
Rewatching ST:DS9 A plot contrivance particle field sends Quark, Rom and Nog to 1947 Earth, where they’re mistaken for “Martians.” In the teaser, Nog auctions off his childhood belongings as he prepares to leave for Starfleet Academy. Quark makes an apparently magnanimous offer to bring Nog to Earth “in style” on a shuttle his cousin…
The host was Bill Moyers, former White House press secretary under Lyndon Johnson. The guest was August Wilson, one of the great playwrights of the 20th century and unofficial laureate of African American history and culture. It did not go well. “Don’t you grow weary of thinking Black, writing Black, being asked questions about Blacks?”…
The results showed that out of the 512 questions, 259 (52%) of ChatGPT’s answers were incorrect and only 248 (48%) were correct. Moreover, a whopping 77% of the answers were verbose. […] According to the study, the well-articulated responses ChatGPT outputs caused the users to overlook incorrect information in the answers. “Users overlook incorrect information…
Similar:Just reminding myself that these moments do and will exits. I’ve evaluated every student s…PersonalSecurity is Sleeping in the Back Seat of the CarFor decades, my mother collected paperba…EmpathyThe daughter is home from London.PersonalI don't expect any but the largest text will be legible in my #steampunk project, but it w…AestheticsArsenal of Freedom (TNG Rewatch,…
Rewatching ST:DS9 An enjoyable “crisis creates unusual/dramatic parings” ensemble story. Quark is on the Defiant to mediate a trade agreement between the Karema and the Federation, but Sisko is annoyed to learn Quark has been adding surcharges and blaming them on the Federation. Kira tells Dax she suspects Sisko scheduled these trade negotiations so that…
Similar:Basic details for #medievalyork city walls for a forthcoming scholarly theatrical project….Basic details for #medievalyork city wal…PersonalThe Fantasticks closes today at 2.PersonalThe chief engineer has a forward-facing station, on a platform above the technical staff c…PersonalPlaying a well-dressed bad guy. PersonalMore world-building props for a fantasy #steampunk #Blender3D project.DesignThey figured it out.Personal
OpenAI has already taken a toll on human workers. It’s chilling to contemplate that students and creatives are comfortable with relying on this product in any meaningful way. The business model depends on devaluing human labor, and benefitting the powerful. The 51 moderators in Nairobi working on Sama’s OpenAI account were tasked with reviewing texts,…