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. […]
steve
Wonderful. Congratulations to you all.
Geoff Cain
Hooray! Just gorgeous! Congratulations! and look at those fingers! What a blogger she will make! All the best to you and your new family.
Trond
Gratulerer og lykke til!
Ronny-AndrÈ Bendiksen
What a beautiful girl! Congratulations!
fg
Congratulations! She’s so cute 🙂
Lesley
She’s beautiful!
CW
Welcome to the world, beautiful Jessica! Congratulations to you and Scott.
Lisa Firke
Great news! I’m so happy for you all!
Karin
Absolutely adorable! And nothing virtual about it, all real. Warmest congratulations.
Snurb
Fantastic news. Congratulations to you all!
Antonella
Congratulations to you and your husband!
She’s wonderful 🙂
Tama
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Tama
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
erasmusa
congratulations! hope you are all doing well.
Luca
Gratz Jill&Scott!!!
Jessica is really wonderful!
MC
She is really beautiful. Congratulations.
Matthew
Welcome Jessica Ann! Congratulations – and best wishes to all of you!
Matt
Nice one! Wonderful news!
Ragnhild
Gratulerer Jill og Scott! For en nydelig jente, og s fint navn!
Clare
Wonderful news, many congratulations!
Lars
Wonderful news! Congratulations to the both of you! And welcome, Jessica Ann!
Martin GL
That’s tremendous! Congratulations!
Jesper
Tillykke til jer alle!
Jen Cypher
Congratulations! She is beautiful, I wonder if she’ll be a night owl her whole life?!
JoseAngel
Welcome, baby!
Myriam
Congratulations! She is lovely!! 🙂
Stephanie
Congrats! She is so pretty 🙂
torill
Congratulations. She is a treasure 🙂
Marika
Oh Jill! Jessica is absolutely wonderful! Congratulations to you and your family! She really is perfect (and that’s a beautiful photo, so serene).
Jon
Nydelig! Gratulerer til dere alle.
jeremy
she’s so awesome, you should be very proud. Congratulations to you both.
Toril
She’s absolutely adorable!! Well done both of you 🙂
Frank
Gratulerer
S¯ren Pold
Tillykke! Hun ser lykkelig fredfyldt ud! Nyd nu Ârene inden hun bliver prÊpubertÊr (det gÂr hurtigere end man aner…).
Cynthia and Jan Rune
Congratulations! She’s adorable!
Lilia Efimova
Congratulations! Enjoy this special time.
M-H
Sorry, I’m a bit late to this party! Congratulations and best wishes to you all. I hope her sleep patterns are now aligning better with yours. I hope you’re finding Ravelry useful for baby knitting patterns.:)
nora s
Gratulerer med den flotte vesle jenta! Vakre dagar!
Chuck
Hey, I’m *really* late to the party, but this is indeed wonderful news!
Martin Lessard
Bienvenue, petite!
Robert
Welcome Jessica!
Jamie
Congratulations and welcome!
jill/txt » World of Warcraft anthology is out now!
[…] Right after Jessica was born, our anthology of scholarly essays on World of Warcraft was finally published! Here’s a pile of them, don’t they look great? Buy your own copy today! Or borrow one from a library 🙂 […]
jill/txt » the World of Warcraft Reader makes a very nice cat bed
[…] In between feeding Jessica, cuddling Jessica, changing Jessica’s many nappies, trying to give my eleven-year-old a bit of much-needed big sister attention and (not least) trying to catch up on sleep, I’ve been eagerly following the fate of the World of Warcraft Reader. It’s risen like a rocket on the Amazon bestseller list, from 132,000th most sold book last week to around the 6000th today. Yesterday it even had a brief spell in the 3000s! Awesome. Even our cat, Maestro, approves of the book. Not to read, I’ll admit, but it’s a real comfy cat bed! Filed under:General — Jill @ 10:53 [ ] […]
Jess
How did I miss this?!?!?! MAZEL TOV!
Kjartan
S utrolig nydelig! S bildene i flickr str¯mmen din, gratulerer s mye!
Christy Dena
OMG! I missed this! Congrats to all three of you. 🙂 Welcome to the world Jessica!
Jeremy Yuille
wow!!!!! excellent news!!! i was looking at yr blog and then saw there was an addition to the family. had to track back to find the birthday 🙂
congrats Jill – she’s adorable.
also – saw yr in sf when i’m there soon – we should try have a meal. i’ll show you photos of Luca (13 months)