My cold take on this is that ChatGPT was hyped and framed as a general artificial intelligence that could do just about anything, when in fact it’s a specific form of artificial intelligence that does just a few things well (including faking the ability to do many others)

Anyone interested in impact of recent overhaul of 🇨🇦 #competition law is welcome to attend June 12-13 event in Ottawa. An amazing & diverse group of thoughtful people will share their views. Expect lively debate.

It's free but you need to register. Details to be shared soon.👇

Ben Williamson and I did a study on how proprietary platforms impact academic freedom and IP rights of academics. Check out the video below and join me at the Education International webinar on Monday. Please RT

Woah! Google's payments to Apple to ensure that it was Safari default amounted to 17.5% of Apple's operating income #bigtech

Enjoyed reading Competition Bureau Canada's 2024-2025 annual plan named 'Onwards and Upwards: Strengthening Competition for Canadians', published today.

With new legislative tools at their disposal, the strategic vision is more ambitious than ever.

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Forthcoming: 'Elgar Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Studies' -- edited by Ulrike Felt and Alan Irwin e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elgar…

How about a maximum amount any single donor can donate to any single university in their lifetime? Something like max 1 million ($, euro, pounds, etc.). This would both force the spreading out of donations & limit influence of any single donor on academic mission #academia

We're not much on Twitter anymore, but we are hiring for a professor in in #Anthropology and/or Science and Technology Studies #sts with a focus on the value and ethics of data and digital technologies. Deadline 1 June candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationIni…

Have you bought your copy of Calderdale by Dylan Byford yet?

Sequel to Airedale, this cyberpunk mystery set in future Yorkshire was wildly popular at Burnley comic fair, and is perfect for fans of scifi, crime or weird fiction in general

Order now:
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““The difficulty is that when you build these data centers and pack them full of computer hardware, you’re gonna need power to run all that computer hardware,” .. it puts stress on the power grid and the increase in carbon intensity.”

technical.ly/software-devel…

This is a useful list of academic publishers who publish short books #academia #phdchat

For anyone interested in higher education, #EdTech , digital data and value, check out our key report with overall findings from the Universities and Unicorns project:

People who mostly make money trading assets collect 78% of capital gains.

In 2021, their average capital gains were higher than the average income of any other group, except self-employed professionals.

Very interesting implications re asset ownership here: extension of control by richest nations via global trust in their financial assets, enabling (via low interest rates too) their extraction of value from rest of the world #assetization

I spent a long time experimenting with AI before finally writing about it in depth. It can be pretty useful — but is it worth it?

citationneeded.news/ai-isnt-useles…

Folks, please spread the word widely: My college is looking to hire someone who is an expert in 'the human impacts of digital technologies.' The role is a little funny, and I would be happy to talk with you about it. But you or a friend SHOULD APPLY.

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'AI’s voracious need for computing power is threatening to overwhelm energy sources... by 2030, the world’s data centers are on course to use more electricity than India'

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Anyone come across an 'upgrade' offer/auction phishing email?

New report on digitalisation and datafication of UK universities and the #EdTech industry with findings from the Universities and Unicorns project. It’s aimed at HE and EdTech stakeholders and policymakers. With Morten Hansen, Sam Sellar and Kean Birch. t.ly/S_mrL

Exciting News! Book Two in my #cyberpunk #Yorkshire #CrimeFiction Cyberdales series out now via Northodox Press 📖

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