This is the vision of the Greens, if they stay in government. 🤞
As the UK’s new Department of Science, Innovation & Technology goes meta, here’s me @Wonkhe on why we should seize this metascientific moment to make UK research work better & smarter wonkhe.com/blogs/the-go...
The science of science policy is a new priority for government. But, as James Wilsdon explains, it is a mature field and a lot of important work is already under way
⏰ Deadline approaching! You have until December 16th to nominate early-career women in #CogSci whose outstanding research best represent the intellectual depth, ingenuity, and significance of the work carried out by Lila R. Gleitman throughout her long scientific career! #GleitmanPrize
We are hiring a postdoc for 2 years as part of the ERC-StG project INEQNEWS aiming to examine social inequalities in digital news consumption! Apply by December 15! smit.vub.ac.be/vacancy/post...
Family members have asked about the rise in far right politics 🇩🇪. They ask if my city is racist. That's the wrong question. Here are 2 photos from Halle(Saale). They highlight changes in 50 years, understandably attributed to 🇩🇪 reunification. They also represent selective memories of 50+ yr olds.
Can weak ANI wreak massive mass destruction and bring untold suffering? Sure. So long as it is not aligned with the goals of promoting humanity. Case in point, the 45th. It is our responsibility to deny it the platform that it does not deserve. 3/3
I'm relieved that we can now move on constructively with our undiminished awe of the creative deployment of LLMs by humans and discuss their (appropriate) use and potential for good in the real world. 2/3
After several weeks of testing, reading, debating... My seminar undergrads of "Intelligent Media" arrived at the conclusion, yesterday, that GPT is weak ANI without my prompting or resistance. They proposed that we're the ones who're hallucinating. #thekidsarealright
With the OpenAI clownshow, there's been renewed media attention on the xrisk/"AI safety"/doomer nonsense. Personally, I've had a fresh wave of reporters asking me naive questions (as well as some contacts from old hands who are on top of how to handle ultra-rich man-children with god complexes). 🧵1/
Listening to Altman's latest interview, just before the oust. He is, indeed, "so deft" in not answering the tough questions. podcastaddict.com/hard-fork/ep...#hardfork#openai