Textpocalypse: A Literary Scholar Eyes the “Grey Goo” of AI
What will the “grey goo” of AI generated text do to us? A scholar of writing and technology talks with us about AI and Large Language Models.
Fallout from the Implosion of Humanities Enrollments
What does the decline of the English major mean for society at large, and university presses in particular?
Guest Post — Academic Publishers Are Missing the Point on ChatGPT
Avi Staiman discusses the value that ChatGPT can bring to scholarly communication, particularly leveling the playing field for English as an Additional Language authors.
Is the Letter “R” a Vowel? What is a Vowel Anyway, and What Does How You Pronounce “R” Say About You?
Did your teacher lie to you when they told you that the only vowels were A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y?
Thinking About ChatGPT and the Future — Where Are We On AI’s Development Curve?
A compilation of links and a video to incisive analyses of ChatGPT and what it means for the future.
Guest Post — Introducing Two New Toolkits to Advance Inclusion in Scholarly Communication: Part 1
The first of a two part series introducing new toolkits from C4DISC: Guidelines on Inclusive Language and Images in Scholarly Communication and the Antiracism Toolkit for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
A History of Encabulation — Advancements From the Turbo Encabulator and the Retro Encabulator Have Led to the Hyper Encabulator
Significant breakthroughs in jargon have enabled the development of the hyper encabulator, sure to serve all your encabulation needs.
It Isn’t Fake Science, Because It Isn’t Science at All. It’s Dupery.
What if even by saying “fake science” you inadvertently participate in a scam? What if this phrase legitimizes fraud, lies, and deceit? Let’s call it what it is – dupery.
Words We Need
English is a vocabulary-rich language, but we still lack some terms we need.