Historian at CCCU: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8378-4968 Councillor of the Royal Historical Society; SHS executive; EHS. Views own. Currently: "Dying Homeless, 1600-2013", Soon: 'The Wheel of Poverty'. He/him.https://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mwq3wkb5z22i"AI has not rescued the humanities. What it has done is reveal, with unusual clarity, what happens when societies allow the institutions that cultivate judgement to erode." https://corp.oup.com/spotlights/ai-has-made-the-case-for-humanities-disciplines/30 Sep 2026 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwq3wkb5z22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mwo5sywmc22kI spent this thread ticking off how many of these my own dad did (all of it) when I was young. I still hear the words 'take responsibility for your actions' in his voice, suspect I always will. Dealing with violence against women and disrespect in young men goes well past 'a conversation'. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwo5sywmc22khttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mwnxkvj2t22i(Burnham's speech) Tying a change to the pensions triple lock up with a new national care service is very smart politically. It's probably also sound public policy although I doubt a fully national care service can be paid for only through this change.29 Sep 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnxkvj2t22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mwnt6ylqjc2eIf the UK HE 'Situation' has made it itself clear this far 'out' into wider policy discourse, as it were, you know it's real bad. Like internationally noticeably bad. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnt6ylqjc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mwicjy2tls2zHow are they going to enforce the Oath? But seriously for a moment, what, other than the grim pursuit of money, are we actually doing here? [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwicjy2tls2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mwesgokrp22aA thing I think about is that the guys absolutely in the tank for AI cannot in any universe "out sci-fi" me, a Humanities guy. I've read all of it. I've been reading it since I was like six. I get every single reference they think they own. I am not on their side because of that reading.25 Sep 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwesgokrp22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mwdbsbbnfc2qDamn I just got done supporting an entirely normal and real human with one of these MSCAs and now I learn that application is going to get swamped in a sea of autocomplete horseshit. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdbsbbnfc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mwd5pp2kek2qThis post has the Michel de Montaigne seal of approval. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwd5pp2kek2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mwb5ecaeuk2t'History is a Human Craft'. In piece about ethics, our classrooms and AI, I suppose I've put up my barricades and drawn my lines. I suggest 8 'considerations' before we do any teaching with AI. This is part of a new @royalhistsoc.org short series on 'AI and History Teaching' in Transactions. https://blog.royalhistsoc.org/2026/09/24/history-is-a-human-craft/24 Sep 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwb5ecaeuk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mwbzwkiuv22vUKRI is using AI to "screen" grant applications? That is beyond awful and we are so very screwed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbzwkiuv22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mwb5ecaeuk2t'History is a Human Craft'. In piece about ethics, our classrooms and AI, I suppose I've put up my barricades and drawn my lines. I suggest 8 'considerations' before we do any teaching with AI. This is part of a new @royalhistsoc.org short series on 'AI and History Teaching' in Transactions. https://blog.royalhistsoc.org/2026/09/24/history-is-a-human-craft/24 Sep 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwb5ecaeuk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mwamakozqk2ySome of us have to write long papers about why AI is a bullshit engine. The youth, however, clearly just get it.24 Sep 2026 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwamakozqk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davehitchcock.bsky.social/post/3mvn2k25unc2lThe Platonic ideal of the word 'thought' must be screaming in the ether from all the abuse it is currently getting. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:mjxxl6eubld2nrhsut7odei4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn2k25unc2l