EXAGGERATED? I’M LESS CERTAIN:
Exaggerated, but the basic point is valid. George Floyd tested Anglosphere universities, and they flunked. Instead of feeding the hysteria, they should have served as beacons of reason. The Jason Arday tragedy provides another test. Time for academia to face its pathologies. https://t.co/hEd4ej02p8
— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) August 20, 2026
UPDATE (From Ed): If Nathan Cofnas is being fired for exposing Arday as a fabulist, he’s going out guns a-blazing:
Nathan Cofnas, suspended by the rector of Ghent University, Petra De Sutter, in the wake of Jason Arday’s death, notes that De Sutter used ChatGPT for her inaugural address, which included fabricated quotes.
Previous news reports confirm this.https://t.co/xppHNZk3Wo https://t.co/XjaV0P6zZk pic.twitter.com/9gCl3NsjXs
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) August 20, 2026
Here’s the link to the Brussels Times that’s embedded in the above tweet, from the beginning of the year: UGent chancellor Petra De Sutter caught using AI in opening speech.
Not an attack, just the truth, buddy. https://t.co/EGliMQpWNk pic.twitter.com/8nb8XOiTas
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) August 20, 2026