Lettre ouverte : Arrêtons l’adoption naïve des technologies de l’IA dans le milieu universitaire
https://aeporreca.org/blog/lettre-ouverte-adoption-ia/
Traduction française d'une lettre ouverte internationale (par @olivia et al.) que vous pouvez signer dans l'original en anglais ici;
https://openletter.earth/open-letter-stop-the-uncritical-adoption-of-ai-technologies-in-academia-b65bba1e
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@jonmsterling I am less pessimistic about democratic project governance in the long run. But it's inherently slower than a dictator, and these projects will need a lot of time to develop a consensus on LLMs.
One problem I see is divergent views on LLMs among core contributors. I doubt that people with such divergent views can effectively collaborate. Meaning that the outcome is one group leaving the project.
One problem I see is divergent views on LLMs among core contributors. I doubt that people with such divergent views can effectively collaborate. Meaning that the outcome is one group leaving the project.
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@screwlisp Unix interoperability is at a very low level: character streams. Every programming system support character streams.
CL conditions are standard CL, but CL-only. Much less interoperable than character streams.
And then, even inside the CL universe, I think your scheme requires interoperable programs to use the same conditions, i.e. have a common dependency. Maybe I got that wrong though.
@dougmerritt
CL conditions are standard CL, but CL-only. Much less interoperable than character streams.
And then, even inside the CL universe, I think your scheme requires interoperable programs to use the same conditions, i.e. have a common dependency. Maybe I got that wrong though.
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Apr 13, 2026
@screwlisp It all depends on what you consider the key features of Unix pipes to be. Chaining operations is something you can do with function calls. Is that already "the same as Unix pipes"?
For me, Unix pipes are about just-in-time composability between independently written programs. You don't get that with your condition hack because there needs to be a prior agreement on the conditions in all candidate components.
@dougmerritt
For me, Unix pipes are about just-in-time composability between independently written programs. You don't get that with your condition hack because there needs to be a prior agreement on the conditions in all candidate components.
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Apr 10, 2026
@aartaka If the goal is a neat copy for sending to someone, yes. For personal notes, you write with generous line spacing, and then you can do minor corrections But not what I do on my computer. Which is why I hardly write on paper any more. Just short notes like shopping lists.
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Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Formation "Construction et animation d'une communauté autour du développement d'un logiciel libre"
30 juin - 2 juillet à Autrans
La formation est ouverte et gratuite à tous les membres des laboratoires de recherche académique en France.
https://animeopensource.sciencesconf.org/
30 juin - 2 juillet à Autrans
La formation est ouverte et gratuite à tous les membres des laboratoires de recherche académique en France.
https://animeopensource.sciencesconf.org/
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Apr 10, 2026
"Even more troublingly, other researchers say, the fake papers were then cited in peer-reviewed literature. Osmanovic Thunström says this suggests that some researchers are relying on AI-generated references without reading the underlying papers."
Does this still surprise anyone?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y
Does this still surprise anyone?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y
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Konrad Hinsen
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Apr 10, 2026
@aartaka That's what Ivan Illich calls "radical monopolies" (in his 1973 book "Tools for conviviality"): technologies that people can no longer opt out of because society at large has decided to adopt them.
However, before you decide to fight against radical monopolies, keep in mind that agriculture is one as well! As are fridges, or the power grid. For me, the priority is understanding and then equilibrating the power structures that each radical monopoly creates.
However, before you decide to fight against radical monopolies, keep in mind that agriculture is one as well! As are fridges, or the power grid. For me, the priority is understanding and then equilibrating the power structures that each radical monopoly creates.
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Apr 10, 2026
@aartaka I wonder how realistic this description is. When I look at how people of my parents' generation worked (those I knew well enough), I note that they all wrote drafts by hand on paper before turning to the typewriter.
I also remember when word processing arrived in my own life, around 1983. It made my writing a lot better, because outlining first and then iteratively refining the outline is how I work best. I am not going back to typewriters!
I also remember when word processing arrived in my own life, around 1983. It made my writing a lot better, because outlining first and then iteratively refining the outline is how I work best. I am not going back to typewriters!
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Konrad Hinsen
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Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Apr 09, 2026
You can now sign up for the next session of the MOOC
"Reproducible Research II: Practices and tools for managing computations and data"
which opens on May 5th.
https://www.fun-mooc.fr/en/courses/reproducible-research-ii-practices-and-tools-for-managing-comput/
"Reproducible Research II: Practices and tools for managing computations and data"
which opens on May 5th.
https://www.fun-mooc.fr/en/courses/reproducible-research-ii-practices-and-tools-for-managing-comput/
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Apr 07, 2026
@brembs I'd say they are more than distractors, as they actively exploit the weaknesses of the ever more failing reviewing system.
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Apr 02, 2026
"Reliable research in the social and behavioural and sciences"
A collection of four (paywalled) articles on reproducibility and replicability in the April 2 issue of Nature:
https://www.nature.com/collections/idajfifcfg
A collection of four (paywalled) articles on reproducibility and replicability in the April 2 issue of Nature:
https://www.nature.com/collections/idajfifcfg
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Konrad Hinsen
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Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Apr 02, 2026
"Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?"
http://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00969-z
After lots of technicalities:
"In some cases, hallucinated citations might serve as a sign that the entire paper is fabricated, whether by an individual or a paper mill, a business that sells authorship slots. But the extent to which fabricated papers are contributing to the fake-citation problem is unclear."
http://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00969-z
After lots of technicalities:
"In some cases, hallucinated citations might serve as a sign that the entire paper is fabricated, whether by an individual or a paper mill, a business that sells authorship slots. But the extent to which fabricated papers are contributing to the fake-citation problem is unclear."
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Konrad Hinsen
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Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Mar 26, 2026
@civodul Fortunately there are efforts to (slowly) liberate the EU from such imposed restrictions:
https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/advancing-european-sovereignty-hpc-risc-v-2025-03-06_en
https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/advancing-european-sovereignty-hpc-risc-v-2025-03-06_en
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Konrad Hinsen
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Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Mar 25, 2026
@bzg Here's a tool that does roughly that:
https://github.com/khinsen/swh-checkout
More proof-of-concept than for wide-scale use, if only because it has Guix as a dependency. But I do use it from time to time.
@andrewnez
https://github.com/khinsen/swh-checkout
More proof-of-concept than for wide-scale use, if only because it has Guix as a dependency. But I do use it from time to time.
@andrewnez
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Konrad Hinsen
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Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Mar 17, 2026
@EvanHahn I failed an "Are you human?" test today, so perhaps I don't qualify.
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Konrad Hinsen
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Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Mar 05, 2026
@aartaka Every single time I used submodules, I have regretted it after less than a month!
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Konrad Hinsen
@khinsen@scholar.social
Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Mar 05, 2026
@aartaka Guix. Packaging CL code is usually not much effort.
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Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Konrad Hinsen
@khinsen@scholar.social
Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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@khinsen@scholar.social
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Mar 05, 2026
@aartaka Thanks for the hints! I don't use Quicklisp anyway, so that's not much of an issue for me.
I'll try it out on a medium-size parser I already have based on esrap.
I'll try it out on a medium-size parser I already have based on esrap.
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@khinsen@scholar.social
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Konrad Hinsen
@khinsen@scholar.social
Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Mar 05, 2026
@aartaka That sounds like a recommendation. Thanks!
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Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Konrad Hinsen
@khinsen@scholar.social
Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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@khinsen@scholar.social
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Mar 05, 2026
@aartaka I note that you use parcom for parsing. Are you happy with it? Any notable advantages compared to esrap, which seems to be the most widely used parsing library today?
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Konrad Hinsen
@khinsen@scholar.social
Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Feb 14, 2026
@yaxu In many disciplines, LaTeX is the worst except for everything else.
For my PhD thesis, I don't know any other tools that would have done the job. I needed not just standard mathematics, but non-standard math notation. That required writing TeX macros (not LaTeX), which is another circle of hell. But it was possible.
If Markdown is good enough for you, consider yourself lucky!
For my PhD thesis, I don't know any other tools that would have done the job. I needed not just standard mathematics, but non-standard math notation. That required writing TeX macros (not LaTeX), which is another circle of hell. But it was possible.
If Markdown is good enough for you, consider yourself lucky!
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Konrad Hinsen
@khinsen@scholar.social
Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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Jan 27, 2026
@jonmsterling I share both your experience with young people and your view of generative AI.
The people most at risk, as far as I can tell, are young professionals who pick up AI tools for fun or efficiency without much reflection.
The people most at risk, as far as I can tell, are young professionals who pick up AI tools for fun or efficiency without much reflection.
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Konrad Hinsen
@khinsen@scholar.social
Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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@khinsen@scholar.social
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Dec 03, 2025
@force11 @upstream I strongly disagree with the statement "We can’t advance open science if we don’t measure it."
There are many qualitative rather than quantitative aspects to Open Science, whose advancement does not require measuring anything. On the contrary, a focus on the measurable can detract from these aspects.
When you develop or advocate metrics, please always consider if you really expect it to do more good than harm.
There are many qualitative rather than quantitative aspects to Open Science, whose advancement does not require measuring anything. On the contrary, a focus on the measurable can detract from these aspects.
When you develop or advocate metrics, please always consider if you really expect it to do more good than harm.
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Konrad Hinsen
@khinsen@scholar.social
Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
scholar.social
Konrad Hinsen
@khinsen@scholar.social
Researcher at CNRS. Computational science, in particular computational biophysics. Metascience, in particular the evolution of science in the digital era. Favorite hash tags: #DoughnutAcademia #Emacs #GlamorousToolkit #Guix #Pharo #CommonLisp #ReproducibleResearch
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@khinsen@scholar.social
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Mar 23, 2023
@civodul @randomwalker Indeed. And that's only scratching the surface of issues with lacking digital infrastructures for research.
For more examples, see:
https://jon-e.net/infrastructure/
(by @jonny)
For more examples, see:
https://jon-e.net/infrastructure/
(by @jonny)
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