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. […]
Torger ?ge Sinnes
Great video. Kind of Apple-inspired maybe? ;)It’s a shame my “students” are 6-8 years old, but I’ll definitely bookmark your video for later use. I know some teachers up at Volda University/College who might put it to good use in lessons…
Jill Walker Rettberg
Apple-inspired? The talking head on white background you mean? I guess so – that was entirely the producers’ choice, I’m truly nothing but a talking head (and brain I guess) in that production. But I like the look 🙂
6-8 year olds might be a little young, but ya never know!
Laney Landry
I love that your students are learning that what they have to say does matter to someone. Too often young people don’t realize their value as it relates to others. So you have taught them a skill and built self-esteem at the same time. What a wonderful gift that is. I also have to admit, you have helped me to understand blogging a bit more so that I will be able to enjoy it more myself.
Alex Grimal
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Sandie Strickland
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Jill Walker Rettberg
Thanks, Laney! That’s certainly my aim – though re-watching this I realise I don’t always achieve this or even set things up to really support it in my teaching. But when I’m able to do it, it works pretty well 🙂
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Hi
I am designing a student website around the paper you wrote with Torill Mortensen way back then in 2002, “Blogging Thoughts: Personal Publication as an online research tool”. I am a student of Media at RMIT, Melbourne, Australia and as part of my analysis of your statement “Weblogs are densely interlinked” I am now linking to your blog in a way of building my own root system interlinked with your research paper, my research blog , my RMIT blog and the growing linkages in between. So thanks for a great paper on Blogging and your research (including the video above) since then!
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