Michael Piotrowski @true_mxp@qoto.org
Associate professor of digital humanities, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Professeur associé en humanités numériques, Université de Lausanne, Suisse
Joined Nov 2022
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RT @robinnkok
Made a thing with DALL-E. Did some photoshopping on it too.
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Hallo mitenand Lütlis, aso vieli vo mine Fründe mached ja jetzt Babys und ich hamer drum es paar Babynäme usdänkt wo usestäched und sicher au mal es Schmunzle uf d'Lippe mauseret und aber sicher kei Mobbing ide Schuel uslösed. LG
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You don’t become cooler with age, but you do care progressively less about being cool, which is the only true way of being cool. This is called the Geezer’s Paradox
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Gute Einführung zu ChatGPT. Was soll die Antwort höherer Bildungseinrichtungen sein? Antwort: Es ist nochmals wichtiger, dass Studis kritisch und analytisch denken lernen. https://the-decoder.de/ki-in-der-bildung-chatgpt-ist-erst-der-anfang/
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Results are in!
“Do you prefer #DH or #DigitalHumanities as a hashtag for the Mastodon migration?”
86% of 138 respondents say #DigitalHumanities
14% say #DH
I’ll be using #DigitalHumanities from now on.
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From Peter Burger on Twitter: #ReceptioGate documentation of use of unacknowledged sources by Carla Rossi https://nieuwscheckers.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Peter-Burger-Unacknowledged-sources-in-publications-by-Carla-Rossi-January-4-2023.pdf
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Kunsthaus Zürich's new extension building, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, was inaugurated on October 9, 2021. The repeating vertical fins on the museum's facade were created from local Jurassic limestone. The nightly illumination is by Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist. #zurich #architecture #photography #davidchipperfield #mastoart
«Man hatte nicht rechtzeitig erkannt, dass die alten Zeiten definitiv vorbei waren, ja einige hatten gar geglaubt, den Zeitgeist für eigene Ambitionen nutzen zu können.»
@xmlarbyter In winziger schrift und mit unsichtbarem cursor.
Translation:
The SNSF, it appears from the reaction of spokesman Florian Fisch, does not think this construction deserves a beauty prize either: “Yes, publishing an article in your own publishing house is not the best scientific practice, there is a conflict of interests.” The SNSF was aware of this, but it was not against the rules. “The SNSF therefore sought written confirmation from the publisher [that was Rossi, ed.] that it would seek the opinion of an independent expert, from someone who had no relationship with the publisher and the grant applicant [that was Rossi, ed.]. The expert's opinion was considered independent, based on a plausibility check by the SNSF.”
https://nieuwscheckers.nl/verknipt-plagiaat-valse-identiteiten-en-middeleeuwse-manuscripten/
“De SNSF, blijkt uit de reactie van woordvoerder Florian Fisch, vindt ook niet dat deze constructie de schoonheidsprijs verdient: ‘Ja, een artikel publiceren in je eigen uitgeverij is niet de beste wetenschappelijke praktijk, dan is er sprake van belangenverstrengeling.’ De SNSF was zich daarvan bewust, maar het was niet tegen de regels. ‘De SNSF heeft daarom een schriftelijke bevestiging gevraagd van de uitgever [dat was Rossi, red.] dat deze het oordeel van een onafhankelijke expert zou vragen, van iemand die geen relatie had met de uitgever en de beursaanvrager [dat was Rossi, red.]. Het oordeel van de expert vond men onafhankelijk, op basis van een plausibility check door de SNSF.’” https://nieuwscheckers.nl/verknipt-plagiaat-valse-identiteiten-en-middeleeuwse-manuscripten/
h/t @mssprovenance
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This is the most damning article published so far about #ReceptioGate:
https://nieuwscheckers.nl/verknipt-plagiaat-valse-identiteiten-en-middeleeuwse-manuscripten/
In addition to the plagiarism, it delves into the use of fake identities to promote Rossi's own work.
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Someone from the FB #BASIC group (https://bit.ly/3imjVLG) posted this terminal print-out of his first BASIC program he wrote in 1965 at Dartmouth College. Just 1 year after the release of the first #DartmouthBASIC version!
Sarah Dillard: “[B]anning ChatGPT is a bit like mandating abstinence-only sex education: It may be well-intentioned, but it’s not going to be effective, and it’s certainly not going to prepare students for the real world.” #ChatGPT #pedagogy
https://www.the74million.org/article/schools-must-embrace-the-looming-disruption-of-chatgpt/
Interesting blog post by Marc Watkins: “AI detection isn’t going to work—but that’s not going to change our desire to have a tool to detect what work was written by a human vs. generated by an AI transformer.” #ChatGPT #pedagogy
https://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/our-obsession-with-cheating-is-ruining
@klaegermann They are obviously having issues…
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Visiting a Univac and a PDP-11 at the Technisches Museum with my Spounk (13) and my Pipo (6).
I also took the opportunity to visit the "Mailüfterl" and found the earliest digital game (1958) from Austria. #GameStudies
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been getting reports from the university’s central backup system that there are “no jobs.” Well, how about mentioning that this is because the user isn’t logged in? It may be intentional—or not.
(Don’t worry, I’m also doing local backups.)
Associate professor of digital humanities, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Professeur associé en humanités numériques, Université de Lausanne, Suisse
Joined Nov 2022
