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Multiple readings science.org Concern & critique · 4 attributable reactions

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Established AI field signal Signal 10d ago

⚡ 8 h early

science.org

13 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

13 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered

Emily M. Bender Mar Hicks Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest M.J. Crockett Claes de Vreese Joe Bak-Coleman Lisa Messeri +5

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Concern & critique

2 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“Everyone is praising this article, but I find it a bit disingenuous. He criticises Taylorism ("scientific management") but that's exactly what researchers are subject to, and the glam publication economy is at the heart of it. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...”

Dan Goodman post ↗

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“@science.org warns against AI slop in research: “authentic research and validated findings will slow down to an expensive trickle into established knowledge, and the opportunities for flawed or fabricated information to be seen as reality will grow” www.sci…”

Claes de Vreese post ↗

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“It’s amazing seeing @holdenthorp.bsky.social say the obvious part clearly. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...”

Joe Bak-Coleman post ↗

Primary source science.org ↗

Established AI research Analysis 6d 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.

14 experts 5 communities 1 sources clustered

Emily M. Bender Timnit Gebru joao Clément Canonne suhr Pierre Alquier Lisa Messeri Neil Lawrence +6

“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”

Emily M. Bender post ↗

“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…”

Timnit Gebru post ↗

Primary source leidendeclaration.ai ↗

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4 experts · 6 posts · 18d ago

Thomas Dietterich Lisa Messeri Lionel Jed Brown

Multiple readings Concern & critique · 2 Research & technical analysis · 1

Jed Brown: Social scientists can often predict the result of studies in advance. Does that mean we shouldn't conduct the studies? Just ask an anointed expert? This paper doesn't examine construct validity, wh…

Lionel: This is quite the finding for a device thats just a plagiarism machine, or whatever we are calling it this week. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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