jacob riyeff

translator, teacher, poet, frequenter of nature preserves, lover of very old poetry, non-tenure-track professor, benedictine oblate.
ubi spiritus? ubi fruitio?

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

ubi amor, ibi oculus.

—richard of st. victor, _benjamin minor_

[Dr. Kate Ward @TheKateWard]

Those looking for insights on Magnifica Humanitas would do well to check out the ongoing series on https://t.co/y8WhArOTn3. I liked this from Julie Hanlon Rubio on the proper place of "pelvic theology." https://t.co/8A1qb4heTI

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

@hotdamhistorian _laborem excercens_ is about the most pro-labor document in modern times.
https://t.co/ezx5MM4anL

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

@SohrabAhmari who genuinely puts stock in statistical probability software's "opinion" on the real world? dear god.

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

@joeyhiles1 did you join up?

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

@jonmsweeney @journalsentinel you'll always be a milwaukeean to me, jon.

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

@jasonwblakely i just noticed this at a regional bookstore in southern michigan over the weekend. oh boy.

[Joseph Massey @jmasseypoet]

A poem by Cid Corman. Put it on my tombstone.

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

@DaultRadio i'm glad when anyone comes to this realization, but it really should have been obvious to anyone who cares about higher ed in about december of '22.

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

hear, hear.

[Commonweal Magazine @commonwealmag]

"AI is armed and dangerous, and the act of defusing it will take work from us all."

@JohnSlatteryPhD on Pope Leo's 'Magnifica Humanitas':
https://t.co/fXhLp6O1DC

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

no text of _magnifica humanitas_ in latin yet?
anyone know where to find it?
@Pontifex

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Today, among the goods that are universally intended for everyone, we must also include new forms of property, such as patents, algorithms, digital platforms, technological infrastructure and data. In a context where the wealth of nations depends increasingly on knowledge and technology, when these goods remain concentrated in the hands of a few, without adequate forms of sharing and access, a new imbalance is created that contradicts the universal destination of goods. In turn, it widens the gap between the included and the excluded, between those who can participate in the digital revolution and those who remain on the margins. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Martin Potter @PotterVillamil]

spontaneous garden

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

We must, then, avoid the “Babel syndrome,” namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance. This is the risk of dehumanization: building a future that excludes God and reduces the other to a means.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In the era of #ArtificialIntelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace. #MagnificaHumanitas
https://t.co/6i9MWs6LJl

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

As evidenced by the unbridled promotion and implementation of technology at the expense of human dignity, we are truly experiencing an eclipse of the sense of what it means to be human. It is imperative to recover an understanding of the true meaning and grandeur of humanity as intended by God. It is in this sense that the challenge we currently face is not technological, but anthropological, and it is my hope that the Encyclical Letter to be published within a few days will contribute to answering this challenge.

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

"approximately"?!

[Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus]

approximately equals “I am already rich and fuck you if you lose your job to AI”

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

@jmasseypoet this is right. the reciting itself instantiates the work of art in a human body/mind.
the conceptual material conveyed in words (less commonly the sonic material) normally refers to "life" broadly construed and so is not "the thing itself," but that's not what art is anyway.

[Martin Potter @PotterVillamil]

get caught by dawn on a night walk, Edinburgh

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

@platonicideals @hoofnagle discipline and expectations are not _necessarily_ the same as policing.

[jacob riyeff @riyeff]

amen.
the full statement is clear-sighted, not just stating _what_ is expected but _why_ and does not defer to industry ad-speak.
also explains why it makes sense to train in particular circumstances for technical knowledge for professional spaces.
c'mon #highered; we can do it.

[Chris Hoofnagle @hoofnagle]

Berkeley law has introduced a new, much stricter AI policy
https://t.co/wlNs2cUrKz