Prof in 18th Century & Romantic Literature at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, she/her, Pākehā/settler scholar, #toitūtetiriti, 🏀
Books on Romanticism + settler colonialism + Indigenous studies
https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/nikki.hessell
Nikki Hessell
“Students don’t oppose AI from ignorance but EXPERIENCE. This was quite shocking to me: Gallup found that Gen Z high usage has not decreased despite anger having increased. They know what they’re protesting against BECAUSE they know what AI is doing to them.”
Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong
#marsdenshmarsden I guess 🪦
Matt Seybold
“Justice minister Paul Goldsmith is ploughing ahead with the most damaging legislative attack on Māori seen in a generation, based on nothing much more than his own “view”, says Treaty expert Carwyn Jones.” #nzpol
#RacismInAction
New Zealand's flagship discovery research fund is running its final round before being absorbed into a government-directed system. The 29% funding cut lands on a country that already spends half the O...
I absolutely love Wellington at this time of year. Low, soft morning light, autumn colours everywhere. This tree is in my neighbours’ backyard and it makes me happy for different reasons all year round
It’s been a tough trimester, but here are some cards I got from students on the last day of classes, including a hand drawn picture of Isabella with her basil pot 😍
A reminder, again: nobody is seeing productivity gains from AI, and NZ won’t either #nzpol
Nikki Hessell
UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)."
That's what I'm talking about.
Pavel
Nikki Hessell
Nicola Gaston
Nikki Hessell
D Jukic She/her
Every poll, pollster, and methodology converges on the same thing
Next Friday 29 May, an evening of poetry, prose, and electronic performance features readings by poet Ada Duffy (MA25) and IIML Emerging Māori Writer in Residence Terri Te Tau, followed by a live performance of Department Press Briefings by artist Mo H. Zareei. www.adamartgallery.nz/events/upcom...
Nathan Kalman-Lamb
One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?
