College professors: is it true that all students use Chat GPT now? Is cheating rampant? Talking about this on Monday on the show.

This is now my favorite office art ever. Amazing.

Alternatively, if you're going to use AI for a literature review: don't. Not only does using it waste everyone else's time and resources, it defeats the entire purpose of conducting a review.

That’s how you write a headline, people.

The "screaming eagle" line might have been the reason this has gone viral. Touched a nerve. www.instagram.com/p/DF5WryPOoZ...

I actually hate the "lol the giant asteroid will deliver us from this suffering" jokes. Are there any other people in the progressive movement who think that humans are actually fucking amazing?

1) Finger Lakes wineries are already losing contracts to sell in Canada. Example: Lakewood Vineyards on Seneca, which signed a deal just three weeks ago. Lakewood's Chad Hendrickson: "It’s a big deal. We should be growing, not damaging. I’m not really sure how we’re going to recover from this."

A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad. GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE. youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...

Climate scientist Ben Hamlington works on understanding the impacts of climate change. Losing his house in the Eaton Fire has given that work new meaning.

Cool story alert: This appears to be the first time in NYS history that five brothers have started a varsity basketball game. The boys are all named after famous BASEBALL players! Tyrus, Teddy, Denton, Gehrig, and Mickey. The Peters boys won their minutes 5-4. stsportsreport.com/index_get.ph...

Gino had it first, because, well, Gino being Gino

Starting today, Connections will air live on YouTube, noon to 2pm. We are expanding our platform reach, and we'd love for you to join the conversation there! YouTube.com/WXXINews The cameras in studio strangely make it appear that I am balding, be warned. No camera is perfectly accurate.

We're looking for 1) college students who can weigh in on this piece 2) college professors who have a strong opinion, pro or con Thanks for any leads! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/o...

I wish companies would just create a box at checkout that says, "Click here or not, your choice, but we are absolutely sending you unwanted offers and news, and unsubscribing will be nigh impossible"

Powerhouse piece that seeks to capture the most effective post-election roadmap. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

ROC Sky: this NPR headline is horrifying. We're wondering if you know kids who use this kind of tech. www.npr.org/2024/12/10/n...

Okay Bluesky, let's see if we can get the follower count up for this platform! You keep telling me that @wxxirochester.bsky.social and I have to be here more often. Let's go! And we're in our end-of-year membership campaign. Please, please join the community of members. wxxi.org/give

Hey ROC: I'm looking for local Dems who are in the "Maybe we should have gone with Bernie some time in the past eight years" camp. Thanks for any leads.

Today at 1pm on Connections we're discussing... Bluesky. How about that. If you're reading this, you're already here.

Anyone else feel like autocorrect -- typically a helpful innovation -- is now overdoing it, trying to commandeer your emails or posts? Maybe a little glimpse at how AI should have limits.

Hi. It's me. How nice of someone to impersonate me on here before I even signed up. Please know that whoever is at @evandawson on Blue Sky is not me. Not sure how I feel about this platform. I'm not a fan of epistemic bubbles. I also don't love X's porn and general terribleness. So we'll see!