I just signed a petition calling for Norwegian universities to use research expertise on AI when deciding how to implement it, rather than having decisions be made mostly administratively. , If you are a researcher in Norway, please read it and sign it if you agree – and share with anyone else who might be interested. The petition was written by three researchers at UiT: Maria Danielsen (a philosopher who completed her PhD in 2025 on AI and ethics, including discussions of art and working life), Knut Ørke (Norwegian as a second language), and Holger Pötzsch (a professor of media studies with many years of research on digital media, video games, disruption, and working life, among other topics). This is not about preventing researchers from exploring AI methods in their research. It is about not uncritically accepting the hype that everyone must use AI everywhere without critical reflection. It is about not introducing Copilot as the default option in word processors, or training PhD candidates to believe they will fall behind if they do not use AI when writing articles, without proper academic discussion. Changes like these should be knowledge-based and discussed academically, not merely decided administratively, because they alter the epistemological foundations of research. Maria wrote to me a couple of months ago because she had read my opinion piece in Aftenposten in which I called for a strong brake on the use of language models in knowledge work. She was part of a committee tasked with developing UiT’s AI strategy and was concerned because there was so much hype and so few members of the committee with actual expertise in AI. I fully support the petition. There are probably some good uses for AI in research, but the uncritical, hype-driven insistence that we must simply adopt it everywhere is highly risky. There are many researchers in Norway with strong expertise in AI, language, ethics, working life, and culture. We must make use of this expertise. This is also partly about respect for research in the humanities, social sciences, psychology, and law. Introducing AI at universities and university colleges is not merely a technical issue, and perhaps not even primarily a technical one. It concerns much more: philosophy of science, methodological reflection, epistemology, writing, publishing, the working environment, and more. […]
Christian
Hurra!!! Hipp Hipp!! Well If you behave there is no limit on what the day might bring. 34 years(and doctor)………who would have belived that! 😉
Jill
No, no, Christian, your maths is out by two years! But thanks for the cheer!
HÂkon Styri
Gratulerer! (og s er det dobbelt s lenge til neste gang da vel?)
Florine
Gefeliciteerd met je 32ste verjaardag! 🙂
(I bet you understand that, even though it’s in Dutch…)
Jesper Juul
And remember that 32 is only 20 in hexadecimal!
Tormod Haugen
and 100000 in binary 🙂 Have a really nice day.
Liz
Happy birthday, Jill!
lisa
Ah, just a baby…
many happy returns.
nick
Baloons, eh? That’s a tall order in a proportional font, but I’ll try…
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Happy birthday!
Francois Lachance
And what colour of balloons does the birthday person desire? And how many?
Let’s see
2 to start with
add four (2×2)
that’s six
add 8 (4×2)
that’s fourteen
add 16 (8×2)
that’s thirty
add 32 (16×2)
that’s sixty-two
I have a hunch you excursion into the mathematical realm of series is connected to your diving into the grammatical intricacies of tenses and mode in the conjugation of French verbs 🙂
X 0 X [ the odd anachronistic yoking of Romuan numerals and Arabic zero ] to signify best wishes for carrying the joyous energy of the many twos and fives into the future beyond the thirties into the sixties !!!
kirsty
As a thirty-one-and-a-half year old I’m really glad you’ve pointed out that 2^5 is a cool birthday! Thanks! Have a lovely day!
vika
happy happy happy birthday!
jon
Happy Birthday Jill !
elouise
Happy diquadrano! (I just made that up). It only gets better with time(s two).
Elin
yay! Another year to put in the closet. I can’t even open my closet anymore, it is so loaded.
Gratulerer med dagen!
Robert
Happy birthday, Jill. I hope you have a great 33rd year.
George
Speaking as one, I say 32-year-olds rawk! Happy birthday, Jill.
mark
Happy birthday!
mcb
yeay!
Elin
Jill – by the way – your css is all messed up on my mac – (IE5.1) – is it me…?
Sgruphgh!
Seb
Happy birthday Jill!
Clancy
Happy belated birthday! 🙂
Charles Magee
Is that the Jill that I knew whom I said Happy Birthday in Leicester, UK on your 29 birthday? Happy 32 + 3 months birthday.
Jill
Hm, I don’t *think* I was in Leicester on my 29th birthday. No, I don’t think I’ve *ever* been in Leicester. Sorry!
weezBlog
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When it came time for my thesis work, I had scripted a piece called “Rosario’s Garden”. Had it storyboarded, had made my animatic…and I found out I was pregnant. Rather than fight it, I changed the subject of my thesis…