Choose one:
a) This 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?
Tag: fun
I Can’t Believe It’s Not B̶u̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ Academic Spam
I get a lot of Academic Spam. Is this the next level?
I’m an eminent and optimistic bioscientist now
In which I meet Krista, who finally publishes my biomedical research.
I’m a law prof now
My amazing journey through all the domains of human knowledge continues. Click to see where it takes me.
“Bard, tell me a joke about Max Weber”
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…
Predatory publishing plumbing new lows
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…
Yet another bizarre request from a predatory publisher
Here is another gem from today’s mailbag. They are just taking the piss now.
Samuel Stouffer, survey data, and spirits from the deep
Empiricism: a slippery slope perhaps, but also one hell of a ride
Luhmann was a Large Language Model
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