Mastodawn

#Outsourcing #oversight of #job applications to #AI does not sound like a good idea https://www.theverge.com/featured-video/892850/i-was-interviewed-by-an-ai-bot-for-a-job?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us Let alone surrender #writing to AI my take here https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2026/03/09/writing-critical-thinking-and-ai-where-are-we-headed/ #chatgpt #chatbots #history #journalism #education #academics #academic #thought

I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job

AI bots are now conducting job interview screenings instead of humans. AI reporter Hayden Field tries out three AI-led interviews to see how they work.

The Verge

#OMN (Open Media Network)1d ago

Disciplined curiosity beats IQ, Oxford

There is a persistent myth pushed in our culture that intelligence - high IQ, academic credentials, elitist education - leads naturally to clear thinking. My organic experience suggests the opposite, what matters is disciplined, skeptical, freethinking curiosity. Without that, intelligence simply becomes a tool for defending whatever assumptions people already hold. This is one of the reasons many academic environments produce people who are, bluntly, credulous. Not because they lack […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/disciplined-curiosity-beats-iq-oxford/

Nikolas Kozloff 2d ago

No more #academic #cognitive #debt!
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-executive-thinking-survey
My take on #AI and #writing here
https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2026/03/09/writing-critical-thinking-and-ai-where-are-we-headed/ #academia #publishing #nonfiction #consciousness #chatgpt #tech #humanities #education #individualism #science #thought #thinking

Study Finds That Execs Are Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI

The same class of business executives who heaped AI onto us by the shovelfull aren't immune to its effects.

Futurism

ndocist 2d ago

Guest Post — #AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in #Academic #Libraries - The Scholarly Kitchen
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/04/guest-post-ai-fatigue-and-vocational-awe-in-academic-libraries/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=Society%20for%20Scholarly%20Publishing&utm_content=Guest%20Post%20-%20AI%20Fatigue%20and%20Vocational%20Awe%20in%20Academic%20Libraries

Guest Post — AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries - The Scholarly Kitchen

Today's guest blogger says academic librarians don't need another class on how to use AI, but an institutional reflection on the emotional and mental cost of rushing innovations.

The Scholarly Kitchen

Sara Teinturier 3d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@freakonometrics/116201971759342235

FR - Une réflexion des plus intéressantes sur le CV narratif, en passe de devenir la norme pour les organismes subventionnaires du Canada.

"Sur le papier, l’idée pourrait sembler séduisante. Mais en vrai, comment ne pas y voir un déplacement de problème. Le CV classique a ses défauts, mais il a un avantage. Il standardise un minimum. Le CV narratif promet la nuance, mais il introduit une nouvelle variable explicative, la capacité à produire un texte qui sonne bien, qui sonne juste. Et cette variable n’est pas distribuée uniformément (...).

Un récit est difficile à vérifier, et ouvre la porte à des comités qui peuvent dire ce qu’ils veulent, ou à des candidats qui peuvent affirmer beaucoup. La critique n’est pas que les gens mentent, c’est que le format rend plus coûteux de distinguer le vrai du plausible "

(il y a beaucoup plus que ces deux citations dans l'article, proposant également de très nombreuses références).

#academicChatter #CVNarratif #NarrativeCv #Canada #Academic

N-gated Hacker News 3d ago

Ah yes, the riveting tale of Python's GIL: the most misunderstood three-letter acronym since 'LOL' 😂. The authors propose unlocking #Python #cores as though they're disarming a bomb - spoiler alert: it's #energy, not nuclear 💥. Thank goodness we have 2603.04782 pages of #academic #wisdom to light our path through the dark forest of #computational #efficiency 🌳🔦.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04782 #GIL #HackerNews #ngated

Unlocking Python's Cores: Hardware Usage and Energy Implications of Removing the GIL

Python's Global Interpreter Lock prevents execution on more than one CPU core at the same time, even when multiple threads are used. However, starting with Python 3.13 an experimental build allows disabling the GIL. While prior work has examined speedup implications of this disabling, the effects on energy consumption and hardware utilization have received less attention. This study measures execution time, CPU utilization, memory usage, and energy consumption using four workload categories: NumPy-based, sequential kernels, threaded numerical workloads, and threaded object workloads, comparing GIL and free-threaded builds of Python 3.14.2. The results highlight a trade-off. For parallelizable workloads operating on independent data, the free-threaded build reduces execution time by up to 4 times, with a proportional reduction in energy consumption, and effective multi-core utilization, at the cost of an increase in memory usage. In contrast, sequential workloads do not benefit from removing the GIL and instead show a 13-43% increase in energy consumption. Similarly, workloads where threads frequently access and modify the same objects show reduced improvements or even degradation due to lock contention. Across all workloads, energy consumption is proportional to execution time, indicating that disabling the GIL does not significantly affect power consumption, even when CPU utilization increases. When it comes to memory, the no-GIL build shows a general increase, more visible in virtual memory than in physical memory. This increase is primarily attributed to per-object locking, additional thread-safety mechanisms in the runtime, and the adoption of a new memory allocator. These findings suggest that Python's no-GIL build is not a universal improvement. Developers should evaluate whether their workload can effectively benefit from parallel execution before adoption.

arXiv.org

Duncan Yellowlees 🎓💬3d ago

Generally speaking*, avoid standing behind things.

Desks, computers, lecterns, we want to connect with audiences and having a literal barrier between you and them hampers that connection.

*There are exeptions to every 'rule'

#PHD #Research #Academic #Presenting #PHDChat

Clément Steuer 4d ago

Job opportunity: 3 Ph.D. positions for historians at the Oriental Institute (Prague) in the framework of the ERC Synergy project CLOSER.

Submission deadline: April 30, 2026.

More details on the Oriental Institute's website:
https://orient.cas.cz/en/news/JOB-CALL-Ph.D-00001.-position-in-the-ERC-Synergy-project-CLOSER/

#Academic #job #jobs #histoire

JOB CALL: Ph.D. position in the ERC Synergy project CLOSER - Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

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Interregnum 4d ago

Interregnum interviews Dr Jacob Engelberg on his new book, Cinemas of Bisexual Transgression. The book argues that the way we look at queer film centres the gay/straight binary and considers what happens when bisexuality breaks the rules.

https://interregnum.ghost.io/the-dangerous-thrill-of-destabilisation-interview-with-dr-jacob-engelberg-on-cinemas-of-bisexual-transgression/

#bisexual #queer #bi #film #bisexualrepresentation #birepresentation #cinema #transgression #kino #filmstudies #queerfilm #queerfilms #LGBT #womeninfilm #representation #interview #academic #media #indiemedia #indiefilm #avantgarde