ChatGPT and the like are already working in the economy, creatng first-draft or low-/mid-value content. In the hands of experienced writers and editors, this is a huge time- and money-saver. This alone is “worth it”. There are many uses for this outside of creating search engine bait and gaming Google.
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Been reading/hearing a lot lately on AI-generated content esp the CNET articles.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/cnet-publishing-articles-by-ai
The consensus seems to be that there needs to be full disclosure it was AI-written.
I don't agree. AI-writing should be judged by the same standards that any writing is. Is it factual? well written? non-plagiarized? etc.
There's a lot that goes into non-AI writing that is never disclosed. All kinds of editing, collaboration, etc. And never mind ghost writing.
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This process could probably be used also to send things to Ulysses.
“The process involves both integration platforms IFTTT and Integromat with Dropbox as the cloud storage for my Obsidian vault. IFTTT is used to get the data from Instapaper to then send it on to a Webhook in Integromat which processes it and uploads a markdown note to Dropbox.”
Instapaper Highlights to Obsidian Notes Pipeline - Share & showcase - Obsidian Forum
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"college attendees are often left wanting when it comes to preparing for the workforce and wish to have more workforce experience and opportunities for applied learning as part of their college education”
—Young adults want more workforce training - eCampus News
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"What, precisely, would a liberal studies degree, especially one from a School of Continuing Education, mean? My experience suggests that degree completers are especially like to want something different: A career-aligned degree with well-defined return on investment. I simply don’t know what employers make of such a degree from such a unit., the biggest question is whether highly selective private institutions, no matter how richly resourced, actually know how to work with students who aren’t extremely smart and self-motivated., That’s a mission that community colleges and broad access... read more >
Interesting to see a focus on key groups.
“Concepts submitted in response to this announcement must specifically state how proposed initiatives will target and reach underrepresented demographics”—ISS National Lab Research Announcement: Leveraging the International Space Station for Education and Workplace Development
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“Now, students were given the opportunity to compare. And they discovered that the often lackluster college classroom is not much better than what usually happens online.”
The problem isn’t “online”. It’s “instruction”.
Why College Students Turned From Being Down on Remote Learning to Mostly in Favor of It - EdSurge News
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Look around. Do you see what's happening here? The digital landscape is providing tools and strategies to understand the marketplace better. So B2B and B2C enterprises are sharpening their focus and driving more sales, right? Not always. Sales and marketing teams continue to compete over the same leads. A major step towards successfully implementing the available tools that can help improve sales is to tear down the wall that separates the two disciplines.
The first step is to have the sales team examine data that marketing has generated to understand who their prospects are. One of the... read more >
