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Transcript and Video of Salaita’s Press Conference

September 9, 2014

The transcript of Steven Salaita’s remarks at today’s press conference is here, and a video of the event, including an introduction by one of his…
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Salaita Updates

September 9, 2014

Steven Salaita (previously) will be speaking at a press conference today at 12:30 pm at the University YMCA in Urbana, Illinois. Details here. UPDATE: The…
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Updates on Salaita

September 4, 2014

For the most recent information about the efforts to reverse the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s decision to rescind Steven Salaita’s offer, see Corey…
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Salaita’s Contract to be Forwarded to Board – UPDATED

September 2, 2014

UPDATE [9/2/14]: Ted Underwood, a professor of English at UIUC, tweets: “Regret to say that last night’s report from students appears premature. Faculty have…

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of course.. they gave it to him and not me.
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Let’s stipulate that Dropbox genuinely has no ties to AI companies. What about using Gmail or OneDrive? I don’t see how one could consistently (e.g.) abjure using Gemini…
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Yes, memory is narrative storytelling using context triggered neurological networks. Freud speculated about memory traces, Friston called the Bayesian probability clouds.
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Amazing! Congrats!
Patrick Lin on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
I assume they'll be using the rigorous standard set by the US Supreme Court: "I'll know it when I see it."
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How do you get credit anonymously?
Meme on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
Still need someone to start it (I’m more of an “ideas guy who will take all the credit” myself).
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Tag: academic freedom

Transcript and Video of Salaita’s Press Conference

Salaita Updates

Updates on Salaita

Salaita’s Contract to be Forwarded to Board – UPDATED