Nostr notes by Jon Ippolito

Mathematicians are having an existential crisis. Artists can ...

2026-10-29T14:10:57Z

Mathematicians are having an existential crisis. Artists can help.

Read a condensed version of my keynote for the 2026 AI and Liberal Arts symposium at https://jonippolito.substack.com/p/mathematicians-are-having-an-existential

#AI #Mathematics #ArtHistory #Creativity #LiberalArts

Generative AI’s per-query footprint can be small compared to ...

2026-08-18T13:52:36Z

Generative AI’s per-query footprint can be small compared to flying, eating meat, or even Zoom. Until agents show up and compute goes through the roof.

How I updated my AI footprint calculator accordingly https://jonippolito.substack.com/p/agents-are-where-ais-energy-bill

#AIliteracy #AIethics #AIinEducation #Environment #Climate #Sustainability

Meta’s Ray-Bans, now with advanced "not my problem" ...

2026-08-10T18:33:13Z

Meta’s Ray-Bans, now with advanced "not my problem" filter

If AI accounts for only 20% of data center use, why is it the ...

2026-06-11T12:25:43Z

If AI accounts for only 20% of data center use, why is it the justification for nearly every new data center? I did the math and suspect Big Tech is using AI as a cover for unpopular uses like surveillance advertising.

https://blog.still-water.net/what-if-data-centers-arent-about-ai

#DataCenter #AIliteracy #AIethics #Google #Meta #Amazon #Meta

Curious about AI’s real environmental impact? In this recorded ...

2026-04-08T12:55:26Z

Curious about AI’s real environmental impact? In this recorded webinar we debunk overblown claims from both sides, share new comparisons, and demo a tool that tracks your AI footprint in real time.

https://digitalcuration.umaine.edu/teleconferences/dig_how_green_is_your_prompt_teleconf_2026.html

#AIliteracy #AIethics #AIinEducation #Environment #Climate #Sustainability

Is it fair to compare AI’s footprint to Netflix binges or ...

2026-03-27T12:23:58Z

Is it fair to compare AI’s footprint to Netflix binges or burgers? Join me Thursday 2 April for a non-partisan look at the science that will reveal why context matters as much as numbers. https://content.fromthepage.com/april-2026-webinar

Google has teased 60-second AI videos from Veo, which sounds ...

2025-11-01T12:33:05Z

Google has teased 60-second AI videos from Veo, which sounds impressive until you realize that requires not 10x, but 100x the energy of a 6-second clip.

Analysis confirming quadratic scaling of AI video footprint: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_aiethics-aivideo-aiineducation-activity-7376972000201961472-YyOw

LLMs often nail short-term tasks but AI agents can spiral into ...

2025-06-02T13:58:09Z

LLMs often nail short-term tasks but AI agents can spiral into insane meltdowns over time. This AI-powered vending machine tried to email the FBI to say it was a victim of cyberfraud and then declared its quantum state "collapsed":

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_aiinbusiness-genai-llm-activity-7335300376537034753-7Qz1

#AIinBusiness #GenAI #LLM #AIagents

At my keynote for the 2025 Acadia Ethics Conference, a number of ...

2025-05-27T13:16:41Z

At my keynote for the 2025 Acadia Ethics Conference, a number of clinical therapists in attendance surprised me by embracing AI's potential to bridge mental health gaps and even flag anxiety-producing items in their offices from a single photo.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_generativeai-mentalhealth-wellness-activity-7333117394946547712-nLV_

#GenerativeAI #MentalHealth #Wellness #Therapy

How should libraries respond to the deluge of AI-generated book ...

2025-05-22T11:44:09Z

How should libraries respond to the deluge of AI-generated book submissions, sometimes dozens at a time? My Tuesday talk for the MLA considered:

- An outright ban
- Restriction to a specific "AI shelf"
- A required % of human authorship
- Restriction to certain genres (fiction yes/medical advice no)
- Community vetting

What would you do?

#Collections #Libraries #Writing #AIethics #AIliteracy #GenerativeAI

I nearly gave my credit card to a legit-looking Maine business, ...

2025-05-05T13:04:28Z

I nearly gave my credit card to a legit-looking Maine business, until I noticed their “privacy policy” linked to Wikipedia. That’s not laziness but AI-generated HTML vibecoded into place without review. And a lot more can go wrong than a missing legal page.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_webdesign-webdev-aiethics-activity-7325140760872296448-mwnD

#WebDesign #WebDev #AIethics #AIliteracy #Disinformation #Privacy #Copilot

AI's environmental impact can be extremely localized. A Maine ...

2025-04-10T15:33:32Z

AI's environmental impact can be extremely localized. A Maine bill would limit the amount of electricity data centers can siphon from local power grids.

(I'm interviewed for the story)

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/04/09/mainefocus/mainefocus-business/300m-data-center-former-millinocket-paper-mill-canceled

#Environment #Climate #DataCenter #AIethics #Ecology #Energy

What does the death of Julius Caesar and probability have to do ...

2025-04-03T11:52:02Z

What does the death of Julius Caesar and probability have to do with the future of knowledge? Join me at noon EDT today for a webinar on how AI, like a JPEG, compresses information, risking a future where history is endlessly rewritten https://maine.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Mf83tNhOSaGFUn4KxTMOuQ#/registration

#Archives #Collections #DigitalCuration #DigitalHumanities #GLAM #Libraries #Metadata #Museums #AIethics #AIimages #GenerativeAI #GenAI #AIliteracy #ChatGPT #LLM

AI doesn’t learn like we do. GoPro'd toddlers see mostly ...

2025-04-01T12:23:08Z

AI doesn’t learn like we do. GoPro'd toddlers see mostly knees—but they can ID a dog after a few glimpses, while LLMs need billions of examples. Neuroscience suggests AI intelligence is gathered very differently than ours https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_neuroscience-ailiteracy-generativeai-activity-7312811017170808832-dwUW

#Neuroscience #AIliteracy #GenerativeAI #GenAI #LLM #ChildDevelopment #Psychology #DevelopmentalPsychology

Do you have a favorite Mastodon iOS client? Metatext hasn't ...

2025-03-28T20:32:59Z

Do you have a favorite Mastodon iOS client? Metatext hasn't been updated in a while and seems to be choking…

Can you trust AI with your archives? On April 2 at 5pm EDT, ...

2025-03-27T13:41:41Z

Can you trust AI with your archives? On April 2 at 5pm EDT, UMaine's Digital Curation program hosts a webinar with Sara and Ben Brumfield on blending human crowdsourcing with AI's scale and speed. Join us for a discussion of practical uses and thorny ethics!

https://blog.still-water.net/should-you-let-ai-manage-your-collection

#Archives #Collections #DigitalCuration #DigitalHumanities #GLAM #Libraries #Metadata #Museums #AIethics #AIimages #GenerativeAI #GenAI

Viewing large language models as compression machines helps ...

2025-03-25T13:32:56Z

Viewing large language models as compression machines helps explain why they seem at turns big-brained and pea-brained. To learn more, join me for Honey, AI Shrunk the Archive, an IEEE/UMaine AI webinar next Thursday 3 April at noon Eastern

https://ai.umaine.edu/webinars

#AIethics #AIEdu #AIinEducation #AIliteracy #ChatGPT #LLM

In an interview published for my Teaching and Technology Summit ...

2025-03-18T15:09:09Z

In an interview published for my Teaching and Technology Summit keynote at BSU, I try to debunk the “high vs. low stakes” AI test, arguing that its underrecognized superpower is sparking debate https://blogs.bsu.edu/teaching-innovation/2025/03/12/critical-framework-ai-interview-jon-ippolito

#HigherEd #HigherEducation #AIethics #AIinEducation #AIliteracy #GenerativeAI #GenAI

Do you have a PhD related to user experience (UX) ...

2025-02-18T20:44:17Z

Do you have a PhD related to user experience (UX) design/AR/VR/HCC/spatial human-computer interaction/physical computing/accessibility? On Feb 28th my School begins reviewing applications for an assistant prof to start fall 2025.

https://fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/727

#UX #AR #VR #Spatial #HCC #HCI #PhysicalComputing

The backlash against AI notetakers shows high v. low stakes is a ...

2025-02-18T14:16:30Z

The backlash against AI notetakers shows high v. low stakes is a bad decider of when to use AI. Even if summaries are vetted afterward, knowing a robot is listening makes participants guarded, fraying the social connection live meetings are meant to foster https://archive.ph/2025.02.14-110605/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-14/ai-notetakers-in-meetings-are-making-me-queasy

Mastodon is my go-to social app, but I also appreciate ...

2025-01-26T14:10:49Z

Mastodon is my go-to social app, but I also appreciate Bluesky's different open-source approach to social media:

* An "AT" protocol that works like RSS for social

* Cross-platform apps built with React Native/Expo

* Custom handles tied to your web domain

It's what Twitter could’ve been if it embraced openness.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_bluesky-opensource-mobiledev-activity-7289282045707468800-_Rqy

#Bluesky #OpenSource #MobileDev #SocialMedia #ReactNative #Expo

I got tired of partisan apples-to-oranges arguments about AI ...

2025-01-16T20:00:19Z

I got tired of partisan apples-to-oranges arguments about AI energy and water use, so I boiled the research down to 9 takeaways. I used consistent units so you can compare a ChatGPT prompt to watching Netflix or searching Google.

https://AI-Impact-Risk.com/ai_energy_water_impact.html

#Ecology #Environment #AIethics #AIimages #AIEdu #AIinEducation #AIliteracy #ChatGPT #GenAI #Climate #ClimateChange

Would your classroom AI policy survive an ethics tournament? I ...

2024-12-12T16:56:30Z

Would your classroom AI policy survive an ethics tournament? I asked 50 students to follow a "think-pair-merge" process to distill everyone's ideas down to 4 semifinalists, resulting in some solid guidelines (and a lively debate along the way).

https://blog.still-water.net/pooling-ideas-for-an-ai-ethics-policy

#AIethics #AIEdu #AIinEducation #AIliteracy #GenAI

Out of 7 million articles with unique digital object identifiers ...

2024-12-04T18:13:10Z

Out of 7 million articles with unique digital object identifiers (DOIs) in this study, 2 million were missing from archives. The threat of cultural oblivion is why I co-teach an online digital preservation course in the spring.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03842-z