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. […]
kirsty
the flickr logo is only compulsory on the freebie cards btw.
Jill
Oh is it? That’s cool. I’m looking forward to seeing what the actual cards look like!
Stephanie
This reminds me of the ‘calling cards’ my grandmother made me give away as a teenager. A cute way to network. Thanks for the heads-up! I can’t wait to look at them!
andedammen
[…] En strÂlende gimmick av typen jeg gjerne reklamerer for: firmaet Moo gir Flickr pro-brukere ti gratis visittkort med bilder p (og en Flickr-logo, som alts bare finnes p gratisvarianten). Jeg har valgt ut ti av bildene mine og bestilt, og blir de fine, kan det jo vÊre hensikten oppnÂs og at jeg betaler for  f flere De har bare til “de ti tusen f¯rste”, men hvorvidt det utgj¯r noe kappl¯p, aner jeg ikke. (Via Jill) […]
Jill
Calling cards! Wow, you have this really cool patina of being someone out of a novel or something, Stephanie, calling cards!Isuppose htey’re similar to the “russekort” everyone gets here when they graduate from highschool – except they have silly jokes about being drunk and stuff on them. The Flickr cards seem a little nicer.
Lisa
Are standard sized business cards available from Flickr in addition to the mini
Moo cards?