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“This archive started life in 2018 as an Instagram account called Ephemerama!, where I posted my finds from over a decade of collecting. In building this searchable archive, my aim is to provide a source of inspiration and education for anyone with an interest in illustration. In turn, I hope to promote the art of …
“If You’re Very Clever, No One Knows You’ve Used It”: The Social Dynamics of Developing Generative AI Literacy in the Workplace Generative AI (GenAI) tools are rapidly transforming knowledge work, making AI literacy a critical priority for organizations. However, research on AI literacy lacks empirical insight into how knowledge workers’ beliefs around GenAI literacy are …
“In the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, American political leaders almost universally condemned the riot as an act of domestic terrorism that threatened democracy. Now, President Trump calls Jan. 6 a “day of love” and the rioters “great patriots.” And since he issued mass pardons to the rioters, …
PopSci – It’s a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware: “Few nostalgic artifacts capture the spirit of the early personal computing era as clearly as the humble floppy disk. Introduced in the early 1970s, these chunky rectangles became the default way to store and transfer …
Lifehacker: “For all its faults as a platform, YouTube’s video player functionality is easily among the best online. It streams reliably to almost every device you can think of, in your choice of both video quality and playback speed. But it’s the array of hidden features and interface tricks that push it over the edge …
404 Media – “There’s a new agentic AI called Einstein that will, according to its developers, live the life of a student for them. Einstein’s website claims that the AI will attend lectures for you, write your papers, and even log into EdTech platforms like Canvas to take tests and participate in discussions. Educators told …
The New York Times Gift Article: “Millions of banned books were smuggled into the Soviet Union in the 20th century — often in small batches, hidden in deliberately mislabeled containers, packed in food tins or tampon boxes and, in at least one case, tucked into a child’s diaper. Soviet tourists visiting Western Europe brought mini-volumes …
Via LLRX – How I Use ChatGPT to Create a CLE PowerPoint Deck – Jennifer Ellis documents the step-by-step process and prompts she used to create an effective ChatGPT PowerPoint presentation on cybersecurity. This template is applicable to multiple subject matters. Ellis allows highlights relevant sources and tools for attorneys to use to create AI generated …
Via LLRX – AI Under the Hood – Knowing the difference between a general AI tool and one trained on specific sources can mean the difference between getting an accurate answer and becoming quickly frustrated with outcomes that either don’t answer the question thoroughly or answer the question in a confused mixture of fact and fiction. While …
It’s not just chatbots anymore – Ethan Mollick: “I have written eight of these guides since ChatGPT came out, but this version represents a very large break with the past, because what it means to “use AI” has changed dramatically. Until a few months ago, for the vast majority of people, “using AI” meant talking …
Institute for Local Self Reliance: “Here’s why teachers should break up with Amazon’s wish lists — and where to find better alternatives. Teachers routinely spend their own money on school supplies. With public school district budgets being slashed nationwide, over 90 percent of public K-12 teachers now pay for classroom supplies out of their own pockets, …
Candal-Pedreira C, Ruano-Ravina A, Fernández E, Ramos J, Campos-Varela I, Pérez-Ríos M. Does retraction after misconduct have an impact on citations? A pre–post study. BMJ Global Health. 2020;5:e003719. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003719 Background Retracted articles continue to be cited after retraction, and this could have consequences for the scientific community and general population alike. This study was conducted …
