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Carlo Iacono

@carloiacono.bsky.social
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University Librarian at Charles Sturt, GenAI writer and ardent supporter of those who use tech to move forward.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
'Drawing on survey responses from 104 university libraries, the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) finds about three-quarters of libraries (73 per cent) are making cuts in their budget ranging from 1 per cent to 30 per cent, with an average mean cut of 8 per cent.' 1/2
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UK university libraries ‘£51 million worse off than last year’
Cuts to library budgets of up to 30 per cent have seen journal subscriptions cancelled and opening hours slashed, says librarians’ association
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
In the crucible of change, what matters isn't who stands with us in moments of comfort, but what truths we're willing to defend in moments of solitude. True innovation rarely arrives with unanimous applause, it emerges from the willingness to wade into uncertainty and remain standing.
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The Cognitive Revolution open.substack.com/pub/hybridho...
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The Cognitive Revolution
More Than Just Adaptation, a Systemic Shift
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
My Christmas Day attire arrived just in time !
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
‘AGI is nearly here!' shout people who can't define AGI 'AGI will destroy us!' counter people who also can't define AGI 'AGI is impossible!' others who,you guessed it can't define AGI Perhaps the real artificial intelligence was the undefined terms we argued about along the way... 🎭 #GenAI #AIhype
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Making snow angels in 35°C might sound crazy, but so did letting go of AI control in education... until we did it. 2024 was the year wonder started winning over worry. Want to know why I'm surprisingly optimistic about 2025? 👇 #AIinEducation #GenAI
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2024: The Year Wonder Started to Win (And Why 2025 Will Be Even Better)
When we look back at 2024, I believe it will be remembered as the year education started to embrace reality over illusion.
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
A festive thank you to the LinkedIn AI experts still explaining why GPT-3.5 is 'just a stochastic parrot.' Your commitment to 2022's insights is heartwarming. Looking forward to your detailed explanations of why o3's ARC-AGI results don't really matter. Comfort is a gift that keeps giving 🎁😉
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
From Test Subject to Testament: A Year of Cognitive Amplification open.substack.com/pub/hybridho...
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From Test Subject to Testament: A Year of Cognitive Amplification
AI doesn't just keep up with your thoughts - it accelerates them, creating new branches of exploration with each interaction. You can literally think yourself into exhaustion.
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Have witnessed Gemini 2.0 do some logic leaps I’ve not seen other models do, both exhilarating and unnerving - making connections I missed … but are entirely logical.
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I think I’ve finally found a Gemini I’ll use … Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental join Carlo’s club of regular use.
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
‘I’ve had access for a bit’ humble bragging in genAI world 👌
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Engagement for complaining is the best kind of engagement 👌
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
While everyone’s discussing o1 pro - im just happy o1 is now available- that’ll do pig, that’ll do #GenAI #OpenAI
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
2024 When AI Became Personal open.substack.com/pub/hybridho...
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Dr Nick Jackson @drnickjackson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
www.linkedin.com/posts/nickja... The AI Adoption Imperative- Why Starting Now Matters More Than Ever by @carloiacono.bsky.social & my addendum on the benefits of engaging with the nuances of GenAI and getting your hands dirty in the engine room of working with LLMs in chatbot or other forms
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Dr Nick Jackson on LinkedIn: #generativeai #genai #ai #aieducation #aiineducation
This is just SO true and well articulated. To extend on Carlo's piece, this also speaks to the benefits of engaging with the nuances of Generative AI and…
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The saddest part of educational transformation isn’t resistance to change - it’s watching insight die by committee. #AIinEducation
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The most dangerous thing about AI in education isn't what it can do - it's what it reveals about what we've been doing. #AIinEducation #GenAI
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
People only know when others use AI in their writing when it’s used badly. Stop thinking you’re some sort of AI detecting savant - you are not.
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
hybridhorizons.substack.com/p/the-comfor...
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
When you're operating at the edge of what's possible, every conversation becomes a choice between depth and accessibility, between pushing boundaries and building bridges.
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Technology evolves at lightning speed, while institutions move like a tortoise stuck in cement. The gap isn’t just frustrating—it’s a lost opportunity for innovation.
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The real danger of ‘never’, the real danger of ‘resist’ is reducing complex ideas to slogans, creating an easy escape route for the uninitiated who don’t consider the nuance. #GenAI
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Honestly I’m not being monolithic…but here’s a binary choice anyway. Amazing. #AIinEducation #GenAI
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Intellectual outsourcing is a luxury we can't afford. Whether you write code or teach literature, AI technologies demand your engaged, critical attention - not just acceptance of someone else's oversimplified pronouncements #AIinEducation #CriticalThinking #GenerativeAI
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The "stochastic parrot" argument has become a convenient way to avoid engaging with the complex reality of AI's impact. It's a thought-terminating cliché that offers the comfort of dismissal without the burden of deeper analysis. #GenAI
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I'm baffled by educators choosing comfortable ignorance over critical engagement. How does flat rejection of AI prepare students for their reality? Since when did 'never' lead to better understanding? Baffled and disappointed. #AIinEducation #EdTech #GenAI
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Every time educators say 'never' to AI, we surrender our opportunity to shape how students use it. They're not waiting for our permission - they're waiting for our guidance. The only thing absolute rejection guarantees is our irrelevance. #genai #AIinEducation
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The uncomfortable truth about AI in education isn't that it's changing everything - it's that it's revealing how little we understood about learning in the first place. Time to challenge some comfortable myths. lnkd.in/g7VerTzg #AIinEducation #FutureofLearning #HigherEd #GenAI
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Professors: 'AI can't think!' Students: *thinks about better ways to use AI* Professors: *surprised Pikachu face*
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Loving the comments section of my latest LinkedIn post - between that and this platform - I see a glimmer of hope in a mire of awfulness that is generally social media!
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Working title: 'The Death of Individual Intelligence?' Brewing up a post about how solo genius might've been evolution's brief experiment between collective instinct and hybrid consciousness. Coming to LinkedIn later today. (With ❤️ to everyone who still thinks GenAI is 'just autocomplete')
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Carlo Iacono @carloiacono.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Gotta love Midjourney!
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