I genuinely believe that this reflects Vanderbilt and Wash U's efforts to cast doubt on the disciplines that are doing the most to challenge AI's takeover of everything at a time when both universities are making massive, massive investments in AI.
Asheesh Kapur Siddique
For some reason the chancellors of Vanderbilt and Washington University commissioned a study on general state of the humanities with no faculty from their respective universities and 40% of the authors from a single school (NYU). While we're at it, curious how much these folks got paid for this
Michael Lobel
I'll just note that only 1 of the 10 authors of this study works at a public university; not one is from a small liberal arts college, community college, or urban university system. But sure, please keep lecturing me about so-called "viewpoint diversity"
Michael Lobel
wow, just…wow
This reminds me of that scene in The Big Short when Steve Eisman asks, “Why are they confessing?” and Vinny Daniel says, “They’re not. They’re bragging.”
K. Anthony Appiah, Paul Boghossian, Katherine Fleming, and Sean Wilentz on what’s gone wrong in the humanities.
