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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Academic research is not a place to do Game of Thrones. #EduSky #AcademicSky

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

How academics imagine their lives would look like if they decide to work in tech

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

AI-plagiarism is almost impossible to detect. What if a tool asked students quick, AI-generated MCQs based on their own submissions right after they submit an assignment? It could help check if they actually understood their work. Would this help? #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

We built an AI tool to help instructors with college level Math and Physics assessments in seconds. It's completely free to use: gradehive.ai #AcademicSky #EduSky #STEMsky #iTeachMath #iTeachPhysics

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

After 6+ months of building with teacher feedback, we're excited to share Gradehive AI is now live. If you teach STEM, you can use it to reduce manual assessment time by up to 90% with AI. It's completely free to use: Gradehive.AI #AcademicSky #PhDSky #STEMsky #WomeninSTEM

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I am frustrated with manually updating focs I am building a Github AI app to automate it. #developers

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

No job is more demanding than academic teaching. Admin duties. Large classes. Weekly assessments. We've built a free AI agent help you with instant assessment & feedback on STEM tasks: - Applied math - Scientific problems - Programming Join us today: gradehive.ai #AcademicSky #EduSky #PhdSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

If you're feeling dumb today, please remind yourself that you did your PhD when there was no ChatGPT. #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

A study found that 1 in 3 top US universities have unclear AI policies. Over 50% Unis leave it to individual instructors. What's your classroom policy on AI? Do you permit, prohibit, or discourage AI tools? Study: arxiv.org/pdf/2312.05235 #AcademicSky #EduSky #AIinEdu

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The best Professors have 4 things in common: 1. They are passionate about their subject 2. They are all about their students. 3. They are relentless about getting better. 4. They are always positive. #AcademicSky #EduSky #PhDSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Kind reminder: PLEASE DO NOT ANALYSE research data on ChatGPT. Research data is confidential & uploading it on public AI platforms will violate university policies. You can’t control how data is used or if it leaks into AI outputs. Always check approved AI tools. #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Hunting for an academic job? Here're 5 sites for roles in the US and EU • Academic Jobs EU • AcademicKeys • Academic Positions • Chronicle of Higher Ed • Euraxess #AcademicSky #PhdSky #SciCommJob

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This AI-generated paper (slop) got accepted in a reputed journal! Here is the graphical abstract for your reference. Link:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S036031992500758X?via%3Dihub #AcademicSky #EduSky #AIinEducation

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

No job is more demanding than being a young professor. Teaching. Research. Publishing. Admissions. Balancing it all while raising a family, running on little sleep, and chasing endless deadlines. Yet, you show up every day for the love of science. Respect. #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

If you’re using AI to generate everything from course plans to assignments, think twice. AI excels at being "good enough". It can’t replace your expertise or understanding of your students. Use AI but don't settle for 'good enough' to create a true learning experience. #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Worst analogy I’ve heard: "AI is like a calculator." Kids can rely on calculators without learning arithmetic & just turn out fine. But kids using AI for everything? They lose the cognitive ability to do anything novel or innovative. It’s not the same. Not even close. #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

There are only 3 ways to combat the menace of AI plagiarism: • Pen & paper in class • In-person labs • Post-assignment viva Take home assignments are dead. #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Earlier students would cheat and there would be a conversation. With AI students are incentivized to resist that conversation. #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

A TA loved teaching intro to CS until he started grading the first 40 assignments: • 2 were literal copy-pastes • 1 printed "I like older women" • Most ignored half the instructions Do you feel the urge to call students out or do you resist it? #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The smartest instructors I know: • Are not afraid to use AI as a teaching tool • Guide students to use AI wisely • Design assignments that require broad thinking & go beyond AI’s generic responses Overthinking AI won’t prepare students for the future. Using it will. #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

A professor I know almost cried when she found that 40% of her 2nd-year CS students couldn’t write a basic For loop. Students're using AI to pass coding assignments without ever learning to code. Yet, they’re on track to graduate. Is the CS major becoming obsolete? What do you think? #AcademicSky

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Why is education the only profession where teachers are made to feel guilty for taking time off? Even when it's unpaid? Our teachers and staff give so much to our students every day. What have we given back in return?

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Open source dev these days: - git clone - maybe add a few lines of code - apply to YC & raise seed $ - offer hosted service - forget about open source

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This student was 3 days away from an exam with 30+ hours of lectures to cover. Yet he aced it with 94%. How one student used ChatGPT the right way (and not to cheat):

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Never analyse research data with ChatGPT. Research data isn’t yours to share, and uploading it on public AI platforms may violate university policies. You can’t control how it’s used or if it leaks into AI outputs. Always check approved tools.

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Stop using ChatGPT to write academic papers. Publishers now use AI detectors before peer review. While their accuracy is debated, they are improving. If flagged, your paper may be rejected before review. That'd be really embarrassing !

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Be careful when brainstorming with AI ChatGPT can help generate ideas, but it only regurgitates what it has seen. Many AI-suggested ideas feel novel but are generic or already published. It also tends to be sycophantic with your assumptions, even when they’re wrong.

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

A friend recently caught his daughter using ChatGPT for even the simplest math. Questions like: How many seconds are in 3 minutes? With both parents working, they had no idea how much of her schoolwork was done by AI. This isn't an isolated case: 🧵

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

90% of professors are using AI to speed up their work. But a single mistake could cost you your career & reputation. 5 dangerous pitfalls you must avoid when using AI in academia 🧵:

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Elon Musk requires his employees to work 90-hour weeks. But they earn multiple six figures. Do you know who works tirelessly, just as much—at a fraction of that salary—and still doesn’t get the respect they deserve? Our teachers and professors.

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Are you complicit in making your students dumber? ChatGPT has reduced your trusted assignments into just another AI prompt. But kids didn't become dumb when new tech like the internet emerged. Teaching simply evolved. 3 ways to promote critical thinking in the age of AI: 🧵

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The smartest teachers I know: • Are not afraid to use AI as a teaching tool • Guide students to use ChatGPT wisely • Design assignments that require broad thinking & go beyond AI’s generic responses Overthinking AI won’t prepare students for the future. Using it will.

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Education isn’t broken because of teachers. It’s broken because we ask teachers to be counselors, social workers, parents, and miracle workers—while still demanding perfect test scores. Fix the system, not the people holding it together.

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Neel Das, PhD @nilzkool.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The smartest professors I know: - Are not afraid to use AI as a teaching tool - Guide students to use ChatGPT wisely - Design assignments that require broad thinking & go beyond AI’s generic responses Overthinking AI won’t prepare students for the future. Using it will.

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