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Paul Martin
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Dad. Canadian. Director, Curriculum Development & Delivery, Open Learning, Thompson Rivers University. Wayward English and Canadian Studies prof and Ed Developer. Views are mine.
Maria PopovaHow to love the world more – George Saunders on the courage of uncertainty https://t.co/MmkRMjpy6q
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)This essay is an utterly brilliant take on #AIhype. I'll put a few excerpts here, but you should definitely go read the whole thing:
https://karawynn.substack.com/p/language-is-a-poor-heuristic-for
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AnnaleeRead an article today about why Americans think alcohol has health benefits and it's apparently another "well the French are healthy and they do X so it's healthy to do X."
So here's your periodic reminder that France (and Italy, and Sweden, and Japan, and basically every country you've seen in a "this country is so healthy, what's their secret?" headline) has universal health care.
The secret is access to health care. It's always access to health care.
Robert Roy BrittNew report: U.S. spends far more on #healthcare than other high-income countries yet is the only one without universal #health coverage. U.S. also has...
- Lowest life expectancy at birth
- Highest death rates for avoidable or treatable conditions
- Highest maternal and infant mortality
- Highest rate of people with multiple chronic conditions
Thoughts?
jan”…we now have plenty of evidence suggesting that exposure does not strengthen our immune system, but may weaken it. …with every new exposure, we are more likely to suffer adverse effects.” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/26/covid-roulette-clean-air-ventilation-long-covid #immunity
Ika MakimakiThe average annual cost of owning a car is $8000.
Depending on the model it can range from $5000 to $12000 though.
If local governments really wanted to "ease the pressure of living costs" on their populations, they'd fund #PublicTransport, #cycling and #walking, allowing people the freedom to NOT own a car and automatically putting 8 thousand dollars in the pocket of every ex motorist.
#carDependency is financial ruin for cities.
Hmmm… I misread the news about the name of Google’s new ChatGPT competitor. “Brad? They called it Brad?!” Actually, I think I’ll stick with calling it Brad. Works better. “Did you get Brad to write your essay? This seems a lot like something Brad would write. Brad doesn’t really know what he’s talking about.”
Robin DeRosa"We do not believe it is possible to police or policy our way out of this conundrum."
@mburtis on the tensions between AI and pedagogy
https://colab.plymouthcreate.net/2023/01/24/the-intersection-of-ai-and-pedagogy/
Irwin DeVriesOpportunity at Thompson Rivers University: Director, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching - https://tru.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/24389/0/0/0
