Tuesday, June 10
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- Ohio University says that all students will be required to learn and be fluent in AI. (The Guardian)
"Ohio State has an opportunity and responsibility to prepare students to not just keep up, but lead in this workforce of the future," said the university’s president, Walter "Ted" Carter Jr.
Sigh.
He [Ted] added: "Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live, work, teach and learn. In the not-so-distant future, every job, in every industry, is going to be [affected] in some way by AI. I'm Ted."
- China shut down public AI chatbots during exam season. (The Verge)
How will esteemed offspring ever be able to enter the civil service now, short of having his knackers chopped off?
And has Ohio State considered that option?
Tech News
- People arguing about the tax code change affecting software development. (Hacker News)
None of whom know what they are talking about.
- YouTube will protect free expression by, uh, protecting free expression. (Ars Technica)
The guidelines of the level of "misinformation" required for content to be removed have been increased - making it less likely that material that triggers the lunatic left will be censored - and staff have been advised to contact their managers if they are unsure that the content crosses the line.
The lunatic left - here admirably represented by Ars Technica itself - is outraged that differences in opinion are permitted at all.
- Apple - who have not gone all-in on AI, almost uniquely among the big tech companies - says that AI cannot think, and they can prove it. (Tom's Hardware)
Oh, and they're right. At least as far as LLMs go, which are gobbling up 99% of the investment and research efforts.
- Speaking of which, ChatGPT was trounced in a chess match... Against an Atari 2600 from 1732. (Hot Hardware)
It's expected to line up next month against the Antikythera Mechanism.
- MacOS 26 will be the last version that supports Intel hardware. (9to5Mac)
Err... They seem to have skipped a few version numbers there.
- The GPD MicroPC 2 is an upgrade to the GPD MicroPC. (Liliputing)
Notably with twice the RAM (now 16GB soldered) and a full-size M.2 2280 storage device.
- 3GB GDDR7 modules exist. (WCCFTech)
Which we already know because they're used in Nvidia's 24GB laptop RTX 5090 and the $10,000 96GB RTX Pro 6000.
These could save the RTX 5060 an 8GB RTX 5060 Ti by upgrading them to 12GB - four 3GB modules instead of four 2GB - but at $10 each they cost a lot for that extra 1GB.
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Somehow that GRAUNIAD piece was even dumber than you tried to make it sound. I guess I'm terrified that "Ted" is probably correct when he says "every job, in every industry".
Posted by: normal at Tuesday, June 10 2025 08:52 PM (bg2DR)
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That 'Ted' fellow from OSU is a real shill for AI, isn't he? Say...you don't suppose...
Posted by: Joe Redfield at Wednesday, June 11 2025 04:02 AM (KOtXO)
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American universities actually do face serious challenges that they are not well equipped to navigate and address. In that context, Walt Carter's position maybe does not rank highly among all of the terrible answers Universities are trying out. If the AI investment fad does truly prove to be a dry hole, the magnitude probably does have economic consequences which will tweak everyone's finances. The big problem for universities is the way they keep on demonstrating that they are too stupid and too ignorant to keep on holding the monopolies on certain economic impacts that they have right now.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Wednesday, June 11 2025 08:57 AM (rcPLc)
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PatBuckman - yep.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wednesday, June 11 2025 06:14 PM (PiXy!)
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I was thrown by the capitalization of "university" in the headline of the top story. You see, there is an actual school named Ohio University in Athens, Ohio---my sister-in-law is an alumna---but the article is about The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
Posted by: three-humped camel at Wednesday, June 11 2025 11:22 PM (Ncog+)
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I think the headline writer would be surprised to learn that Ohio has more than one university...
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Posted by: J Greely at Friday, June 13 2025 04:09 AM (oJgNG)
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The Wayback (but not very far in this case) Machine says that the title of the article has been changed to "Ohio State University ... " so someone must've complained. The URL, as is common, has not changed and also shows what the original title was.
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, June 13 2025 07:05 AM (1zWbY)
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