Allison Dieppa
@amdieppa.bsky.social
Instructor of writing and literature at Florida Gulf Coast University | Composition studies, critical AI, and early English literature
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Allison Dieppa
@amdieppa.bsky.social
· Nov 9
My conference paper "Imaginary Friend or Foe? Examining the Pitfalls of an AI Writing Partner" is finally published in the CEA Critic! In it, I tackle some of the problematic assumptions about AI and discuss why LLMs may be counterproductive for writing pedagogy. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
I was just thinking about this movie (Star Trek: Insurrection) yesterday as I observed some interesting plastic surgery choices in Naples.
It's giving this, the people in Star Trek who were trying to get back to the fountain of youth planet and kept stretching their skin across their faces to slow the aging process.
December 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I was just thinking about this movie (Star Trek: Insurrection) yesterday as I observed some interesting plastic surgery choices in Naples.
This is a few weeks old, apparently, but the Sandwich transcripts might be my favorite court transcript reading yet.
Some heroes are born. Others are bread. #transcripts part 55 🥪🫡
TikTok video by reb for the rebrand
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December 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is a few weeks old, apparently, but the Sandwich transcripts might be my favorite court transcript reading yet.
It’s been an especially rough semester marked by loss and grief, but these super-sweet notes from two of my most engaged students are giving me life. 🥹
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It’s been an especially rough semester marked by loss and grief, but these super-sweet notes from two of my most engaged students are giving me life. 🥹
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People should understand that this is how they INTEND to use AI once it's embedded into everything. Policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing.
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
People should understand that this is how they INTEND to use AI once it's embedded into everything. Policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing, policing.
“Crucially, this ability to jailbreak with adversarial poems isn’t just a gap in one particular software’s armor. The researchers were able to replicate this across many AI models, suggesting “that the phenomenon is structural rather than provider-specific.”
Can “adversarial poetry” save us from AI?
Turns out, the Terminator movies would have been more realistic if Sarah Conner had a poetry MFA. In a new paper titled “Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large L…
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December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“Crucially, this ability to jailbreak with adversarial poems isn’t just a gap in one particular software’s armor. The researchers were able to replicate this across many AI models, suggesting “that the phenomenon is structural rather than provider-specific.”
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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“Regular Animals”, an art installation by Beeple 🤮 at Art Basel in Miami, features billionaire-faced robodogs that take photos of spectators & then “defecate” the so called “artistic impressions”, some of which link to NFTs. Printed “Excrement Samples” sell for $100k. Creepy af innit?
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Regular Animals”, an art installation by Beeple 🤮 at Art Basel in Miami, features billionaire-faced robodogs that take photos of spectators & then “defecate” the so called “artistic impressions”, some of which link to NFTs. Printed “Excrement Samples” sell for $100k. Creepy af innit?
I offer my Lit students a little extra credit for making Othello memes -- it's a nice way to lighten the tone after finishing the play -- and they did not disappoint. Here are a few of my favorites. #Shakespeare #litsky
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I offer my Lit students a little extra credit for making Othello memes -- it's a nice way to lighten the tone after finishing the play -- and they did not disappoint. Here are a few of my favorites. #Shakespeare #litsky
Touching grass is not enough to help these weirdos.
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Touching grass is not enough to help these weirdos.
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I don't know what I love more: the kitchen as HUGE WALK/GUEST SUITE, the balcony as MASTER ROOM, or whatever COAT BATH is supposed to be.
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I don't know what I love more: the kitchen as HUGE WALK/GUEST SUITE, the balcony as MASTER ROOM, or whatever COAT BATH is supposed to be.
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The common vaccines that can prevent chronic disease or some cancers wapo.st/3XnJxcd
HPV, Hep, Shingles, Flu, COVID, RSV... ALL these vaccines important for overall health.
#VaccinesWork
HPV, Hep, Shingles, Flu, COVID, RSV... ALL these vaccines important for overall health.
#VaccinesWork
The common vaccines that can prevent chronic disease or some cancers
In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions.
wapo.st
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The common vaccines that can prevent chronic disease or some cancers wapo.st/3XnJxcd
HPV, Hep, Shingles, Flu, COVID, RSV... ALL these vaccines important for overall health.
#VaccinesWork
HPV, Hep, Shingles, Flu, COVID, RSV... ALL these vaccines important for overall health.
#VaccinesWork
Small thing that drives me nuts: my Comp students this year are italicizing all their quotes and including article titles in signal phrases. I'm sure it's the product of Grammarly or some AI nonsense because I never used to see this, and it's the opposite of what I teach them to do. Argh.
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Small thing that drives me nuts: my Comp students this year are italicizing all their quotes and including article titles in signal phrases. I'm sure it's the product of Grammarly or some AI nonsense because I never used to see this, and it's the opposite of what I teach them to do. Argh.
I’ve seen so many posts this year about how to navigate political conflict on Thanksgiving, and I am so grateful I don’t have to deal with that anymore. I feel for those who do, though.
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I’ve seen so many posts this year about how to navigate political conflict on Thanksgiving, and I am so grateful I don’t have to deal with that anymore. I feel for those who do, though.
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Goodnight BlueSky, sleep tight 🐾
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Goodnight BlueSky, sleep tight 🐾
Check out this new article from the philosopher who introduced me to epistemology, helped me understand its connections to my teaching of argument, and Hegelified my brain in the best way. 👇👇
📢📢 New Article 📢📢
"Hegel's Theory of Rational Proof"
Published in Hegel Bulletin
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Big thanks to @schuringa.bsky.social and @ivanboldyrev.bsky.social for all the help along the way - and for putting up with all of my pesky emails!
"Hegel's Theory of Rational Proof"
Published in Hegel Bulletin
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Big thanks to @schuringa.bsky.social and @ivanboldyrev.bsky.social for all the help along the way - and for putting up with all of my pesky emails!
Hegel’s Theory of Rational Proof | Hegel Bulletin | Cambridge Core
Hegel’s Theory of Rational Proof
www.cambridge.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Check out this new article from the philosopher who introduced me to epistemology, helped me understand its connections to my teaching of argument, and Hegelified my brain in the best way. 👇👇
Claiming that ChatGPT’s suicide encouragement was due to user error and blaming this teen’s loved ones is hardcore evil. I hope OpenAI is eviscerated in court.
“OpenAI’s court filing argued that the harms in this case were at least partly caused by Raine’s ‘failure to heed warnings, obtain help, or otherwise exercise reasonable care,’ as well as the ‘failure of others to respond to his obvious signs of distress.’”
OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide
Adam Raine's family sued the AI company in August. On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that it isn't responsible for the teen's death.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Claiming that ChatGPT’s suicide encouragement was due to user error and blaming this teen’s loved ones is hardcore evil. I hope OpenAI is eviscerated in court.
I enjoy reading my lit students' annotations and seeing what they're thinking as they take in a text, but sometimes, I also get to learn new slang.
Today's gen Z word of the day is "glazing," which means giving excessive praise (though Urban Dictionary has a more colorful way of putting it).
Today's gen Z word of the day is "glazing," which means giving excessive praise (though Urban Dictionary has a more colorful way of putting it).
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I enjoy reading my lit students' annotations and seeing what they're thinking as they take in a text, but sometimes, I also get to learn new slang.
Today's gen Z word of the day is "glazing," which means giving excessive praise (though Urban Dictionary has a more colorful way of putting it).
Today's gen Z word of the day is "glazing," which means giving excessive praise (though Urban Dictionary has a more colorful way of putting it).
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This is awful, and it's really important that it's being reported on.
At the same time, it's almost impossible to get to the actual journalism because USA Today is shoving their own chatbot at you (pic in next post).
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At the same time, it's almost impossible to get to the actual journalism because USA Today is shoving their own chatbot at you (pic in next post).
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“After having extensive conversations with ChatGPT about his depression and suicidal ideation, ChatGPT still provided Joshua with information on how to purchase and use a gun, according to the court complaint reviewed by USA TODAY.”
He told ChatGPT he was suicidal. It helped with his plan, family says.
A lawsuit against OpenAI claims that Joshua Enneking, 26, was coached into suicide by ChatGPT after confiding in the chatbot for months.
www.usatoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is awful, and it's really important that it's being reported on.
At the same time, it's almost impossible to get to the actual journalism because USA Today is shoving their own chatbot at you (pic in next post).
>>
At the same time, it's almost impossible to get to the actual journalism because USA Today is shoving their own chatbot at you (pic in next post).
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I have mixed feelings about these detection methods, but I agree with the author on this point about the popular “AI” assessment assignment:
“How do I assign students an AI-generated essay for assessment if they don’t have the basic knowledge to parse said essay?”
“How do I assign students an AI-generated essay for assessment if they don’t have the basic knowledge to parse said essay?”
How a teacher used a “Trojan Horse” trick to trap students cheating with AI -
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
I Set A Trap To Catch Students Cheating With AI. The Result Was Deflating
"I am no stranger to students trying to cut corners by copying and pasting from Wikipedia, but the introduction of generative AI has enabled them to cheat in startling new ways."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I have mixed feelings about these detection methods, but I agree with the author on this point about the popular “AI” assessment assignment:
“How do I assign students an AI-generated essay for assessment if they don’t have the basic knowledge to parse said essay?”
“How do I assign students an AI-generated essay for assessment if they don’t have the basic knowledge to parse said essay?”
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WAPO jumps into the circular-revenue graphic game.
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
WAPO jumps into the circular-revenue graphic game.
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
I'm really disappointed to learn, via the minutes of the latest Faculty Senate meeting, that my university is planning to purchase an enterprise-level license for some "AI" model. I can think of so many things that money would be better spent on that would actually serve our students' learning.
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I'm really disappointed to learn, via the minutes of the latest Faculty Senate meeting, that my university is planning to purchase an enterprise-level license for some "AI" model. I can think of so many things that money would be better spent on that would actually serve our students' learning.
The irony of this news being followed by a nudge to invest in stocks selected by “advanced AI.” Nothing to see here!
dw about it I'm sure it's fine
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The irony of this news being followed by a nudge to invest in stocks selected by “advanced AI.” Nothing to see here!
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Kinda wondering if the steam boxes release and are popular enough, if that would help popularize linux use/releases a bit more after how rancid Microsoft/windows is these days
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Kinda wondering if the steam boxes release and are popular enough, if that would help popularize linux use/releases a bit more after how rancid Microsoft/windows is these days
I’m amused by the fact that US bishops apparently have a TikTok account, but also, go off, bishops.
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I’m amused by the fact that US bishops apparently have a TikTok account, but also, go off, bishops.