Don't know if there's any point in saying this, but just to put it out there: I just blocked ICYMI (Philosophy), a bot that randomly boosts my post (as I'm on a list of philosophers).
I don't know who maintains that bot, and I can see why it may sound like a good idea. But, um, Mastodon, for me at least, is not quite about that kind of thing.
https://newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/kino-zhao-simon-fraser-university
I made a video abstract!
I couldn't get myself to watch it but I had Will watch it to tell me it looks ok. Hope it looks ok to you too >_<
http://asymptoticphilosophy.com/our-place-in-the-fediverse/
A reflection on Mastodon. I promise it's less than 30% rant.
1/2 Open Letter from Stack Exchange moderators: They’re going on moderation strike due to being forbidden from stemming the flow of LLM spam: https://openletter.mousetail.nl
New preprint: An Inception Cohort Study Quantifying How Many Registered Studies are Published. We look at how many research studies are performed but remain unpublished after at least 4 years, and estimate this is 42% of registered studies. https://psyarxiv.com/5hkjz
Do you want to resist the AI hype?
@Iris has a great collection of podcasts, articles, books and papers.
#aihype #aidoomerism #chatgpt #tescreal
https://irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2023/01/29/critical-lenses-on-ai/
I encourage TT academics who believe that they should be paid for every talk given, article written (!), manuscript reviewed, or committee staffed to spend a summer working at a piece rate job or hustling for gigs.
I'm glad that I worked such a job in my 20s, if for no other reason than it made me appreciate academia. Still, I would not wish piece rate as a long-term employment relation on anyone. It can be a precarious, high-stress way to make a living ... as many non-TT faculty already know.
Hello! We have just started using Mastodon. We are a support group for men and non-binary sexual assault survivors.
We currently meet every 2 weeks online, however we are planning on re-starting in-person support group meetings in London if there are enough people interested. We have an online meeting tomorrow, keep an eye on our feed for additional information!
Our group is sex worker, migrant and trans friendly. We aim to make our meetings as accessible as possible for everyone. We focus on men and non-binary people because sexual assault support groups are often targeted towards women. However women who, for whatever reason, can't access other spaces are welcome in our group no questions asked.
The anonymity of our attendees is very important to us and we have more in-depth explanations of our policies being drafted and will be available soon at nyf.org.uk!
6 (!) years ago, @timnitGebru put forward a profound idea for AI research: document your training data. To say she was treated like shit would be putting it lightly. If she had been respected like her male peers were, imagine what a different path AI could have taken.
Morbid humour
Walking pass a “funeral planning” place and started talking about funeral planning with my spouse (as one does). Decided that what I want is for my body to be donated to the Smithsonian body farm and my funeral to be a place where everyone take turns listing 10 things that are better in the world now that I’m dead.
Don't know if there's any point in saying this, but just to put it out there: I just blocked ICYMI (Philosophy), a bot that randomly boosts my post (as I'm on a list of philosophers).
I don't know who maintains that bot, and I can see why it may sound like a good idea. But, um, Mastodon, for me at least, is not quite about that kind of thing.
Going through a faculty media training program and getting complimented on my ability to explain philosophy in plain language while making it sound worthy of time really makes me realize how much I've had to justify philosophy of science to philosophers, scientists, and randos in the past.
Like, lol, the "curve ball" question of "do you think this is something consumers should think about?" is nowhere near the top 50 aggressive questions I've gotten on this topic. I can handle 10 variations of "what's the point of philosophy anyway" in stride and with a smile.
Can someone explain PhD regalia to me?
My school's graduation page sells a black one that's very cheap (<$100) but crappy looking -- doesn't have colours and I'm pretty sure the sleeves are wrong.
If I google online, I find a different one that looks much closer to what I've seen on stage and much closer to the price-range of what others report (~$600). It also has colours matching my school colours.
But this style of regalia is nowhere linked or mentioned on my school's graduation page, and every seller that lists this is an independent seller. I don't know if they'd check my degree to make sure they're giving me the right one.
I tried to read the acenet's description of regalia and there are so many rules. I really don't want to get a wrong one.
So... help? @academicchatter
Normal people: oh they haven't responded to my email, they must be busy. It hasn't been that long anyways I'll just do something else.
Anxious people: they haven't responded in an hour, did the email not go through? Did I say something to piss them off?
Me: they haven't responded to my email. Did I really send it? Is this person actually real? Did I imagine this whole exchange? Do I actually exist??
New blog post! On reminding myself not to lose track of the heart I had when I started, which is pettiness and revenge fantasy.
@kinozhao I'd pick one from https://betterimagesofai.org/
Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University (Canada). I specialize in philosophy of social science and philosophy of statistics.
Off Campus: a podcast that interviews people with postgraduate training in the Humanities who work in alt-ac careers.
Wonder Philosophy: an annual workshop and online resource pool for prospective applicants wanting to know more about philosophy graduate school.
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