#Educators Using AI

[thisisgraeme]

Transform Learning with AI in Education: Volume 1 - Insights for Educators

Kia ora! I’m excited to share Volume 1: AI in Education–Insights for Educators, a practical guide for educators and leaders in Aotearoa. Learn how to navigate AI tools, ensure ethical use, and apply culturally responsive frameworks to support all learners

Why We Wrote a Guide on AI in Education (And Why This is Just the Beginning) Kia ora! Over the past year, I’ve been working with my fellow AI enthusiast, Michael Grawe, on a project that’s been both exciting and challenging: a three-part guide series on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education, tailored specifically for educators in Aotearoa New Zealand. We just released Volume 1, and I’m…

[transmutationisms]

its awesome how i said this to my department the entire time everybody else was using checker tools to 'detect ai' and accuse students of having plagiarised constantly and i got pilloried for pushing back against it and everybody and their mother had to have 72 opinions about how its actually super elitist of me not to expel students using ai (because im clearly only coming at this from my privileged educational background where learninf to write was easy and im failing my poor students by not taking them to task every opportunity <- real argument i have had to have multiple times) and now the university itself says it and the default use of these stupid unreliable checker tools is probably so entrenched none of these ppl will stop anyway 👍

[frameacloud]

A Masterpost About Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs)

During the upcoming presidency, it is likely that people in the US will lose many options that keep them from getting pregnant (contraceptives). The right-wing Project 2025 is against birth control pills, abortion, emergency contraception, and the government-provided health insurance ("Obamacare," Medicaid, and Medicare) that helps people afford these.

If you or your partner are concerned about the possibility of losing access to those options soon, you can ask your doctor or Planned Parenthood about getting a Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC). The two kinds of LARCs are IUDs and the implant. If you get a LARC right now, it can protect you for years, without you having to do anything to maintain it. A LARC isn't permanent, so you can get rid of it if you later decide that you're ready to have a baby.

Hormonal Intrauterine Device: 3, 5, or 8 years of protection, depending on brand

An IUD is a T-shaped object that a nurse or doctor puts into your uterus. It's tiny, just a little more than an inch. The procedure for getting an IUD isn't surgery, it lasts just a few minutes, and it goes much better if you ask for an anti-anxiety medicine and the right type of painkiller.

Hormonal IUDs work because they slowly release progestin. That's the main hormone in birth control pills. Like pills, they can make your periods get lighter or stop, which is helpful for people who need to get rid of cramps and PMS.

Of the brands of them in the US, the FDA currently approves of using Kyleena for up to five years, Liletta for eight, Mirena for eight, and Skyla for three. Kyleena and Skyla are smallest and therefore easiest to insert.

I have more info in my tags about IUDs.

Copper IUDs: 12 years of protection

The other type of IUD is a copper IUD. Instead of changing your hormones, it works because copper makes the place unfriendly to sperm. Another difference is that this kind can make your periods heavier. Its brand name is Paragard. The FDA approves of using it for ten years, but studies show it's still good at twelve or longer. More info in my tags.

The birth control implant: 5 years of protection

It's a rod the size of a matchstick. A nurse or doctor uses an applicator to put it under your skin in your arm. There, it will slowly release progestin to protect you from getting pregnant. It can make your periods get lighter or stop. The FDA approves of using it for three years, but a study shows it's still 100% effective five years later, and so does another study. Its brand name is Nexplanon, which has improvements over the older Implanon, such as being visible on X-ray. More info in my tags.

Some honorable mentions

There are some other contraceptives that last a long time but aren't considered LARCs. The diaphragm and the cervical cap are two kinds of plastic cap that you put on your cervix each time before sex, and you can keep using the same one for two years. The birth control ring, Annovera, lasts one year. Each injection of the birth control shot, Depo-Provera, lasts three months.

Only barrier methods such as condoms, internal condoms, and dental dams can protect against sexually transmitted infections. The right wing wants to stop people from getting condoms, too. That's another problem, but LARCs can help us get through the next four years without unplanned pregnancies.

[thedialoguedilemma]

Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education Linda McMahon kept referring to Artificial Intelligence ‘AI’ as A1. Yes, the letter A and the number 1, like the steak sauce.

America’s finest representing our government.

[mislamicpearl]

They made us register for online classes about Gen AI today. One of the categories to fill in was "Prompting Experience". I feel gross.🤢🤮

At least it's just my work email... gonna deactivate that account as soon as the school year is over.

[hookedwayfinder]

Fandom Etiquette

Some unspoken rules of fandom communities on Tumblr (aka fandom etiquette) for people new to Tumblr.

If you post AI on your blog, prepare to be blocked by a TON of people. Why? AI shits on artists. The majority of people on Tumblr respect artists. If you share AI art on your blog, a lot of people are going to block you, which is probably not what you want. So don't post AI! (Same goes for reblogging AI shit).

Do not steal art from artists. Reposting art is usually frowned upon and if you wish to do this without people getting mad at you, credit the artist by name and link. For example, "This is drawn by Bob on Instagram - link to instagram here" If the artist if already on Tumblr, just reblog their work, don't repost it!

Do not redraw art from fanartists without their permission first! And if you do get permission, credit the original artist in your post, if not, people will think you are a thief and you will once again get blocked by fandom regulars. (redrawing official art from the fandom you're in is usually ok and a great way to learn. Learn to differentiate official art from fanart.)

Pinterest is the den of thieves. Great for finding a ton of lovely artworks with no way to get back to the original artist. Do not follow their example. That's not what anyone wants Tumblr to be. If you've got 50 fanarts saved on your pc and wish to share them with tumblr while you don't know the original artists? Then don't. That's the answer. Don't share art if you don't know who the artist is. Or learn to reverse image search.

Tagging is a way to communicate with the fandom about what you post on your blog without it afterwards showing up in reblogs. You can tag with character names, fandom names, ship names, and also personal tags such as "my fic" or "my art" - so that people checking your post can verify that it's made by you and not just stolen from someone else. Use tags to clarify if art or fic is yours when you post it.

Posting fanfic recommendations is usually a good way to make friends and earn yourself respect if you're not very creative yourself. Drawing fanarts or making edits for said fanfics will earn you god-status. Answering asks or posting meta or headcanons are other things you can do if you're not very creative otherwise.

Be careful sharing gifs and edits that you did not make yourself, even in-between your essays. Once again, it is technically theft, though I think most people view it as a lighter form of theft than art-theft. Crediting is still usually appreciated. Sadly a lot of photoshoppers accept this type of theft as part of the deal.

No matter which rule you broke in the past, you can always learn to do better. When in doubt, ask around in the fandom what you should do with a specific thing you want to post. Making a mistake does not get you kicked out of the fandom necessarily, so don't sweat it, just do better.

Even if you try to be a perfect fan, you will at some point break a little fandom etiquette here and there. You might reblog an AI art by accident... Share an image that was edited without you realizing it... Use someone else's gif without credit... It's ok. We all make mistakes. As long as you respect the fandom in 99% of your posts, nobody's going to cancel you for that.

This is by no means a conclusive list.

[vampisn00dle]

Lovecore skell

DON'T USE MY ARTWORK FOR AI

[pistachiopie]

I'm sooo sick of AI. did a project where I interviewed people with different views on things and I chose AI. talked to my friend's friend who was very pro AI. it's not like they're a computer science nerd and thought that these advancements were cool. just that it helps them with their assignments and the sooner they get them done the better. all they need is their degree so they can get a job and live a happy life later on.

and that's . reasonable. if you live in a world that tells you your worth is to spit out a grade, spit out a degree, provide some labor in exchange for the ability to live and then maybe experience joy then. why wouldn't you turn to a tool that makes it easier?

but I don't believe in that I think education has more worth than just being a checkbox to check off. learning skills from people who dedicate their whole life to studying one subject, gaining knowledge about the world so you know how to navigate it, piecing things together and figuring out a solution are all such cool and fun things...!!! I think this is really valuable stuff!! too bad it doesn't fucking matter. I'm not getting graded on how much I like a class or how much I was engaged with it. I'm getting graded on how good the final paper is. (and writing papers is so hard for me. I will not write a good paper no matter how much I love a class. so like .)

I don't care if you use it for your assignments whatever. I'm not a snitch idgaf if that's what you need to do to pass your classes. I'm just annoyed that this is a thing at all. it just slaps me in the face that THIS is all education is right now. it could be so much more it could be so much more valuable! but who cares about my opinions who cares about my morals who cares about what I think the world should look like. I'm failing my classes bc writing papers takes so much of my brain power and that friend's friend is thriving bc they wrote it in 20 minutes using AI and I didn't. morals don't get me good grades or degrees. no one cares!! it doesn't pay to be anti capitalist and there are actual scary consequences to that. Fuck

[futuretiative]

Companies can use him to train their AI 😂 #ai #funny #meme #trainAI #aitraining #voiceai #animals

[pintadorartist]

Oppose H.R. 1: the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

In May, House Republicans passed their partisan budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1 the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” that will increase budget deficits by $2.4 trillion to finance trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy. This bill would enact the largest transfer of wealth from the poor the rich in decades.

Senate Republicans are now rewriting portions of the bill to satisfy strict Senate parliamentarian rules while also maintaining the House’s partisan wish list framework. These harmful provisions include:

Deep cuts to Medicaid, including harsh new work requirements

New Medicare eligibility rules and increased costs for dual Medicaid-Medicare enrollees

Tripling the budget for ICE and Trump’s mass deportation effort

Authorization for the sale of public lands and increased incentives for fossil fuel production

Widespread rollback of clean energy tax incentives and climate protections

Unprecedented funding cuts and expansion of work requirements for SNAP

Limits on a court’s ability to issue temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions

Funding cuts to clinical care services at Planned Parenthood and gender-affirming care for Medicaid and CHIP recipients

Requiring states block all AI regulation for 10 years in order to receive federal broadband funding

A $150 billion increase to an already bloated Pentagon budget

A national private school voucher program that diverts funding from public schools and sets up a new tax shelter for the wealthy

An increased excise tax on college endowments

Widespread changes to student loan access, protections, and repayment options

Harmful changes to federal worker pay, benefits, unions, and protections against unjust treatment

Slashes to funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by nearly 70%

Elimination of a tax on gun silencer sales

Raising the debt limit by $5 trillion purely to fund tax cuts for the wealthy, adding trillions to the national debt.

Senate Republicans are aiming to pass their version of H.R. 1 by the July 4th holiday. Call your Senators and demand they oppose this destructive bill.

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[cave-of-chaos]

a compilation of anger. that is literally a different fucking sentence with a different meaning if you change that.....

[queen-mabs-revenge]

communist generative ai boosters on this website truly like

[sanhatipal]

An intern (MEDICAL intern) I worked with today uses ChatGPT instead of the freaking CALCULATOR . Because "I don't like the calculator app" BRO.

I had to scold and assert my dominance as a senior and explain how much water is used and environmental concerns to get him to stop

[valyrfia]

That ai post, I agree that ai it's an awful thing that should've never gone that far but sometimes you can't literally escape it. I work as a data analyst and at least where I'm from every job related to my field demands now that you have knowledge in a lot of ai softwares.. And like a girl has to eat 😭.

As an academic if you include AI in your funding proposal you WILL get the money. It’s become a similar buzzword to quantum except much more powerful. And AI can be rightfully powerful for niche research related things and tensorflow isn’t ALL bad but things like the widespread used of AI in everyday life scares me. What happens when chatgpt needs to start making money, moves ALL of their software that a bunch of young adults now don’t know how to think without to a ridiculous subscription-based model for like 80$ a month? How much personal data is put in there each day? I just think it’s an absolute disaster waiting to happen, not to mention the AI arms race that’s exploded and everyone’s insistence to put AI into everything including checks and balances to existing systems. I don’t have a good feeling, it really needs to be regulated and quick but all the old people in power don’t actually understand the crisis on their hands and just care about the jingle of the cash in their pockets.

[electric-shoop]

i don't wanna talk about generative AI, i'm sick of this, but one thing that Gets Me and makes me rly mad is that ppl critizing... well not chatgpt, notably, but people using it, is that they always always always end up calling those ppl who use it Lazy. and like as somebody who kind of does Not Believe that laziness the way we tend to think and talk about even fucking exists, it's just... idk, shut the fuck up. your entire point is immediately invalid to me. stop thinking that way.

like even if you use the word in its most literal sense, meaning "unwilling to put in effort/work," and we assume that these people Do actually exist aka the problem isn't to be found somewhere else*, it's like a) say that, don't use a word that's widely being used to mean a variety of things, most of which Don't apply to the people it's being used against, and b) i don't think that's True in all cases; some people use the magic 8ball machine for research purposes and then do, in fact, do their own work - one can talk, of course, about the usefulness there, but that's not what's happening in these conversations. and then the people who do let it write entire essays or whatever... okay? that's education for you. i've made 5 bucks in exchange for essays more than once in my life. that's simply not a chatgpt issue and i still think you shouldn't call people lazy and make it sound like chatgpt corrupted pure and poor students who otherwise would have Put In The Work when there's people who just don't do that, no matter what tools they do or don't have access to.

*an issue of motivating yourself (which can happen for a variety of reasons,) a concentration issue, an issue of the workload feeling unbearable or unmanageable, an issue to do with mental health struggles, but hey, none of those could ever apply to students, so i'm sure all of them are simply "unwilling to put in work/effort," never "unable"