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Point of View: Rethinking academia in a time of climate crisis
Anne E Urai, Clare Kelly (2023) Point of View: Rethinking academia in a time of climate crisis eLife 12:e84991 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84991 “Addressing the climate crisis requires radical and urgent action at all levels of society. Universities are ideally positioned to lead such action but are largely failing to do so. At the same time, many academic… Continue Reading
How to Make Sure You’re Not Accidentally Sharing Your Location
Wired: “Your devices and apps really, really want to know where you are—whether it’s to tell you the weather, recommend some restaurants you might like, or better target advertising at you. Managing what you’re sharing and what you’re not sharing, and when, can quickly get confusing. It’s also possible that you have inconsistencies in the… Continue Reading
OpenAI’s ChatGPT – here’s how to use it
Insider: ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm since it launched in November. The AI-powered chatbot can do everything from pass MBA exams to successfully negotiate a raise. If you haven’t tried it yet, here’s a step-by-step walkthrough of how to access and use ChatGPT. If you want to give the new Bing a whirl,… Continue Reading
Where is ChatGPT taking us?
JHU Hub: “And do we want to follow? Johns Hopkins computer scientist Daniel Khashabi discusses the pros and cons of the revolutionary natural-language processing tool—and predicts where it may head in the future..To those working in artificial intelligence, ChatGPT is not merely an overnight sensation, but a mark of achievement after years of experimentation, says… Continue Reading
History maps
Nono Umasy – Founder of HistoryMaps: “Learning History involves remembering dates, places, people, and events (the who, what, where and when of something). And remembering things for the sake of remembering is not very fun, atleast not for me. I thought there must be an easier and better way to learn and retain what I’ve… Continue Reading
5 New Web Search Apps to Make Google Better or Replace Google
Make Use Of: “Google is the biggest web search engine in the world. But the web keeps changing, and you need tools to find the right content quickly, when Google can’t. These new search apps offer different ways to make Google better. Some augment search results with ChatGPT or social media searches, while others offer… Continue Reading
Mastodon for writers/readers
Robert Kingett – BlindJournalist: “I finally did it. I deleted Twitter completely. I requested my data] (https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/accessing-your-twitter-data), move completely to the Fediverse, and checked to see who I follow is on the Fediverse at large. Shockingly, more than half my followers and almost all of my friends have made the switch. I started using social… Continue Reading
Reviewers Are Stunned at How Good Bing Is
Newser – “Kevin Roose is a tech columnist for the New York Times, and he’s as surprised as you are that he concludes his latest column like so: “I’m switching my desktop computer’s default search engine to Bing. And Google, my default source of information for my entire adult life, is going to have to… Continue Reading
Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims
Brookings: “Using a combination of analytical methods – including natural language processing, machine learning, and manual classifying – this research provided the first overarching assessment of the role that popular political podcasting plays in spreading unsubstantiated and false claims. These podcasters, who span the political spectrum, make up the mainstream of the medium and regularly… Continue Reading
ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web
The New Yorker – OpenAI’s chatbot offers paraphrases, whereas Google offers quotes. Which do we prefer? By Ted Chiang: “…The resemblance between a photocopier and a large-language model might not be immediately apparent—but consider the following scenario. Imagine that you’re about to lose your access to the Internet forever. In preparation, you plan to create… Continue Reading
Layoffs are making LinkedIn the new hot social network
Vox: “…In the past several months, as changing economic conditions, overhiring, and stock market drops have led to mass layoffs in tech, media, and other industries, vulnerability is having a moment on LinkedIn. It’s true that, early in the pandemic, many people turned to LinkedIn to share stories about how lockdown was negatively impacting their… Continue Reading
