GenAI can GTFO
Recently I had the chance to speak about generative AI in front of a mid-sized crowd of colleagues and students, along with five colleagues, on a panel discussion entitled "GenAI in the English Department." Our mandate was to comment on "how [we] are responding to GenAI in their teaching." Although I worked only from notes, and barely that, the below is roughly what I bellowed. I've used a title here, but I didn't have one there, as it wasn't that kind of event. There's so much more to talk about (agentic AI, people allowing some AI encroachment, fascism, etc etc), but this is what I had time for! "GenAI Has No Place in My Classroom" The previous speaker talked about Oxford's decision this fall to welcome ChatGPT Edu into their environment. I have many thoughts about this data point, which includes noting that this decision was mostly taken by a rogue chancellor installed by an incomprehending government that had lost its way even befo...
