This list of “the counterspy techniques of C.I.A. officers” sounds a lot like… the basics of reporting in journalism

“For all the recent talk of an impending AI apocalypse and humanity being annihilated in some catastrophic, amorphous, unknown, hypothetical manner, I think the more risky scenario is allowing would-be god machines to continue their unfettered engagement in today’s information war.”

Me, a professor, lesson planning to teach ethics to journalism students this week

I have… never felt my age so deeply 🙃

This week I learned that my students have no idea who Dick Cheney was. I then immediately learned that the words “sorry to this man” along with “KeKe Palmer meme” also had no meaning to them. I…still have not recovered.

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