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on an arbitrary set of neurotypical social skills for grant funding. (For the record, he also reassured me that he would say I was phenomenal regardless). This was one of the many times I saw Jonathan use his power to call out ableism in academia, but it’s the one that stands out to me the most. 2/2
Another fond memory of Jonathan Sterne: one award cycle, an application asked my referees to evaluate my “interpersonal skills.” Jonathan reached out and let me know that he would be making it very clear to the selection committee that it was absurd to evaluate a student (especially an autistic) 1/2
REFLECTIONS ON AI IN THE CLASSROOM: How We are Not Using Al in the Classroom By Sonja Drimmer & Christopher J. Nygren Premise Prompt engineering is a term that has become commonplace since the widespread availability of generative Al applications like ChatGPT. The idea is that the outputs of the large language models (LLMs) on which these applications are based are only as good as the prompts that are input: vague prompts result in equally vague outputs. And thus was born the race to train for careers in prompt engineering. Unfortunately, the bubble seems to have burst before even the first generation of students was trained for this career outcome. We were given a prompt as an invitation to participate in this newsletter: "How are you using Al in the classroom?" While we have accepted this invitation, we are engaging in the most humanistic act we can imagine—refusing the prompt.”
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Beyond all of that, though, he was just a lovely person. Kind, funny, generous. He let me play hyperpop for our undergraduate class and danced along. He always made time for his students. What a profound loss to communication studies, disability studies, and the world.
He also answered my many, many questions about grad school as an eager undergrad who had no idea what I was doing. He encouraged me, challenged me, and especially told me that I could do it, which I desperately needed to hear at the time .
Prev. posted on the other site: There is so much to say and yet nothing to say at all. I often tell my colleagues that I think I wouldn’t have gone to grad school at all without Jonathan Sterne. He introduced me to work and lines of thought that have deeply shaped my work to this day.
