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@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk · 1d ago
genAI and email: the end of unfiltered communication Sensitive
At work we use MS Outlook for email. I have switched off all genAI / Copilot features, but Microsoft of course resets the system at every opportunity and the other day I had Copilot on against my wishes. I was busy and left it on whilst I dealt with some urgent emails. Jeez! The intrusive way in which the interface pushes the genAI features on you! Can't open someone's email without being steered by the system to have AI summarise it for you. It's barely a choice, more the default. I imagine many colleagues have it on all the time and use it when they get my carefully crafted messages. The times when you could assume that the recipient actually sees your text are gone. I know that people are bad at parsing emails, but thus far one could assume they _see_ the text and one could write to help them parse it reasonably well. Not any more. The times we live in. Martin Buber, we need you. #StopTheAICorruption #Outlook #email #noLLM
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@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 09, 2026
Wikipedia's new "no LLM" policy Sensitive
Good news, as of 27 March. (I had missed this when it came out.) Wikipedia content guidelines now prohibit the use of genAI tools, with two well-defined minor exceptions. An important step. quote "Text generated by large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek, or Grammarly often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies. For this reason, the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited, save for [...] two exceptions." end-quote The two listed exceptions are (i) basic copyediting support, under human review, and (ii) translation into English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_articles_with_large_language_models #noAI #noLLM #StopTheAICorruption #Wikipedia #WikipediaContentGuidelines #WikipediaNoLLM
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@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 29, 2026
@bosak@flx.masto.host Wow, yes, a very thoughtful and on first reading compelling argument. Also, a (to me) new and deeper look at the Narcissos myth and its relevance. Bookmarked for repeat-reading! Intensive use of AI tools changes the user and makes them speak _to_ and _for_ the AI, and that in turn changes the person's subtle pre-conscious germination of ideas and makes them lose creative spaces within themselves: " ... deeper reliance on A.I. would desiccate those less legible aspects of myself, ...". An important essay. Thank you for the link. #EzraKlein #noAI #StopTheAICorruption #MarshallMacluhan #Narcissus
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@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 10, 2026
Watching #TheMission (1986) in light of the current AI crisis in #HigherEducation. The other day I happened to re-watch this 1986 #film by #RolandJoffé. I had last seen it 40 years ago when it came out. It has aged quite well. The depiction of the indigeneous #Guaraní people is embarrassingly superficial. And the idea that the Jesuit order was a benevolent force is of course laughable. But as a story of an institution that willingly sacrifices its purpose and moral integrity in a power game, the film works. I can't help drawing parallels to the current AI corruption of higher education. In Cardinal Altamirano (played by the excellent #RayMcAnally), we see the manager who knows that his action destroys the very rationale of his institution, yet he does it. The two priests (Jeremy Irons and Robert de Niro) are the ground-level staff who stay true to their calling and fight, in different ways. They vanish. Years later, the manager has the luxury of regret. #StopTheAICorruption
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@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 04, 2026
Inspector Lestrade did not try to hide his pride. "Charlotte, our new AI agent, really is the ticket. We gave her the data and she found the murderer within seconds. We have arrested Jones, the plumber. Not sure whether we will need your services much longer, Holmes," he laughed. "Charlotte does the work." Sherlock smiled drily. What can one do about someone like Lestrade, Watson, he said to me once we sat in the cab. Someone who can't think can't see the truth even when it stares them in the face. Jones would never have twisted the compression coupling counter-clockwise, he's a trained plumber, for Heaven's sake! It was Lord Jenkins who removed the pipe, ignorant of the nature of the fittings. Hence the scratch marks on the brass. Lestrade will call on us again by evening. It is Tuesday, Watson, I believe Mrs Hudson has some cake for us. We can keep some for Lestrade. #SherlockHolmes #InspectorLestrade #HolmesAndWatson #StopTheAICorruption #noLLM
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@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 28, 2026
@rysiek@mstdn.social Well put. And, like the original quote, it's also a fine #SixWordStory! #StopTheAICorruption
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@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 26, 2026
Higher Education's march toward our eventual genAI suicide continues. N is an enthusiastic young colleague who's been promoting genAI all along. This week he shares a new paper he's written. In it we find a lengthy list of the dangers of genAI and why we shouldn't be using it. Wait, what? Is this the same guy? Let's read on. What is N's solution to the recognised genAI failure? "Agentic AI." Ah, that's where we're heading! A long list of agentic AI's presumed powers follows, along with presumed supporting pedagogical theory. No reference to actual practice: like Sam Altman we trade on future promises. The soulless, person-less future we are promised, without any hint of irony: "AI as a collaborative partner"; "from AI as a servant to AI as a learning companion". Heaven help us. #StopTheAICorruption #HigherEducationChatter
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@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk · Jan 31, 2026
@mirijb2@c18.masto.host Heartbreaking. Young people are prevented from developing their own self-determined writing voices --- by their own teachers. A pedagogical crime. #StopTheAICorruption
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