Gutting. The marketisation of universities has been an unmitigated disaster.
bbc.co.uk
University of Nottingham approves controversial savings plan
Changes will see job losses, axing modern languages and music degrees, and cutting support services.
Tim J L
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![The marriage of the capitalist political economy and technology has long been a disciplinary and disempowering tool for the musician. The invention of the gramophone was quickly seen by theatre directors as ‘a way of eliminating noise from the wings and pressuring musicians in the case of a strike.’7 Long before AI showed up, the record industry’s willingness to treat artists who might sound similar as interchangeable meant that ‘musicians and performers [were] separated into two classes: the stars of repetition – disembodied, ground up, manipulated, and resembled on record – and the anonymous functionaries of the local festival, minor bands, residue of representation.’ What is the scraping done by AI models if not but the continuation and development of this disembodying process?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zy5atdp2h4kdvdwhzoktnt7e/bafkreihotujuklumx4fw5bp2aysuccbs247jywfwcvamc7uarxng77c7qa)
