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Nicholas Amendolare: What is the tragedy of the commons?

Is it possible that overfishing, super germs, and global warming are all caused by the same thing? In 1968, a man named Garrett Hardin sat down to write an essay about overpopulation. Within it, he discovered a pattern of human behavior that explains some of history’s biggest problems. Nicholas Amendolare describes the tragedy of the commons. [D...

AI-giarism: When AI Use Becomes Academic Misconduct

AI-giarism, coined by Chan (2023), names the moment AI use crosses into academic misconduct. What the research found, and what it means for teachers.

Strict measures against AI and plagiarism in PhD theses; new UGC rules come into effect

PhD Admission: PhD scholars will now need to exercise greater caution while conducting research and preparing their theses.

University body introduces tougher curbs on AI misuse and plagiarism in PhD research

UGC rules on AI misuse and plagiarism: The new rules come amid growing concerns that the rapid adoption of AI-powered writing ...

'I cannot afford to pay $45K': Student faces suspension after AI tool flags thesis, scholarship revoked

A university student claims they are facing suspension and the loss of a $45,000 scholarship after an AI detection tool ...

Show HN: Startup sci-fi novel that took me 5 years to write

It started after reading Stephen King's "On Writing" where he likened the art of writing as the unearthing of an archeological site after you stumbled upon a unique bone of a story. His advice was to choose a domain you are deeply intimate with. For me, I've been a struggling startup founder for 15 years—enough material to inspire a novel.A 1,000-word writing exercise turned into a complete 125k-word manuscript over the course of a year.In year 1, I learned the sheer joy of u

How to Write a College Essay

College application essays are where you can demonstrate your writing skills and let your unique voice shine. “They’re such ...

Show HN: TeardownHQ, teardowns/playbooks of how indie startups grew

Launching TeardownHQ: a directory of indie startups with revenue pulled from real signals (and labeled where it is an estimate), plus deep teardowns/playbooks of exactly how each one grew. The channels, the pricing, the GTM, all sourced, instead of the usual self-reported screenshots. Why I am building it: Starter Story proved people want "how they actually did it," but it skews ecommerce and general business, and because it is human-interviewed it is slow and broad. I am going na

Launch HN: Intuned (YC S22) – Build and run reliable browser automations as code

Hey HN, we're Faisal and Ahmad from Intuned (https://intunedhq.com). We’re building a platform for building, deploying, and maintaining browser automations.Customers primarily use the Intuned AI agent to automate websites that don't expose APIs. Common use-cases include scraping data, pulling reports, and submitting forms. As the website changes, our agent also helps automatically heal the automation.On Intuned, browser automations are created by an AI agent and run as code.

Ask HN: Are we as society going to let LLM companies take all the values?

I am not that young, but I'm not that old. I used to be a child, and thought that the adults already figured things out and I can be at peace.One of my realization of me getting older is the realization that there are no adults in the room anymore, or that I am now, an adult, who, also the same like other adults, we actually don't know shit about anything, none of us do.I think LLM is a useful technology. But since the dawn of LLMs, I've been trying to imagine what the world will

Why the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest

David O’Neill on “three six five,” a new collection of writing exercises by the writer Lucy Ives, and the venerable tradition of goofy and esoteric creativity guides including Anne Lamott’s “Bird by Bird” and Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way.”

Writing Advice Is Life Advice

You’re reading The New Yorker’s daily newsletter, a guide to our top stories, featuring exclusive insights from our writers and editors. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. In an essay out today, the ...

Writing for well‑being: How it could be a new way to teach the essay and resist AI

Writing the dreaded English essay spikes anxiety for thousands of students, but is there a way for writing to boost students’ well-being instead? I wanted to know if a new approach to teaching ...

AI-Writing Scandals Are Getting Very Confusing

Steven Rosenbaum has decided that the real villain behind the bogus quotes in his book is a chatbot. Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that The Future of Truth, Rosenbaum’s much-discussed ...

3 Lessons From Writing an Authentic Book

Walking through the aisles of a bookstore or library will never be the same for me. Now that I’ve completed the process of publishing a book from defining an idea to writing multiple drafts, editing, ...

Want to publish a nonfiction book? This $49 AI-powered generator can help.

The following content is brought to you by Mashable partners. If you buy a product featured here, we may earn an affiliate commission or other compensation. If you’ve ever had a nonfiction book idea ...

10 Research Habits That Help Marketers Write Higher-Converting Copy

When you know your prospects better than they know themselves, you'll be able to grow and scale your business easier than ...

Everyday task may help detect early dementia signs before diagnosis, study finds

Scientists have discovered that a simple writing test could detect cognitive impairment in older adults before more serious ...

The hobby that can rewire your brain and help you build resilience

Experts say resilience may be as ordinary as the journal entries people scribble, the emails they exchange, the task lists they create

An award-winning short story may have been written by AI. What happens now?

Today on Commotion, writers Innocent Chizaram Ilo and Jen Sookfong Lee talk about the environment of fear and paranoia around AI in the writing world.