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AI researchers Twitter dependence essay

What it means that the AI research community can't quit twitter - rl-blogging

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Eugene Vinitsky Michael Ekstrand VE, cybersocial occult investigator

“The AI community failed to exit twitter. What implications can we draw about what people believe from this?”

“References 1) rl-blogging.leaflet.pub/3mqxlvav2ss2z”

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Eugene Vinitsky: The AI community failed to exit twitter. What implications can we draw about what people believe from this?
Michael Ekstrand: The AI community failed to exit twitter. What implications can we draw about what people believe from this?
Eugene Vinitsky: Yep! This is why I'm less interested in castigating than building better spaces. This was more an idle exploration of what people must think to justify their behavior
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J. Nathan Matias Michael Ekstrand

““Algorithmic Realism” by @benzevgreen.bsky.social and @salome.bsky.social is on my short list of papers most foundational to my research. Super excited that Ben has turned it into a book, and it's available for pre-order! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205570...”

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Michael Ekstrand: “Algorithmic Realism” by @benzevgreen.bsky.social and @salome.bsky.social is on my short list of papers most foundational to my research. Super excited that Ben has turned it into a book, and it's …
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Michael Ekstrand: when I saw them present the conference paper version at FAccT 2020, my immediate reaction was “wait, my research paradigm has a name now?”, and it's become a mainstay of my research talks and bibli…
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