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New AI research Resource 6h ago
Julie Carpenter human-robot research blog

Julie Carpenter, Ph.D. — Blog

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“If you enjoy the public writing that I do and want to support it, please consider sharing this link or donating directly. DMs open for UXR job leads. Thank you. ko-fi.com/drjuliecarpe... jgcarpenter.com/blog.html”

New AI research Signal 10h ago
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These professors are retiring early ai was the last straw

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“Disruption is disruptive www.chronicle.com/article/thes... #college #university #teaching #AI”

“Several times after I've given a talk or workshop about how I think we need to reorient instruction/assessment to deal with the presence of AI I've had senior faculty thank me and say I confirmed their instinct that it's time to move on. I think that's okay…”

New AI business Signal 12h ago

Trajectory, Founded by Ex-Google and Apple Researchers, Raises Funding From Sequoia in Back-to-Back Round

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“Trajectory, which helps businesses customize open source models for their needs, has raised new funding from Sequoia at a $300m valuation just two months after announcing its last round. More on the startup in this morn's AI Agenda: https://t.co/fVSickvDUT”

New AI research Signal 13h ago

You should read this super-interesting AMA with AI researcher Joanna Bryson | TechCrunch

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“Important compare & (lack of) contrast: my 2017 #reddit AMA. For ease of reading, check out @techcrunch.com which links to the whole thing too. I hate it when people say #genAI / #LLM are a new (and unforeseen) ballgame. techcrunch.com/2017/01/13/y...”

New AI research Research 18h ago
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logical inference brains neural networks paper

On Logical Inference over Brains, Behaviour, and Artificial Neural Networks - Computational Brain & Behavior

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“Oh, thanks! It might be too niche actually and this one might be better about how scientists reason about these systems: Guest, O. & Martin, A. E. (2023). On Logical Inference over Brains, Behaviour, and Artificial Neural Networks. Computational Brain & Beh…”

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Olivia Guest: exactly 💯 on LLMs: they simulate the output we call language, not the cognitive capacity we call language!
Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈: exactly 💯 on LLMs: they simulate the output we call language, not the cognitive capacity we call language!
Olivia Guest: You sound daft right now. Worry about that. Don't worry about me.
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Maria Antoniak: Every part of this resonates. I've been trying to articulate something similar about "the ground shifting underneath language" or "language being destabilized." And this feels especially uncanny an…
Naomi Saphra: I'm happy (or not happy, but it's good to have company) that it's struck a nerve with AI researchers. I really want to convince people who like AI to stop acting like this, by explaining the reason…
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