Dr Lauren Fraser
@walkyouhome.bsky.social
Librarian in HE | Union rep | Maker | Potterer
Out in East Lothian usually
Out in East Lothian usually
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This is the way. Teach against LLMs and encourage genuine engagement with materials, but refuse to let these technology companies dictate your pedagogy.
It is literally not your job to mount defensive maneuvers against LLM vomited essays. Give those papers the grades the words deserve (generally it's a 'C'). Take a deep breath and decompress after the sense of disappointment. Move on.
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is the way. Teach against LLMs and encourage genuine engagement with materials, but refuse to let these technology companies dictate your pedagogy.
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this is my philosophy too. I'm not a cop. I'll give mediocre work the grade it deserves.
It is literally not your job to mount defensive maneuvers against LLM vomited essays. Give those papers the grades the words deserve (generally it's a 'C'). Take a deep breath and decompress after the sense of disappointment. Move on.
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
this is my philosophy too. I'm not a cop. I'll give mediocre work the grade it deserves.
My mum has been making needle felted mice for a few years and enjoys challenging herself with new themes and ideas. She's just set up her first exhibition at the stately home she volunteers at, with a family of period mice. Incredible.
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My mum has been making needle felted mice for a few years and enjoys challenging herself with new themes and ideas. She's just set up her first exhibition at the stately home she volunteers at, with a family of period mice. Incredible.
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I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
I have come into town on the rainiest day and made a series of grave outfit errors because I wanted to wear something cute
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I have come into town on the rainiest day and made a series of grave outfit errors because I wanted to wear something cute
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One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: @deccamuldowney.bsky.social and I write about OpenAI's transparent attempt to shift accountability.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
OpenAI Tries to Shift Responsibility to Users
OpenAI is trying to shift the blame for bad legal and medical advice from its chatbot away from the company and onto users. We agree that no chatbot should be used for medical or legal advice.
buttondown.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
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I need this kind of help like I need a raccoon in my bra
Google has now admitted that they will tap into users' personal data within Gmail and Drive in order for their upcoming AI search to "be more helpful".
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
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For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
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November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I need this kind of help like I need a raccoon in my bra
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How to tell the people who work for you, "we don't care about you or what you do" in one easy step #efficiency
In some recent sTResSfUl documents we received from senior management, the name of our research centre was continually spelled wrong. It feels bad that the people with power over our livelihoods have no sense of attention to detail.
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
How to tell the people who work for you, "we don't care about you or what you do" in one easy step #efficiency
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Spoke to a senior university health professional recently who said that if the naming and filing conventions in the NHS were standardised, we’d have the most incredible easily anonymised dataset for research, and even useful AI-assisted breakthroughs. It’s what the tech could excel at. But nope.
This why you need people with practical life experience in positions of power. If you've had a white collar job you'll know the purpose of bureaucracy. From file naming conventions to good databases. It is the oil in the machine
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Spoke to a senior university health professional recently who said that if the naming and filing conventions in the NHS were standardised, we’d have the most incredible easily anonymised dataset for research, and even useful AI-assisted breakthroughs. It’s what the tech could excel at. But nope.
It always feels incredibly disrespectful and more care should be taken
In some recent sTResSfUl documents we received from senior management, the name of our research centre was continually spelled wrong. It feels bad that the people with power over our livelihoods have no sense of attention to detail.
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It always feels incredibly disrespectful and more care should be taken
Danny has bought the fanciest little clickety clackety keyboard and it is bringing me enormous joy to furiously type out my silly little words with such percussive impact
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Danny has bought the fanciest little clickety clackety keyboard and it is bringing me enormous joy to furiously type out my silly little words with such percussive impact
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Every university in the UK uses a VPN for at least some of its services. Thousands of firms use them for remote working. VPNs are an integral and essential part of a secure online economy.
So Labour will ban them, to "protect the children".
So Labour will ban them, to "protect the children".
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Every university in the UK uses a VPN for at least some of its services. Thousands of firms use them for remote working. VPNs are an integral and essential part of a secure online economy.
So Labour will ban them, to "protect the children".
So Labour will ban them, to "protect the children".
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Interesting...
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Interesting...
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This headline doesn't really do justice to the article: they are cashing out of Nvidia as part of their "all in bet" on OpenAI ($33.2bn)
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This headline doesn't really do justice to the article: they are cashing out of Nvidia as part of their "all in bet" on OpenAI ($33.2bn)
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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Nothing to see here, no cause for alarm at all 🫠
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Nothing to see here, no cause for alarm at all 🫠
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There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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One of my CPC colleagues is speaking at this symposium on AI slop and brain rot at Anglia Ruskin’s Centre for Media, Arts and Creative Technologies on 5th December 2025. Sounds super interesting. https://www.aru.ac.uk/brain-rot
Centre for Media, Arts and Creative Technologies events - ARU
Find out about upcoming events held by ARU's Centre for Media, Arts and Creative Technologies.
www.aru.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
One of my CPC colleagues is speaking at this symposium on AI slop and brain rot at Anglia Ruskin’s Centre for Media, Arts and Creative Technologies on 5th December 2025. Sounds super interesting. https://www.aru.ac.uk/brain-rot
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Not only that, but so much AI tech extracts the metadata and open info created/enabled *by* library and data workers. The labor of our field is being consumed and then resold to us in the hopes that we’ll decide our own jobs are obsolete @404media.co
Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Not only that, but so much AI tech extracts the metadata and open info created/enabled *by* library and data workers. The labor of our field is being consumed and then resold to us in the hopes that we’ll decide our own jobs are obsolete @404media.co
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I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
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"Casting [AI] errors as valuable for self-reflection without providing concrete examples of how that reflection has been beneficial does little more than create a permission structure for the failures of this technology." www.artforum.com/features/gen...
MACHINE YEARNING
Sonja Drimmer critically examines art historians’ recent embrace of generative AI as a tool for humanities research.
www.artforum.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 AM
"Casting [AI] errors as valuable for self-reflection without providing concrete examples of how that reflection has been beneficial does little more than create a permission structure for the failures of this technology." www.artforum.com/features/gen...
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
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Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
'All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar!': Workers are protesting outside Take-Two after GTA 6 dev's alleged 'brazen' union-busting
"They can get used to seeing us on their doorstep."
www.pcgamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"