helenbeetham - Network

Delighted that my review of @catherinecronin and @lauraczerniewicz' Higher Education for Good is now online:...

Delighted that my review of @catherinecronin and @lauraczerniewicz' Higher Education for Good is now online: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42438-024-00511-2
Just in case anyone hasn't read the book, it's openly available here and worth whatever time you can spend with it https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0363

I have a new post, 'Chips with Everything: what do we know about the new Labour Government's policy on...

I have a new post, 'Chips with Everything: what do we know about the new Labour Government's policy on AI?'
https://lnkd.in/g2-YjtcK

There is also an episode of our podcast series, Generative Dialogues, where I discuss some of the same issues with @markcarrigan
https://lnkd.in/gTWmm4Ju

#Aurora B doesn't often visit Devon

#Aurora B doesn't often visit Devon

There's a recording here of a webinar I did on 'Writing as passing and the role of generative AI', a riff on the Turing test and...

There's a recording here of a webinar I did on 'Writing as passing and the role of generative AI', a riff on the Turing test and student writing/identities. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2024/mar/writing-passing-and-role-generative-ai. Big thanks to Ayanna and the team at UCL for hosting.

A new series of dialogues about generative AI, with @ThePlatformUni (Mark Carrigan) and myself, plus guests. http://generativedialogues.org/

A new series of dialogues about generative AI, with @ThePlatformUni (Mark Carrigan) and myself, plus guests. http://generativedialogues.org/

I recently produced a personal list of 'critical AI' resources that may also be of value to other educators. Unhelpfully it was at...

I recently produced a personal list of 'critical AI' resources that may also be of value to other educators. Unhelpfully it was at the end of a longer post, which is where it stays for now, but when I have time I will produce a separate set of links for educators and organisational leaders who are interested in these ideas.

https://lnkd.in/ek4FEFg9

I have a post on 'Gods, slaves and playmates' or why we can't get enough of humanising AI....

I have a post on 'Gods, slaves and playmates' or why we can't get enough of humanising AI.
https://helenbeetham.substack.com/p/gods-slaves-and-playmates
Plus updates on 'Deepfake pedagogy' https://helenbeetham.substack.com/p/deepfake-pedagogy and why things aren't getting better and better https://helenbeetham.substack.com/p/things-dont-only-get-better

A new post from me on AI rights and human harms, or why 'substrate' matters...

A new post from me on AI rights and human harms, or why 'substrate' matters https://helenbeetham.substack.com/p/ai-rights-and-human-harms

Just turned in my last 'shorter' imperfect offering for a while, as I need to focus on other writing. Some longer pieces are still...

Just turned in my last 'shorter' imperfect offering for a while, as I need to focus on other writing. Some longer pieces are still in the offing. I hope 'imperfect, but sometimes on the money' does not disappoint followers of #AIinEducation, #GenerativeAI or #BigTech https://helenbeetham.substack.com/p/imperfect-but-not-wrong

This quote from Brad Smith of MS has not aged well this week: '"Meta is owned by shareholders. OpenAI is owned by a non-profit....

This quote from Brad Smith of MS has not aged well this week: '"Meta is owned by shareholders. OpenAI is owned by a non-profit. Which would you have more confidence in? Getting your technology from a non-profit or a for profit company that is entirely controlled by one human being?"

https://twitter.com/martin_casado/status/1723112508234539270

I am delighted to be opening the Alt Winter Conference on AI and Ethics. Please sign up - and let me know if you have questions you think I...

I am delighted to be opening the Alt Winter Conference on AI and Ethics. Please sign up - and let me know if you have questions you think I can address: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=834

I did an interview about generative AI, intelligence and divisions of labour, that also took in Susan Sontag and historical fiction, with...

I did an interview about generative AI, intelligence and divisions of labour, that also took in Susan Sontag and historical fiction, with the great team at WeAreOpen https://mastodon.social/@weareopencoop in their Lenses of Literacies series: https://learnwith.weareopen.coop/products/podcast/season-8/s08-e04-lenses-literacies/

Elon Musk already told us what Grok is: 'a maximum truth-seeking AI', designed without 'politically correct' guardrails. It...

Elon Musk already told us what Grok is: 'a maximum truth-seeking AI', designed without 'politically correct' guardrails. It will be trained on the contents of X. I can't facilitate that project, so sadly I will no longer be posting to friends and colleagues through the bird. Grateful for any tips on making mastodon work - for an itinerant academic with leftfield views. https://uk.pcmag.com/news/146477/elon-musk-teases-truthgpt-a-maximum-truth-seeking-ai

A couple of new posts from me about AI and the privatisation of the public sphere, particularly thinking about education. I want to pursue...

A couple of new posts from me about AI and the privatisation of the public sphere, particularly thinking about education. I want to pursue the idea that 'artificial ingelligence' is essentially a privatisation project. It depends on an idea of intelligence that is *essentially* managerial and acquisative - and this is important for understanding how it is also a racialised, gendered, and labour disempowering project. https://helenbeetham.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-privatisation-of-everything

My take on the UK #AIsummit: https://helenbeetham.substack.com/p/techbros-party-on. No I am not cross at all. Everything is fine.

My take on the UK #AIsummit: https://helenbeetham.substack.com/p/techbros-party-on. No I am not cross at all. Everything is fine.

So glad I got out my take on the WAG dispute resolution ('writers two, terminators nil') before @pluralistic. bc if I hadn't...

So glad I got out my take on the WAG dispute resolution ('writers two, terminators nil') before @pluralistic. bc if I hadn't mine would just read like a dumber, less cool version of 'what he said'. Essentially: the WAG deal bans paying writers less if AI is in the loop, removing the business case and relegating AI to an expensive warm-up exercise for writers (with added legal risks): https://doctorow.medium.com/how-the-writers-guild-sunk-ais-ship-236575979d5c

I have a new post on 'synthetic writing' on my substack and an interview out on 'hopeful design futures':...

I have a new post on 'synthetic writing' on my substack and an interview out on 'hopeful design futures': https://open.substack.com/pub/helenbeetham/p/writing-as-synthesis
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ldproject/episodes/Helen-Beetham-designing-for-a-hopeful-future-e29putp

In which I ramble on about writing and confess that my entire substack is a lengthy digression from the book I am supposed to be writing....

In which I ramble on about writing and confess that my entire substack is a lengthy digression from the book I am supposed to be writing. Great interviewers though. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ldproject/episodes/Helen-Beetham-designing-for-a-hopeful-future-e29putp

Autumn, season of mists and microsoft genAI integrations. A new 'short' on my substack to welcome in the season:...

Autumn, season of mists and microsoft genAI integrations. A new 'short' on my substack to welcome in the season: https://open.substack.com/pub/helenbeetham/p/back-to-college-with-generative-ai

I recorded a '10 minute chat on Generative AI' with Tim Fawns at Monash University - now available as part of a rather wonderful...

I recorded a '10 minute chat on Generative AI' with Tim Fawns at Monash University - now available as part of a rather wonderful series - https://t.co/Od7yiS2c74