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  • LLM Parlour Games for Overeducated Wankers7 Nov 24

    Note: this stuff is the workshop content for an alumni workshop in November 2024 hosted by the Cybernetic Studio at the ANU School of Cybernetics....

  • Writing graph theory proofs with ChatGPT8 Feb 23

    Posting logs of ChatGPT interaction is getting a bit passé by now in Feb '23, so I'll stop doing it soon (I promise). But yesterday I was hanging out with my father-in-law and showing how it might impact his classes---he's Associate Chair of the Mathematics Department at a top uni in China....

  • Academic integrity guidelines re: ChatGPT and generative AI tools2 Feb 23

    Here in Australia Semester 1 is approaching and ChatGPT is, undoubtedly, a thing. From a practical perspective it's important to have some​ sort of guidelines about about ChatGPT and other generative AI tools in the classroom (everyone's doing it). If you don't provide any advice ahead of time you'll end up making it up as you go along (because it will come up) and policy on the run is policy underdone....

  • Are you ready for ChatGPT in the classroom this semester?16 Jan 23

    As I scrolled through my social media feeds over the Christmas break I read through several "what do AI tools like ChatGPT mean for the future of Higher Education" pieces---I'm sure you saw them as well. To be honest, I'm reluctant to add to that discourse, because most of my thoughts on the issue have already been made....

  • Drinking from the bullshit firehose7 Dec 22

    https://stratechery.com/2022/ai-homework/...

  • AI in higher education: dystopia, utopia or something in between?13 Oct 22

    Ben Swift is educational experiences lead and associate director (education) at the ANU School of Cybernetics. The ANU School of Cybernetics is activating cybernetics as an important tool for navigating major societal transformations through capability building, policy development and safe, sustainable and responsible approaches to new systems....

  • Feedback in livecoding: cui bono?13 Sept 21
  • Moving to the School of Cybernetics11 May 21

    Some job news---I've just accepted a position in the new School of Cybernetics in the ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics. I'll finish out my teaching this semester in the School of Computing then I'll make the move in July. For those not familiar with the ANU org-chart or acronymicon, there are multiple Schools in each College (so I'm moving Schools but staying within the same College)....

  • How to cite code? Leading by example16 Mar 21

    In our Computing Education Reading Group yesterday we looked at Sheard et. al.'s paper on Strategies for Maintaining Academic Integrity in First-Year from ITiCSE '17. It was a great discussion, with lots of new questions raised as directions for future work....

  • Respectful Learning Memes19 Feb 21
  • Independent Study Contract writing tips25 Jan 21

    Many students here at the ANU School of Computing take a capstone project at the end of their undergraduate degree. There are a few different variations (e.g. half-year vs full-year, "research" vs "implementation", etc.), but overall these projects are a chance for students to put together all the skills they've learned in their degree program in a supervised project where they're the boss....

  • Student project: animated 3D code rendering engine11 Dec 20
  • LENS Online - the Laptop Ensemble in a time of covid1921 Mar 20

    Well, as with all ANU courses, we're taking the Laptop Ensemble (COMP2710/MUSI2205) course online....

  • ICLC Extempore workshop6 Feb 20

    If you're here for the ICLC Extempore workshop Introduction to music-making in Extempore, then welcome!...

  • ANU Laptop Ensemble in S1 202025 Jan 20

    The Laptop Ensemble (LENS) is happening again in Semester 1 2020 as a for-credit ANU course in computer music making and laptop performance. It is open to students in music, art, computer science, and elsewhere around the ANU....

  • COMP1720 2019 major project exhibtion8 Nov 19

    If you're around the ANU campus tomorrow (Saturday Nov 9) then come along to experience the COMP1720 Art & Interaction in New Media major project exhibition. This year's theme is listening in/listening out....

  • Ben and COMP2300 next year21 Oct 19

    Students[^organised-ones] are starting to turn their gaze towards 2020, and so I've been getting a bunch of emails asking me if I'm teaching COMP2300/6300 Computer Organisation & Program Execution again in Semester 1 2020....

  • IoT China Study Tour not happening in 201914 Oct 19

    In the (Australian) Summer of '16/17, '17/18 and '18/19 I ran an Internet of Things China Study Tour at the Beijing Institute of Technology. They were good times....

  • Laptop Ensemble in the Canberra Times1 Oct 19

    The ANU Laptop Ensemble (LENS) is in the Canberra Times this morning: ANU School of Music's new orchestra is far from conventional....

  • Making the most of meetings with research students6 Aug 19

    tl;dr here are my standard questions for one-to-one meetings with research students...