Choose one:
a) This is reassuring, because our algorithmic overlords are still mostly quite stupid, or b) they are lulling us into a false sense of security until it is too late?
I lean towards b), because this was shown to me on RG, a site that makes it its actual business to know exactly what I write about and in which outlets I publish.
I get a lot of Academic Spam. Is this the next level?
In which I meet Krista, who finally publishes my biomedical research.
My amazing journey through all the domains of human knowledge continues. Click to see where it takes me.
Sure, here is a joke about Max Weber:Why did Max Weber become a sociologist?Because he was interested in the sociology of bureaucracy.I hope you found it funny! As a coda to a grey and mildly depressing Sunday, I checked in with Bard to see if it was any better than half a year ago. The…
Hey look, I have unlocked a new level of predatory publishing fraud: someone out there is automating so aggressively that they are not just misspelling the title of my article and inventing an affiliation for me: they literally can’t be arsed to spell out my name. Of course, there is no one at King’s with…
Here is another gem from today’s mailbag. They are just taking the piss now.
Empiricism: a slippery slope perhaps, but also one hell of a ride
The other day, I read an article about #ChatGPT simulating understanding by correlating words. Which brought on a painful flashback to that time when I took a course on Luhmann
