Eric Oliver

Professor at University of Chicago.
Author of How to Know Your Self.
Host of Knowing with Eric Oliver podcast.

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

@NickWolfinger @GaryPetersonUSA Hey Nick. Nice to hear from you on this strange platform we both seem to be still on

[unSILOed Podcast with Greg LaBlanc @UnsiloedPodcast]

In this conversation, guest @ProfEricOliver of the @UChicago delves deep into his popular Knowing Yourself course, combining neuroscience, Buddhism, philosophy, psychology, and reflective exercises. Check the full episode at https://t.co/Pi2JaQlLzZ | @LiverightPub

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

My new Knowing podcast episode with Yale professor John Williams takes a deep dive into mindfulness-what it is, how we misunderstand it, and what role it can play in our lives. Check it out! https://t.co/MIhweIHcZ9

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

I just wrote my first note on Substack
https://t.co/oVdhiPFauF

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

This guy was in 21 degree weather (14 windchill) in Montauk NY today surfing without a wetsuit. What a beast!

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

@christopherrufo You've jumped the shark.

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

I'm now writing commentary on Substack! Come subscribe to hear all the deep thoughts! https://t.co/Fge2rHnReO

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

This guy, Judge William Young (a Reagan Appointee) is "a left wing activist" and "terrorist sympathizer" according to the WH because he is standing up for the first amendment. The crap out of this administration keeps flowing.

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

Delighted to announce I'll be doing two events in the New York Area this week. Wednesday at Theodore's Books in Oyster Bay with the great @RepSteveIsrael and Thursday Night at McNally Jackson books with the brilliant @amandastern https://t.co/r70TsrNzRN. Come join!

[Kent Wascom @KentWascom]

Renee was one of my students years ago. I held her baby. She was kind and talented, a working class mom who put herself through school despite circumstances that would’ve crumpled the pathetic rich boy politicians who sadistically abetted her murder

God damn them all

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

@lindaburson7487 Hi. Thanks for reaching out. A better way to reach me is via email which you can find on my website https://t.co/yKrOK1WUzy. Happy to chat!

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

For those still on this platform, happy to announce the publication of my new book How to Know Your Self. It's a book that describes what this self is, why is malfunctions, and how you can make it work better. https://t.co/x9cJpvGLiw

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

@lindaburson7487 Thanks! Twenty years teaching the class, it's based on, 3 years actually to write it.

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

@lindaburson7487 Thanks!

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

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[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

Last year, I was "don't use GPT because it will give you a "C" level paper." This year, I am "how can we use GPT as an additional tool in our research kit?" AI is an unavoidable part of our future, so let's integrate it into instruction. This means fundamentally rethinking our approach pedagogy. The "cram and exam" model of teaching was always crappy and didn't necessarily improve learning or inspire critical thinking skills.

My students are using GPT to help them better code in R, to do more comprehensive lit reviews, and to help them edit work. This is where we'll all be using it, so in class, we go through of how to make it work better.

Where it falls short is when it writes papers for students, but here it's simply a matter of generating prompts that are not AI compatible. Also, GPT has many "tells" and it is pretty easy to see when their work is not their own.

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

@ryanburge Do you get similar results if you ask if they consider themselves "conservative, orthodox, or fundamentalist" in their beliefs?

[Eric Oliver @ProfEricOliver]

@ReubenR80027912 This assumes her arcane and often unreadable prose has that much influence. I'm skeptical that she has moved the needle much compared to the gender-bending of Bowie, Prince, and so many other great artists.