Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Most <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> over-generalized scientific results beyond the original articles</p><p>...even when explicitly prompted for accuracy!</p><p>The <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> was 5x worse than humans, on average!</p><p>Newer models were the worst.🤦♂️</p><p>🔓 Accepted in <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/RoyalSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalSociety</span></a> Open <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a>: <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.00025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.00</span><span class="invisible">025</span></a></p>
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DAIR Institute<p><strong>Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 54 - "AI" Agents, A Single Point of Failure (with Margaret Mitchell)</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/4Z3m4n6c6vtCJUPDn4nVkf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peertube.dair-institute.org/w/</span><span class="invisible">4Z3m4n6c6vtCJUPDn4nVkf</span></a></p>
Harald Sack<p>Interesting (short) paper of game-based training and evaluation of agentic behaviour in LLMs: Leon Guertler, Bobby Cheng, Simon Yu, Bo Liu, Leshem Choshen, Cheston Tan.: "Textarena"</p><p><a href="https://arxiv.org/html/2504.11442v1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/html/2504.11442v1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/llms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llms</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeai</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/agents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agents</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/agenticAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agenticAI</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/evaluation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evaluation</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2001303/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2001303/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Corvic Raises $12 Million for ‘AI-Ready Data’ Technology <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AIReadyData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIReadyData</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BoschVentures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoschVentures</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CorvicAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorvicAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FarshidSabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarshidSabet</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IljaAizenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IljaAizenberg</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IngoRamesohl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IngoRamesohl</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LargeLanguageModels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LargeLanguageModels</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MVentures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MVentures</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PYMNTSNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PYMNTSNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/What" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>What</span></a>'sHot</p>
Winbuzzer<p>OpenAI Appears to Bend Safety Rules to Match Rivals</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AISafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AISafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AICompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AICompetition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a></p><p><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/16/openai-appears-to-bend-safety-rules-to-match-rivals-xcxwbn/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">winbuzzer.com/2025/04/16/opena</span><span class="invisible">i-appears-to-bend-safety-rules-to-match-rivals-xcxwbn/</span></a></p>
:mastodon: Mike Amundsen<p>Smithery <a href="https://buff.ly/NSpTkyz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/NSpTkyz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>"Smithery is a platform to help developers find and ship agentic services."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MCP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/api360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>api360</span></a></p>
rijo<p>ICYMI: Navigating the Hidden Risks of LLMs in Modern Marketing <a href="https://ppc.land/navigating-the-hidden-risks-of-llms-in-modern-marketing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/navigating-the-hidden</span><span class="invisible">-risks-of-llms-in-modern-marketing/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/Marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marketing</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/PrivacyChallenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyChallenges</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a></p>
PPC Land<p>ICYMI: Navigating the Hidden Risks of LLMs in Modern Marketing: An in-depth examination of privacy challenges posed by large language models and effective mitigation strategies for data protection compliance. <a href="https://ppc.land/navigating-the-hidden-risks-of-llms-in-modern-marketing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/navigating-the-hidden</span><span class="invisible">-risks-of-llms-in-modern-marketing/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marketing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyChallenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyChallenges</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a></p>
Sharon Machlis<p>You can experiment with LLMs like GPT-4.1 and Llama Maverick free with GitHub Models:<br><a href="https://github.com/marketplace/models" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/marketplace/models</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>And even use Python frameworks like LlamaIndex, Pamela Fox explains: <a href="http://blog.pamelafox.org/2025/04/how-to-use-any-python-ai-agent.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.pamelafox.org/2025/04/how</span><span class="invisible">-to-use-any-python-ai-agent.html</span></a></p><p>Rate limit info: <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/github-models/prototyping-with-ai-models#rate-limits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.github.com/en/github-mode</span><span class="invisible">ls/prototyping-with-ai-models#rate-limits</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.machlis.com/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.machlis.com/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> <a href="https://masto.machlis.com/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/21435/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/21435/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Google unveils new prompt engineering playbook: 10 key points on mastering Gemini, other AI tools | Technology News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AIChatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIChatbots</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AIGeneratedOutputs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIGeneratedOutputs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GoogleGemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleGemini</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GoogleVertexAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleVertexAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JSONOutputFormatAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JSONOutputFormatAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ModelConfigurationsAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelConfigurationsAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PromptEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PromptEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PromptingTechniques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PromptingTechniques</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TextPrompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TextPrompts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Preston Maness ☭<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Taweret</span></a></span> Gemini is trying to get smarter, but adding pointless complexity still throws the Stochastic Parrot off. Query:</p><p>"which has more mass three times two minus one pounds of potatoes or two times three minus one pounds of steel"</p><p>Response:</p><p>"**The potatoes have more mass**. Three times two minus one pounds of potatoes is 5 pounds. Two times three minus one pounds of steel is also 5 pounds. Since steel is denser than potatoes, the same amount of mass by weight (pounds) in steel will take up less space (volume) than the same amount of mass by weight in potatoes."</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/GeminiAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeminiAI</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/llms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llms</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StochasticParrot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticParrot</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/StochasticParrots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticParrots</span></a></p>
rijo<p>Navigating the Hidden Risks of LLMs in Modern Marketing <a href="https://ppc.land/navigating-the-hidden-risks-of-llms-in-modern-marketing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/navigating-the-hidden</span><span class="invisible">-risks-of-llms-in-modern-marketing/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/PrivacyChallenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyChallenges</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/MarketingStrategies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketingStrategies</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a></p>
PPC Land<p>Navigating the Hidden Risks of LLMs in Modern Marketing: An in-depth examination of privacy challenges posed by large language models and effective mitigation strategies for data protection compliance. <a href="https://ppc.land/navigating-the-hidden-risks-of-llms-in-modern-marketing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/navigating-the-hidden</span><span class="invisible">-risks-of-llms-in-modern-marketing/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyChallenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyChallenges</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarketingStrategies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketingStrategies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketing</span></a></p>
AI For Business<p>When AI generates new content, is it creating, recombining, or simply recalling pieces of what it’s seen before?</p><p>Enter OLMoTrace, a new tool from the Allen Institute for AI (AI2):<br>▶️ Links AI outputs directly to the model’s training data<br>▶️ Built on open models and datasets<br>▶️ Top-tier performance</p><p>If you’ve ever wanted to better understand your AI — and build even more trust in its outputs — this is an incredible resource.</p><p>👉 Try it here: <a href="https://playground.allenai.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">playground.allenai.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a></p>
Paco Hope #resist<p>The latest fresh hell in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> use: a <a href="https://www.404media.co/i-tested-the-ai-that-calls-your-elderly-parents-if-you-cant-bothered/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">service that calls your elderly loved ones</a> because you can't be arsed to. The framing is incredibly selfish.</p><p>I think the quote from the company's CEO is absolutely key:</p><blockquote><p>“I created inTouch as a personal project to help me care for my aging mother (88) and aunt as I lived far away from them,” he wrote in an email. “I needed the reassurance my mother was safe even on days when I couldn't call her, I wanted her to know I was still in touch with her even if I didn't call her. I don't want to replace calls and visits from the family, never, these are the best (I fly to see her every 2 weeks), I want to complement them.”</p></blockquote><p>Notice the CEO's selfish framing, which mirrors the way he expects his customers to think about this:</p><ul><li><em>I created...</em></li><li><em>I needed reassurance...</em></li><li><em>I wanted her to know...</em></li><li><em>I don't want...</em></li></ul><p>Not one time do the needs of the elderly relatives enter the thought process. Not once does he talk about her wants/needs and then discuss how this <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> addresses it.</p><p>For me the output of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> is frequently judged against an alternative of absolutely nothing. In my own words it's like: "I can call her once a week. If she wants to connect more often than that, she can talk to the bot. Isn't talking to the bot better than not talking at all?"</p><p>But in no way does this put the recipient of the call in the picture. And I especially like how the journalist had their own elderly mother offer opinions and she instantly points out the speed and business-like nature. </p><p>So much awfulness and selfishness.</p>
-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>baldur</span></a></span> Thank you for this! It's important to spread this message. Moreover, it is important to understand that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> already refuse to analyze and discuss <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/White" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>White</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Male" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Male</span></a> politicians: they <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obnubilate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obnubilate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obfuscate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obfuscate</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Omit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Omit</span></a>. It is important to understand that we can not go back. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CaroleCadwallader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaroleCadwallader</span></a> is correct: we are living in a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAutocracy</span></a>. Use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> from other countries. Competition among them is one way to resist and rebel. But we can not go back.</p>
Mark Carrigan<p><strong>✍️ How to enjoy writing in spite of the lure of generative AI</strong></p><p>Over the last year I’ve been working on a book <em>How to Enjoy Writing </em>exploring the implications of generative AI for academic writing. I felt I had something important to say about the personal reflexivity involved in working with large language models, but in recent months I’ve realised that I lost interest in the project. Given the book was about cultivating <em>care </em>for our writing, as opposed to rushing through it with the assistance of LLMs, I’ve decided to break it up into blog posts which I’ll share here:</p><ol><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/14/the-lure-of-machine-writing-and-the-value-of-getting-stuck/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The lure of machine writing and the value of getting stuck</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/13/the-eeriness-of-writing-with-claude-when-ai-mirrors-your-voice/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Eeriness of Writing With Claude: When AI Mirrors Your Voice</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/03/31/thriving-in-creative-darkness-free-association-and-llm-collaboration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thriving in Creative Darkness: Free Association and LLM Collaboration</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/07/the-ethical-gray-areas-of-machine-writing-in-higher-education/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ethical Grey Areas of Machine Writing in Higher Education</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/13/machine-writing-and-the-challenge-of-a-joyful-reflexivity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Machine writing and the challenge of a joyful reflexivity</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/13/the-ebb-and-flow-of-writing-from-struggle-to-unconscious-fluency/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ebb and Flow of Writing: From Struggle to Unconscious Fluency</a></li><li><a href="http://Will%20Claude%20tell%20you%20if%20your%20writing%20is%20crap?%20The%20danger%20of%20LLMs%20for%20wounded%20academic%20writers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Will Claude tell you if your writing is crap? The danger of LLMs for wounded academic writers</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/14/generative-ai-and-the-creative-confusion-of-academic-writers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Generative AI and the creative confusion of academic writers</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/14/using-generative-ai-for-functional-rather-than-expressive-writing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Using Generative AI for functional rather than expressive writing</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/15/the-joy-of-academic-writing-in-the-age-of-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Joy of Academic Writing in the Age of AI</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/15/the-objects-with-which-we-write-the-materiality-of-academic-writing-in-a-digital-age/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Objects With Which We Write: The Materiality of Academic Writing in a Digital Age</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/15/how-llms-change-the-relationship-between-thinking-and-writing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How LLMs change the relationship between thinking and writing</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/15/machine-writing-and-keeping-your-inner-world-awake/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Machine writing and keeping your inner world awake</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/16/finding-joy-in-the-creative-darkness-reflections-on-writing-and-stuckness/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Finding Joy in the Creative Darkness: Reflections on Writing and Stuckness</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/16/the-subtle-pleasures-of-llms-psuedo-understanding/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The subtle pleasures of LLM’s psuedo-understanding</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/16/we-urgently-need-to-talk-about-the-temptations-of-llms-for-academics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We urgently need to talk about the temptations of LLMs for academics</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/16/generative-ai-and-thriving-in-creative-darkness/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Generative AI and thriving in creative darkness</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2025/04/16/academic-writing-has-always-been-in-flux/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Academic writing has always been in flux<br></a></li></ol><p>This is Claude’s summary of the core argument which unites these posts into a coherent project. One of the reasons I lost my enthusiasm for the project was the manner in which its capacity to imitate my style, sometimes doing it when I hadn’t asked, disrupted the psychology of my enthusiasm for what I was doing:</p><pre>The core argument of the book is that generative AI forces academics to confront fundamental questions about why we write and what writing means to us beyond mere productivity. While machine writing offers tempting solutions to the difficulties inherent in academic writing, these difficulties are actually integral to the creative process and intellectual development. If we embrace AI tools primarily as efficiency mechanisms to produce more outputs more quickly, we risk losing the joy and meaning that make writing worthwhile in the first place. Instead, we should approach AI as a conversational partner that enhances our thinking rather than replacing it, staying with the productive "trouble" of writing rather than seeking to escape it. This reflexive approach to writing technology allows us to resist the instrumental acceleration of academic life while still benefiting from AI's creative potential.</pre><p>However I’ve used Claude to support the editing of these blog posts based on the 80% complete draft of the book, simply because I wouldn’t get round to it otherwise. It has copy edited extracts, condensed them at points, chosen some titles and generally polished the text. There’s a few bridging sentences it provided but nothing more than this. I’m glad it’s given this project a public life because I feel like I was saying something valuable here. But I wasn’t willing to produce a second book on generative AI in two years, as it felt like I was stuck in a performative contradiction which was increasingly uncomfortable. </p><p>Instead my plan is to focus on doing my best intellectual work by focusing, for the first time in my career really, on one thing at a time. I’ll still be blogging in the meantime as the notepad for my ideas, but I’d like to take a more careful and nuanced approach to academic writing going forward. I’m not sure if it will work but it’s a direct outcome of the arguments I developed in this book. It was only when I really confronted the rapid increase in the <em>quantity </em>of my (potential) output that I was able to commit myself in a much deeper way to the <em>quality </em>of what I wanted to write in future.</p><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_1919.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IytEOXamsk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IytEOXamsk</a></p><pre>And this is how we rise - by taking a fall<br>Survive another winter on straight to the thaw<br>One day you'll learn to strain the tea through your teeth<br>And maybe find the strength to proceed to the peak<br>You press on into the thin again and cannot breathe<br>Swallow so much of my damn pride that it chokes me<br>The real risk is not a slipped grip at the edge of the peak<br>The real danger is just to linger at the base of the thing</pre><p>This is a follow up to the <a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/04/30/how-to-enjoy-writing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">23 part series I did last summer</a> on How To Enjoy Writing. In fact it emerged directly from “I have something to say here” to “I should write another book”, which is exactly the transition I’m now questioning in myself 🤔</p><ol><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/01/how-to-enjoy-writing-1-capturing-your-fringe-thoughts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Be rigorous about capturing your fringe thoughts</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/02/how-to-enjoy-writing-2-placing-limits-on-your-writing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Placing limits on your writing practice</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/03/how-to-enjoy-writing-3-being-realistic-about-how-long-you-can-spend-writing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Being realistic about how long you can spend writing</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/03/how-to-enjoy-writing-4-embracing-creative-non-linearity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Embracing creative non-linearity</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/06/how-to-enjoy-writing-5-keep-trying-to-say-what-youre-trying-to-say/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Keep trying to say what you’re trying to say</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/06/how-to-enjoy-writing-6-procrastination-is-your-friend-not-your-enemy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Procrastination is your friend, not your enemy</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/07/how-to-enjoy-writing-7-knowing-when-and-why-to-stop-writing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Knowing when (and why) to stop writing</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/07/how-to-enjoy-writing-8-my-ai-collaborator-offers-initial-reflections-on-the-series-so-far/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Initial reflections from my AI collaborator</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/08/how-to-enjoy-writing-9-creating-the-time-to-encounter-ideas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Identifying and valuing your encounters with ideas</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/08/how-to-enjoy-writing-10-a-poetic-interlude-from-claude/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A poetic interlude from Claude</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/08/how-to-enjoy-writing-11-cultivating-an-ecology-of-ideas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cultivating an ecology of ideas</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/08/how-to-enjoy-writing-12-claudes-ecology-of-ideas-self-assessment-tool/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Claude’s ecology of ideas self-assessment tool</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/09/how-to-enjoy-writing-13-only-ideas-won-by-walking-have-any-value/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Only ideas won by walking have any value</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/09/how-to-enjoy-writing-13-only-ideas-won-by-walking-have-any-value/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Using generative AI as an interlocutor</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/11/how-to-enjoy-writing-14-word-acrobatics-performed-with-both-harness-and-net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Word acrobatics performed with both harness and net</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/28/how-to-enjoy-writing-16-dont-impose-a-shape-on-things-too-quickly/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Don’t impose a shape on things too quickly</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/29/how-to-enjoy-writing-17-creative-confidence-means-accepting-the-tensions-in-how-you-think/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative confidence means accepting the tensions in how you think</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/30/how-to-enjoy-writing-18-understand-where-the-ideas-which-influence-you-come-from/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Understand where the ideas which influence you come from</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/05/31/how-to-enjoy-writing-19-not-everything-you-write-has-to-become-something/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Not everything you write has to become something</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/06/01/how-to-enjoy-writing-20-being-a-writer-means-being-good-at-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Being a writer means being good at AI</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/06/05/how-to-enjoy-writing-21-accept-that-you-are-not-a-precious-and-unique-snowflake/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Make your peace with the fact you don’t have creative freedom</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/06/06/how-to-enjoy-writing-22-confront-the-creepiness-of-llms-head-on/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Confront the creepiness of LLMs head on</a></li><li><a href="https://markcarrigan.net/2024/06/07/how-to-enjoy-writing-23-be-clear-about-why-you-are-writing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Be clear about why you are writing</a></li></ol><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/academic-writing/" target="_blank">#academicWriting</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/claude/" target="_blank">#claude</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/llms/" target="_blank">#LLMs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/reflexivity/" target="_blank">#reflexivity</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/scholarship-2/" target="_blank">#scholarship</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/technological-reflexivity/" target="_blank">#technologicalReflexivity</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://markcarrigan.net/tag/writing/" target="_blank">#writing</a></p>
i686-powered lia<p>I am a sociolinguist and a lot of our research on real, authentic language usage, especially among young people, depends on web crawlers.</p><p>Your anti-crawling activism actively sabotages research about e. g. queer language, gender, racism, hate speech and social structures.</p><p>Yeah, consent is the highest authority, and "AI" shouldn't be used to replace or underpay workers.<br>But at some point some of y'all really just act like anti-organ donation activists.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/AIEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIEthics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a></p>
FIZ ISE Research Group<p>We still have free slots in our KIT summer semester 2025 seminar on "Large Language Model-Enhanced Representation Learning for Knowledge Graphs" supervised by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sigmoid.social/@GenAsefa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GenAsefa</span></a></span>, Mary Ann Tan and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sigmoid.social/@lysander07" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lysander07</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://portal.wiwi.kit.edu/ys/8600" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">portal.wiwi.kit.edu/ys/8600</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/knowledgegraphs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledgegraphs</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/llms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llms</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeai</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/representationlearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>representationlearning</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/seminar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seminar</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@fiz_karlsruhe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fiz_karlsruhe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@KIT_Karlsruhe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KIT_Karlsruhe</span></a></span> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
i686-powered lia<p>I have always loved using the emdash—it delights me to no end. :3</p><p>However—and I am inconsolable—it has come to my attention that <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> like <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> keep using the emdash at a significantly higher frequency than human writers do.</p><p>And that at this point—at least to some—it has become something of an easy sign to tell apart "<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> generated" from human-authored text. :(</p><p>Alas, I shall refrain—although it pains me.</p><p>😭</p>
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