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. […]
Lisbeth
oh, Jill, you look cool! Where did you get it? Me wants one too….:)
Greets & hugs Lisbeth
Thomas
That was really cool! I want one! Got my “What Would Dewey Do?” t-shirt though, so I¥m fairly ok.
Jill
I got it from Thinkgeek.com – here – shipping to Europe’s $13 but it comes within a few days by DHL.
And heck, it’s worth it 🙂
mjones
Do they come in XXL?
Jill
Of course!
Stephanie
I got mine in the mail last month and wore it while I taught a blogging “basics” class in HUMlab. It was great fun! Looks good on you!
Jorunn
I got mine from my blogger husband for Christmas, and I’ve actually been wearing it today 🙂
hanna
Jill, you are a bad influence on me! I have been resisting buying one for many months, but after seeing yours today, I finally gave in and ordered one! 🙂
Jill
That’s OK Hanna, cos you know what? I bought an iPod last week. Yay!
I come visit and we’ll be twins! What more should we get – we’ve got the ipods, the t-shirts… Hats?
Francois Lachance
Ah but some of us (those around you) might be blind or around you in the sense of blog readers…
And therefore ask you “Are you blogging that?”
http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/po/archive/000286.php#000286
The above references the last posting by the Invisible Adjunct. I know IA is a historian and not a techie but misbehaving.net might want to do a round of tributes ??
BTW, I just luv the text provided as a value for the alt attribute on the img element:
imbloggingthis.jpg
it completes the diectic reference of the “this” to focus on the instance of the jpg i.e. the this is pointing to a representation of that wonderfully odd beast jill/txt
cool!
Collin
Looks good on ya!
When are you coming back to Stockton College? ;-P
hanna
Ooh Jill, that’s so exciting! Which one did you get—15, 20 or 40GB? As for being twins, hats definitely, but maybe I should also trade in my iBook for a PowerBook? *drool* 😉
join-the-dots
i’m blogging this too
Daily Delusions
Who fast can ….. I blog this?
No how fast can UPS possibly be? Before I finished asking our Think Geek! order had already arrived. (I am still waiting for an order of Knights of the Dinnertable comics I ordered a few weeks ago). After I saw Jill with…
Maris blogg
H¯yt p ¯nskelisten
Jeg har skikkelig lyst p lik t-skjorte som Jill.. Tror kanskje jeg bare m kj¯pe en.. Fin  ha pÂ
Paul
Wow, that is a very cool looking tshirt you’re wearing. I have got to get me one of those.
Jill
Actually, at AoIR the bloggers’ consensus was that we should be wearing t-shirts saying I’M NOT BLOGGING THIS. Obviously not, given the wireless shortage at the conference, but it’d actually be a cool t-shirt in general too.
Paul
hey Jill
what does AoIR stand for??
Jill
Association of Internet Researchers 🙂