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I’m presenting at the Charlotte Writing Project Fall 2024 Conference on Sep. 19!

I'm presenting on (the evils of) generative AI at the Charlotte Writing Project Fall 2024 Conference on Sep. 19!

My talk is titled, “Dada, Animal Crossing, and ChatGPT: Can We Ever Write Our Own Stories With the Master’s Tools?” If all goes well, I’ll be teaching an audience of mostly educators how ChatGPT works at a high level (it’s a fancy Markov generator) and why they shouldn’t use it (it serves hegemony).

If you can’t make it to the conference, I’ll be sharing my slides afterward and am open to doing similar talks elsewhere!

You can get more info on the conference here.

“Hot Date:” Realistic Pug Conversation Simulator

Hot Date 2015-06-30 18-36-20-86I’m not fond of pugs. They seem like the kind of dog that PewDiePie would own. But then I’m a cat person rather than a dog person, which means I would rather have a creature vomit on my floor than drool on my face. But I understand the appeal of pugs, if only in an academic sense. If neoteny, or immature looks, plays a strong role in our love for pets, then pugs are Dr. Moreau’s attempts at dog-babies: all bulging eyes and lolling mouths.

Hot Date” lets you speed-date them.
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