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New AI field signal Signal 4h ago
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Stochastic Flocks and the Critical Problem of 'Useful' AI

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“Returning to this thread after a busy week, now that I've had time to read your "stochastic flocks" piece. Link here, just in case anyone else is following: www.techpolicy.press/stochastic-f... >>”

“This article managed to annoy all sides, but there are good technical explanations of why this kind of system would be capable of finding vulnerabilities & writing functional code. Rigorous critiques of AI are systemic, it holds up even when it “does things…”

New AI research Analysis 23h ago
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Leiden Declaration AI and mathematics

Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics

14 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

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“Do read the whole thing, think about your personal and professional values, and how they can serve as strong grounds for resistance and refusal. leidendeclaration.ai”

“Weeks ago, @chanda.blacksky.app sent me this declaration, written and signed by a bunch of mathematicians. But I only had time to read it yesterday, which ended up being right on time given a new round of hype falling exactly under the patterns this documen…”

New AI field signal Signal 18h ago

Ghost in the Machine

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“My reply: Not everyone who disagrees with me, but people who are loudly aligning themselves with a fascist project. That opinion isn't knee-jerk either, but rather deeply informed. Some good starting points for learning more: @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social notai…”

Established AI field signal Signal 5d ago
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science.org

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“This article ends with a good conclusion, but it is extremely misguided along the way. It is also a rich text for exploring how clear language helps make the point better. A thread: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... >>”

“This editor/author does the same “trick” as he writes: "Recently, the ability of large language models (LLMs) to predict protein structures and to accelerate the discovery of new materials has revolutionized both fields. New AI agents can now carry out many…”

Developing AI field signal Analysis 2d ago
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Guardian AI consciousness essay

Could AI be conscious?

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“How about a jet-lagged live posting while I read? Trying to read this because I keep getting tagged in posts about it, but the first paragraph already contains synthetic text (a quote from Claude). I will skip that bit and persevere... www.theguardian.com/t…”

“Starts with asking Claude if it’s a “moral patient” and goes downhill from there.”

Developing Models & releases Analysis 2d ago
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ACM library LLM access advocacy

Now is the Time to Give LLMS Access to the ACM Digital Library Why ACM Believes the benefits outweigh the risks in opening up the ACM Digital Library to large language models

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“Over on linkedin, I heard from Jeanna Matthews, co-chairing an ACM taskforce on Responsible AI use (saving commentary on that framing for later…) that this decision does *not* come from ACM leadership & that community input really matters. Make your voice h…”

“Take some time (very little) to weigh on this: "Now Is the Time to Give LLMs Access to the ACM Digital Library" docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... (not that I want to influence anyone, but my own position is along the lines of "hell no.")”

Established AI field signal Analysis 4d ago
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essay how to talk AI

How to talk about

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“For ideas on how to do that, see: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch... /fin”

“Instead of railing against the latest “I asked Claude” article in a mainstream publication, I’ll just post this.”

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Emily M. Bender: So many conversations where otherwise serious people throw around the term "AI" without defining it, despite it being notoriously ill-defined. Thinking about why this might be >>
Emily M. Bender: In some cases, no doubt, the speaker fully believes that autonomous thinking machines are among us. (Though I said "otherwise serious people" in the prev post, so.) >>
Emily M. Bender: In other cases, I suspect that people feel like they lack the expertise to call bullshit and are repeating what they hear others say. >>
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Established Models & releases Signal 5d ago

Now is the time to give llms access to the acm digital library

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“Depressing that ACM is probably correct about this: "AI-assisted literature reviews ... are already changing research workflows. Publishers absent from AI ecosystems risk becoming repositories of record rather than sources of influence." cacm.acm.org/opinio…”

Established NLP & language Development 4d ago

EMNLP 2026 AI Reviewing Experiment

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“I did not submit anything to #EMNLP2026, which is probably part of why I missed this when it was first posted in May, but I want to say now that I am utterly appalled that @aclmeeting.bsky.social & @emnlpmeeting.bsky.social are engaging in this nonsense. 20…”

Established Culture, work & education Resource 4d ago
UW Purple IT service documentation

Purple Quick Start Guide - UW-IT

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“Moving over to the FAQ, we find some pretty wild marketing. I guess truth in advertising doesn't matter if the target of the ads doesn't have any choice in whether to spend the money (tuition $$ from students' POV, UW budget from faculty/staff's) anyway. uw…”

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