Prof Columbia J School. Director Tow Center . Writes Guardian + elsewhere. Lives in airports…views are my own, thank goodness
This is 💯 not true. It is never a choice between ‘taking big tech’s money and doing nothing’. A stronger moral imperative is NOT to take the money and the strings attached to it - particularly if you do not and cannot yet understand the implications
Hypervisible“Teaching educators about AI is a ‘moral imperative’, said Randi Weingarten, the AFT president.” “And without outside funding, it was a choice between taking big tech’s money or doing nothing, she said.”
Really enjoyed the LRB essay - and this thread. Now have an impending sense of doom that I might at some point have to watch the bloody film
EMILY WILSONI wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
It is crazy to me that the BBC is cutting news services when you look at these charts. You have a growing demographic bulge in the 55+ group who are BBC dependent - BUT you also have an 18 to 24 group where almost a quarter ALSO get their news…
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)Where the young and old get news (Times, via Ofcom) Tom Calver www.thetimes.com/article/f469...
This is an absolutely cracking story by @kalibomeli.bsky.social - who graduated from @columbiajournalism.bsky.social this year. So pleased @propublica.org is running this story about grift www.propublica.org/article/trum...
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG w...www.propublica.orgThis is a good point often overlooked . Also in the US, the communities universities create - often more diverse, younger, maybe more liberal - are a political target in themselves
Paul BernalUniversities and students are not enclosed units, ivory towers separate from the rest of their local communities. They eat and drink (a lot) including spending lots of money in local pubs and restaurants. They shop. They get buses, taxis and Ubers. They put money into local economies.
And a definitive piece on the England vs Argentina historic rivalry, devoid of the jingoism encouraged in other parts of the commentariat, but full of rich detail by Marcela Mora y Araujo www.theguardian.com/football/202...
War, antics and vitriol – the England v Argentina rivalry is real but now it is only about footballMexico 1986, France 1998, Japan 2002 … this is a match that transcends, with Argentina’s head coach Lionel Scaloni calling for the focus to be on football, not the Falklandswww.theguardian.comA couple more pieces of lovely writing from mates who write about 🏆⚽️⚽️ One on the England team from @jonallsop.bsky.social - well done for getting ‘Spursy’ into the New Yorker - www.newyorker.com/contributors...
Jon AllsopJon Allsop is a contributing writer at The New Yorker. He previously wrote and oversaw the Columbia Journalism Review’s daily newsletter, “The Media Today,” and has contributed to publications includi...www.newyorker.comCelebrating the good where one can find it , which is mostly in communal celebration and good writing - the World Cup has both. Here are two outstanding pieces first - @bcmerchant.bsky.social on why VAR is such a good metaphor/mirror of AI open.substack.com/pub/bloodint...
What VAR tells us about AIFIFA's semi-automated refereeing system promises neutrality but brims with bias. It's widely despised yet embraced by elites. It is, in other words, a lot like AI.open.substack.com