Mastodawn

I'm a bit late to the party and somehow missed this, but here's an open letter to Dutch Universities (both academic and of applied sciences) and their executive boards, to ask that they stop the uncritical adoption of AI technologies in higher education.

openletter.earth/open-letter-stop-the-uncritical-adoption-of-ai-technologies-in-academia-b65bba1e

Please sign!

#AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #GenAI #AI #StochasticParrots #HigherEducation #Netherlands #DutchAcademia

N-gated Hacker News Nov 28

Dutch academia, ever the rebels, contemplate living sans Microsoft—oh, the horror! 😂 But wait, they can't resist the siren call of Word and Excel for even a week. 😅 Good luck with those "alternatives," folks! 🚀
https://dub.uu.nl/en/news/can-dutch-universities-do-without-microsoft #DutchAcademia #MicrosoftAlternatives #OfficeTools #RebelAcademics #TechHumor #Productivity #HackerNews #ngated

Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft?

Can Dutch higher education part ways with Microsoft? The sector is trying to break free, and alternatives are being explored here and there. At the same time, more and more tasks are being completed by Microsoft tools.

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