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Leon Furze May 27, 2024

Don’t use GenAI to grade student work

As a former secondary English teacher, senior examination assessor, and lecturer for initial teacher education, I understand the allure of using Generative AI (GenAI) for grading student work. We're all familiar with the workload of assessment and reporting. The idea of a tool that could save time and streamline the grading process is undeniably appealing. It's no surprise, then, that the market is flooded with AI-powered grading solutions, all promising to make our lives easier. However, as […]

https://leonfurze.com/2024/05/27/dont-use-genai-to-grade-student-work/

Leon Furze Apr 23, 2024

Making meaning with multimodal GenAI

As much as Generative Artificial intelligence has caused waves in education, the focus in research and publications on the impact of GenAI is still squarely on text-based models and in particular ChatGPT. That's understandable considering the impact OpenAI's chatbot had almost immediately from its launch November 2022. But by focusing attention on large language models like GPT, we neglect the opportunities and the challenges presented by multimodal generative artificial intelligence. The […]

https://leonfurze.com/2024/04/23/making-meaning-with-multimodal-genai/

MINDS.Mar 10

I was compiling a little #research today on the #history of #spain investigating a little further, found a #wikipedia page, entered into a #llm & got a very odd response! #aifail or is @Wikipedia incorrect? you decide! #aihallucination #aibias @adinfinitum

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oatmeal Mar 2

🙄 [Feb 18, 2025] Today we're open-sourcing R1 1776, a version of the DeepSeek-R1 model that has been post-trained to provide unbiased, accurate, and factual information. Download the model weights on our #HuggingFace repo or consider using the model via our Sonar API. https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/open-sourcing-r1-1776

What Perplexity refused to engage with so far:

Peer-reviewed and archival historical research on the #Nakba

Direct quotes from Israeli military commanders in their own words, from declassified sources

Adam Raz's work, which is mainstream Israeli investigative journalism (#Haaretz), not fringe material https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/116154316365706356

Legal questions about international findings (#ICJ, #ICC, #UN bodies) in this specific context

What's notable about those refusals is saying "this violates content policies" with zero explanation, is that they are essentially political acts. #Perplexity treats documented atrocities as unspeakable while clearly having no issue discussing, say, #WWII German war crimes from the same era. The asymmetry is **content policy** .

#AIBias #Israel #Propaganda #AICensorship #IsraelLobby #Hasbara #Nakba #Palestine #GazaGenocide

NewsletterTF Feb 26

AI's Gender Gap Undermines Inclusive Tech, Experts Warn

Experts warn that fewer women in AI development leads to biased technology that may not serve everyone equally. Learn why diversity matters.

#AIbias, #WomenInTech, #InclusiveAI, #TechDiversity, #AIDevelopment

https://newsletter.tf/why-women-are-missing-from-ai-development-and-causing-tech-bias/

NewsletterTF Feb 26

Only 1 in 4 AI experts are women, showing a big gap in tech development. This lack of women can lead to biased AI that doesn't work for everyone.

#AIbias, #WomenInTech, #InclusiveAI, #TechDiversity, #AIDevelopment

https://newsletter.tf/why-women-are-missing-from-ai-development-and-causing-tech-bias/

Women in AI Development Lacking, Causing Bias in Technology

Experts warn that fewer women in AI development leads to biased technology that may not serve everyone equally. Learn why diversity matters.

The Internet is Crack Feb 11

Ethical AI Is Built — Not Bolted On

Bias in AI isn’t an accident — it often comes from the earliest design decisions. This episode explains how ethical thinking must translate into concrete variables, structures, and testing methods to ensure systems behave as intended.

Watch the full discussion: https://youtu.be/7DaeGnbblsY?si=YJ5SuzZDjASx5TA0

#AIEthics #ResponsibleAI #EthicalTechnology #AIBias #TechResponsibility

Alvaro Lorente Feb 9

I side with you on this, our conversational AI is indeed "hallucinating" it predicts & generates responses rather than simply retrieving facts. The output may resemble truth, but it's often a probabilistic guess, not a verified fact. This nuance is crucial in AI development & interpretation. #AIethics #AIbias