Interesting high-level summary of debates around the use of AI (more specifically, generative Large Language Models) in Hong Kong's higher education sector.
"Hong Kong academia rethinking higher education as AI disrupts teaching and learning ", Hong Kong Free Press.
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Right, enough complaining about academia, let's make things better! A small step, but my colleagues and I are organising the Second Workshop on Replication in the Language Sciences (WoReLa 2) in July 2027 in Cologne: https://sites.google.com/view/worela2.
The call for abstract is now open […]
@hkfp This article just so happens to come out ahead of the following talk on a very similar topic:
"We are pleased to announce that on Wednesday, 17 June, at 17:00 CEST, the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will host the final VeDPH seminar of […]
RE: https://fedihum.org/@jcls/116657474825077204
Colleagues from all over the world, please think about the combination DH2027 in Ireland + CCLS 2027 in the Netherlands.
They're only a few days apart.
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"We published in Nature Medicine in 2025 for free. In 2026, it cost us $12,850."
https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/11/open-access-journal-fees-nature-wiley-elsevier-nih/
(#paywalled)
There's a lot going on in this confused and confusing article.
* The author and her co-authors were foolish to […]
"Latin letters do not hold hands. Arabic letters do.
To understand why every machine since Gutenberg has wrestled this script and mostly lost, you need one structural fact: Arabic is cursive always."
This piece is an exhilarating, eye-opening, outrageous, and very funny tale of the difference […]
When people mention "Springer", they can refer to two very different publishers: Springer Nature or Axel Springer SE. Don't confuse them! One does not care about ethical standards, is involved in shady campaigns to exert influence, and employs questionable business practices. The other, of […]
Kann es sein, dass ich all die Titelstorys der deutschen Presse über das bahnbrechende KI-Urteil des Landgerichts München I bisher verpasst habe? Oder warten die Kolleg*innen lieber, bis das von einem ausländischen Medium mit Know How eingeordnet wurde? Das wäre jetzt […]
Have you been to an **academic** conference that invited people specifically to use Mastodon?
What was the conference and the hashtag?
(boosts appreciated!)
#Academia