Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Aug 15, 2023

1) Don't ban books
2) Don't waste educators' time with book bans
3) Don't make decisions about books without reading them
4) Don't fall for OpenAI's interface: ChatGPT is not the kind of thing you can sensibly ask for information

https://www.popsci.com/technology/iowa-chatgpt-book-ban/

School district uses ChatGPT to help ban library books

Faced with new legislation, Iowa's Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books 'contain a description or depiction of a sex act.'

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@emilymbender @TechDesk

Why is critical thinking, a DNA level reflex ability, so hard for modern humans that they defer it to a gullibility-leveraging technology?

See/speak/hear no knowledge, only indoctrination and propaganda.

Aug 15, 2023 at 6:49pmToot!