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Mal Ahern

@malahern

Assistant Professor at University of Washington. @uw_cms. Writing about image reproduction and automation. Mostly here for the Jeanne Dielman memes. She/her

Seattle, WA Katılım Nisan 2008
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Mal Ahern
Mal Ahern@malahern·
My article on AIR CONDITIONING just dropped in the fab new issue of Discourse. Read to hear me wild out on image ideologies, mass production, atmospheric work discipline, a fire at MoMA, conservation handbooks, macaroni factories, & more muse.jhu.edu/pub/27/article…
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Malcolm Harris
Malcolm Harris@BigMeanInternet·
I do think Istvan Meszaros figured out a lot of stuff about capitalism's progressive and regressive tendencies as a global system and it's largely because he read that one very clarifying letter from Marx, which is silly but true.
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Mal Ahern@malahern·
@BigMeanInternet My unscientific impression based on teaching a couple hundred kids a year: different demographics. There’s also a middle ground of kids who are ambivalent. But I find that the ones who are vocally anti- are not using it for classroom work.
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Malcolm Harris@BigMeanInternet·
Is there a good article that works from the premise, "If students don't like AI, why are they using it?"
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du côté de chez rob@ragandboneshop·
@BigMeanInternet my sense is that gen z tends to feel this way about much of the consumer technology they grew up with. "i'm addicted to my phone but also wish i lived in the 90s so i didn't have one" is something i hear every semester.
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Mal Ahern
Mal Ahern@malahern·
@nuhawrites I don’t teach composition but whenever I imagine what to do in that scenario I have a hard time of it. I do not envy everyone trying to figure out how to teach that absolutely critical class and skill in this moment!
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Nuha Fariha@nuhawrites·
@malahern What do you suggest for composition where the main point is learning to compose research papers?
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Mal Ahern@malahern·
I have seriously considered the following for large lectures: Final grade based on a combination of (tough) exams and (easy) in-class activities. Writing a paper is optional. Not extra credit. Optional. Won’t affect grade one bit. The reward is deep, engaged feedback
yana@Madame_Ennui

As a TA last semester I had to grade 40 final papers, and progressively realized many were AI just bc of how ridiculously similar they were. The problem was that going through and checking were taking 20x longer than grading and I was getting paid pocket change to grade

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Mal Ahern
Mal Ahern@malahern·
Her favorites were the GPO documentary NIGHT MAIL, the Faith and John Hubley film MOONBIRD, and any of the Norman McLaren films with dots and blooping sounds
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Arndt You Writing?@DanArndtWrites·
@malahern @freganmitts I fully believed this was real since that's the exact name that a famous gift giving/party planner known only to rich aunts would have
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Megan Fritts@freganmitts·
Some of you are good at Mother's Day gifts. If this is you, please help me out!! What do you get for a mid-to-late 60s woman whose main/sole interests are fashion and beauty, but just gets whatever she wants anyways and also has much better taste than you?
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Mal Ahern
Mal Ahern@malahern·
@BigMeanInternet @beingmmm Do they not exist (e.g., we have to use the same old apps but fewer people are being paid to develop/maintain them)? Or are people for some reason reluctant to call an app AI-built? Or is it possible that the wrong audience is seeing this? I am genuinely so curious...!
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Malcolm Harris@BigMeanInternet·
@beingmmm I'm not arguing on Twitter this month, really just looking to try filling some empty home screen space with one of the new and exciting apps but no one will tell me what they're called.
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Malcolm Harris@BigMeanInternet·
What are some consumer programs built with AI that have seen big user uptake? Is there a poster child for this new generation of apps?
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Rachel@tolstoybb·
I feel so bad for the kids these days. The price spread between the donation bin and luxury consignment has totally collapsed. In my youth, if you knew even a little bit about fashion, this gave you enough information asymmetry to utterly dominate your local charity stores.
keysmashbandit@keysmashbandit

Horrible news: the small town boutique thrift store recognized the unlabeled Issey Miyake piece in my size and priced it accordingly

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Mal Ahern@malahern·
@n_hold now it is time for her to read the Melville novel the Confidence Man <3
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Nate Holdren@n_hold·
16yo said the 'con' in 'con man' and 'con artist' is short for 'confidence' which I didn't know, and suggested that AI's aura of confidence is just robot con artistry. Seems right to me.
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Mal Ahern@malahern·
Dean hands on misery to Dean. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don't become a Dean yourself.
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Mal Ahern@malahern·
If you had more people to talk to at home you wouldn’t have to listen to so many podcasts!
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Mal Ahern@malahern·
There is a tendency now to treat extroverts like we are horrifying weirdos but for most of human history those of you who would prefer to eat breakfast silently and alone are the outliers
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Mal Ahern@malahern·
Honestly? I think living alone is undignified
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che capybara 🇵🇸@vogon_laureate·
Very last European uncontacted tribe to catch the nationalist mind virus
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