Dave Bloom
@drumkitdave.bsky.social
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Music stuff, librarian/info lit stuff, other duties as assigned
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Raina Bloom
4 months ago
Okay so a few things here, but first and foremost: we have no way to substantiate that these suggestions work, except for the ones that Google describes in their own documentation. And if they’re already in Google’s documentation, then we don’t need this post. But also - 1/
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Oh, look, the thing that librarians have been warning you about since 2023!
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Journal Submissions Riddled With AI-Created Fake Citations
References used to be one of the last things journal editors checked before publishing a paper. Artificial intelligence is changing that.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/books-publishing/2026/03/06/journal-submissions-riddled-ai-created-fake
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Carl T. Bergstrom
about 1 year ago
1. The DOJ has sent threatening letters to several medical journals, focused around whether these journals are spreading misinformation that harms the American people and suppressing alternative viewpoints. I study how the norms and institutions of science facilitate discovery and self-correction.
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Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias (Gift Article)
An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/health/trump-martin-us-attorney-medical-journals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ak8.EMaq.FgyJDGc6D7I_&smid=url-share
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big molly
over 1 year ago
Here's my lightning talk about AI at
#acrl2025
this morning. Thanks to
@nicoloff.bsky.social
for recording.
youtu.be/H2UdS1MqH8w?...
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Take a Breath. Most Students Don't Need AI Skills
YouTube video by Molly June Roquet
https://youtu.be/H2UdS1MqH8w?si=-QrnTYeD2R71j6T7
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Could only attend virtually this year, but really enjoying how Ruha Benjamin is complicating what appears to be a lot of "let's throw AI at it" content scheduled for the next few days of the conference.
#ACRL2025
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Carl T. Bergstrom
over 1 year ago
You have to be kidding me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/s...
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Raina Bloom
over 1 year ago
I had such a good time doing this. Thanks to
@alexhanna.bsky.social
and
@emilymbender.bsky.social
for inviting me on!
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"Referencing—citing sources—may be a good example of something that can be offloaded to AI, he said. . . ." Good example of why you always start with the problem you're trying to solve and don't go in search of problems for a predetermined solution. Citation managers already do this very well.
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AI: Cheating matters but redrawing assessment "matters most"
Universities should prioritize ensuring that assessments are “assessing what we mean to assess” rather than letting conversations be dominated by discussions around cheating.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2025/02/28/ai-cheating-matters-redrawing-assessment
over 1 year ago
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An experiment with one of MS Copilot's suggested prompts. đź§µ
over 1 year ago
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Extremely disappointed to see Common Sense partnering with OpenAI on their K-12 advertising push.
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