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Multiple readings OSF Opportunity & adoption · 2 attributable reactions Shared emphasis Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientists Research & technical analysis · 2 attributable reactions
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New AI field signal Resource 21h ago
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OSF open science framework resource

OSF

6 experts are actively discussing the implications.

2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Cat Hicks Rachel Coldicutt
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Multiple readings

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“This pre-print that was doing the rounds the other day is a useful touchpoint on this osf.io/preprints/ps... as is dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...”

Questions & unknowns

1 expert

What remains unresolved or contested.

“I think this is the paper? it's a preprint osf.io/preprints/ps... The questions are media trivia questions, which aren't exactly judgment questions. Presenting "AI" that's forced to be incorrect basically just tests whether participants trust it to be a loo…”

6 experts discussed this · 40 posts
Rachel Coldicutt: Okay, fellow AI/sociotechnical researchers, I'm looking for a name for something but can't find anything in my lit searches: is there a term for the phenomenon where someone has false confidence in…
Rachel Coldicutt: It's not the same as either the Dunning-Kruger Effect or cognitive offloading: I want to describe the what happens when you have both overconfidence in the technology AND in your own skills
Rachel Coldicutt: I mean maybe it doesn't yet have a name.
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Developing AI research Release 1d ago
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Anthropic Claude Science workbench launch

Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientists

6 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Claude Cat Hicks Lior (AlphaSignal) Rohan Paul Ben Williamson Stephen Turner
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Research & technical analysis

2 experts

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“GeneBench-Pro: https://t.co/Qdj6oGuSAQ Claude Science: https://t.co/ztoVy8bqoY PAT paper: https://t.co/rHBE6uFM7x Check out https://t.co/8BDzBaqgEp to get a daily summary of the latest breakthrough news, models, papers and repos. Read by 300,000+ devs”

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Established AI field signal Analysis 5d ago
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human-in-loop fatigue essay

The Human-in-the-Loop is Tired

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Cat Hicks Gilles Louppe By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) esb.lol

“I think what's sort of funny about this stuff is how everyone writes about software & dopamine & AI writes "I have discovered a thing" when it is extremely recycling so like this piece I saw going around: pydantic.dev/articles/the... (lol @ "That loss is re…”

“Hey look at this * Your Cookware Got Worse On Purpose www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookw... * The Human-in-the-Loop is Tired pydantic.dev/articles/the... * HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs arstechnica.com/gadget…”

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Cat Hicks: I just think Dopamine Nation isn't a good basis for a theory of all complex behavior at scale
Cat Hicks: What a coincidence that a massively viral book pushing a single puritanical message about "rewards" perfectly coincided with everybody online explaining that the answer to everything is a "dopamine…
Cat Hicks: Feeling left out, told it's passé
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Established AI field signal Signal 4d ago

learning-opportunities/orient/skills/orient/SKILL.md at main · DrCatHicks/learning-opportunities

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Cat Hicks

“haven't used but I think things like this are directionally neat and in the orient subskill contributed by @mcmullarkey.bsky.social to learning-opportunities we did a quick pass at imagining repo context for comprehension goals! github.com/DrCatHicks/l...”

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3 experts · 7 posts · 5d ago
Cat Hicks tweety fish Singularity's Bounty e/cc
Cat Hicks: I think I would believe everybody's complaints about AI taking over writing more if people actually went out of their way to engage in and share and make visible complex and interesting writing in …
Cat Hicks: I've been writing in public in tech for a while and let me tell you. Didn't need AI to get the endless and constant pressure to just sand off all the edges and make an SEO and social media flattene…
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