James Bedford

@jamesbedford.bsky.social

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Educator at UNSW, Words in Routledge books (2024), Edutopia, Inside Higher ed, Colloquy, Education Specialist in AI, PhD in Creative Writing, SFHEA, Trying to untangle the gordian knot aka artificial intelligence in higher education. Jamesbedford.com.au

A circular infographic titled "The AI Wheel of Death" shows a repeating cycle in academic publishing involving heavy reliance on AI. The cycle includes six stages:

"Author uses AI to do research" (orange section)

"Author gets AI to write paper" (red section)

"Reviewer reviews the work using AI" (purple section)

"Author responds to reviewers’ AI feedback by asking AI to adjust paper" (blue section)

"Journal publishes the paper" (teal section)

"LLM scrapes internet during training (which includes this paper)" — leading back to the beginning

In the center is a black skull, emphasizing the critical tone of the loop. A smaller skull is at the bottom of the image. The graphic critiques the recursive and ethically questionable overuse of AI in scholarly research and publishing.

Image of an office desk with monitor and microphone, plant, window, coffee mug, white board and various other objects