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. […]
Stewart
jilltxt.net – without a doubt. Short, to the point and easily pronouncable as jilltextdotnet.
I find textdotooeyebeedotno harder to remember (and recommend) 🙂
Hans Kristian
You have to keep your brand! I agree with Stewart; jilltxt.net it has to be.
Terje
Jilltxt.net
H?•kon
Thumbs up for jilltxt dot whatever, you’ll probably think it was a good investment ten years from now. A non-uib domain name would also be useful for creating a lasting web identity for all the papers and books you’ll write during the next few years.
What would be a more daring move is to apply for an official name change to Jill Txt Walker. 😉
Jesper
jilltxt.net
Apart from whatever extra technical work you get, I can recommend having your own domain – it gives you the opportunity to make sure that the URLs to your papers do not change even if/when you change jobs. More important than page rank, I think.
Stephanie
jilltxt.net!!:-)
hanna
Yeah, I agree!
Thomas
Jilltxt.net – GO!
bas
I would go for Jilltxt.net. A nice clean and simple URL.
Elin
.net~!
You’ll get your page rank back so soon. I lost mine in December – and have it back now!
Josh
Agreed, jilltxt.net gets my vote. I’m also really enjoying the head of department briefs. It’s a view of academia most of us never get to see!
Markus
Of course it should be jilltxt.net. You can grab the domain-name (possibly for free) and maybe still leave your contents on the university server.
Brandon
Add another vote for jilltxt.
B
Jill
Guess that settles it, then! I just bought jilltxt.net and will point it to the UiBs web hotel thing I’m moving to, for now, at least. Hopefully I’ll get it done by next week.
Jesper, you’re right about the stable URL for papers and things. And H?•kon, I’ll consider the name change 😉
nick
Foiled again. I was going to buy jilltxt.net and sell it to you for a tidy profit, but I’m too late. I guess I’ll just have to set up an annoying advertising-filled site at jill-txt.net to try to get some traffic from those who mistype your new URL.
Jill
Ha!
Oh dear, I see my domain-purchase has come far enough through the system to have acquired an “under construction” sign. Nick, I promise I had nothing to do with it and would never do such a thing, not even to annoy you!
Bill
I am, as usual, late for the party, but let me throw in one more post facto vote for jilltxt.net. Besides the reasons cited above (including foiling Nick, always a good idea), I’d add having a stable email address. That was the most compelling reason for me when I signed up donutage. Although I still use my work email for official business, it’s good to know that friends and family will always be able to reach my personal address.
Anthony
The Number 1 Jill on Google – neat!
nick
Wow. Surely that moving-paintbrush animated GIF isn’t included in the basic $8.50 – you must have upgraded to the power package to get that.
William Wend
Jilltxt all the way! That is so cool you are the #1 Jill on Google.
bicyclemark
one more vote for jilltxt.net
Elisabeht
Defenitely jilltx.net. It is easier to remember.
Jonathan
Your blog header, jill/txt, is unique and memorable, as is the photo of the running little girl, which I imagine is you (although it could be your daughter). Since you can’t use the forward slash in a domain name, your URL’s gotta be jilltxt.net. (You could always have a second url with the uib.no designation for special purposes.)