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CompSciOxford @compscioxford.bsky.social · 4d

The MSc AI for Business provides the skills & cutting-edge knowledge needed to manage AI systems that drive value in organisations. Be part of the first cohort, apply by 8 January to start in October 2026: www.cs.ox.ac.uk/pmp/study/ai...

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Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · 6d

Not for all of us. My opinion: you cite a paper, you‘ve read it.

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · 6d

Call me old fashioned but if you cite a paper, you supposed to have read it.

The Economist @economist.com · 6d

That the Republican state senators in Indiana who rejected a gerrymandering bill had the people and common sense on their side does not diminish their demonstration of character

A vote against gerrymandering shows why political courage is rare

Yet it is particularly valuable now

econ.st

Eva Miranda @evamirandag.bsky.social · 7d

Classical billiards can compute.

With Isaac Ramos, we show that 2D billiard systems are Turing complete, implying the existence of undecidable trajectories in physically natural models from hard-sphere gases to celestial mechanics.
Determinism ≠ predictability. 🎱🧠 @upc.edu @ricardsole.bsky.social

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · 8d

Pro tip: next time you invite an academic to give a talk, put them up in a nice resort hotel afterwards. The room should contain a photo of the speaker in mid-spiel. The photo should be made of fine chocolate.

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · 9d

Cheers! I did an ERASMUS exchange as a student in 1989 and so like to think of myself as an "early adopter" of ERASMUS. It's great to see it come back.

Anneliese Dodds MP @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social · 9d

Brilliant to hear Britain will be rejoining Erasmus. This is a really huge win for young people up and down the country, opening up new opportunities to study and train abroad! 🇪🇺 🇬🇧

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · 12d

Er, that’s the dystopia that voters are increasingly concerned about

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · 13d

That's quite an elegant depiction of political polarisation!

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · 19d

There's no one-size-fits-all answer to the question, of course. It depends mainly on whether you self-identify as an employee, or whether you have ambitions to move up.

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · 20d

I'm curious - I've always taken the view that gerrymandering is dirty and immoral, but maybe most people think it's just standard practice?

TrumpReposter @trumpreposter.bsky.social · 20d

(1/5) Congratulations to Indiana's tremendous Republican State Representatives, led by GREAT Speaker Todd Huston, Bill Sponsor Ben Smaltz, and Elections Committee Chairman Tim Wesco, who just overwhelmingly voted to pass their new, much fairer, and improved, Congressional Map.

TrumpReposter @trumpreposter.bsky.social · 20d

(1/5) Congratulations to Indiana's tremendous Republican State Representatives, led by GREAT Speaker Todd Huston, Bill Sponsor Ben Smaltz, and Elections Committee Chairman Tim Wesco, who just overwhelmingly voted to pass their new, much fairer, and improved, Congressional Map.

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · 22d

I love the smell of economics in the morning

Gautam Kamath @gautamkamath.com · 22d

IJCAI 2026 will charge $100 USD per submission. Funds will be used to compensate reviewers.

2026.ijcai.org/ijcai-ecai-2...

The Economist @economist.com · 22d

It is far too early for statistical models to fully grasp voting behaviour

Polls predicting the next British election are not to be trusted

It is far too early for statistical models to fully grasp voting behaviour

econ.st

Gautam Kamath @gautamkamath.com · 22d

IJCAI 2026 will charge $100 USD per submission. Funds will be used to compensate reviewers.

2026.ijcai.org/ijcai-ecai-2...

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · 24d

I just looked up the definition of core (in game theory) on Grokipedia, and fun to observe how Elon's plagiarism engine copied the structure of Wikipedia but converted it to word salad. Is it meant to be an anti-woke version of the Wikipedia article?

grokipedia.com/page/Core_(g...

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · 25d

This thoughtful article will be of interest to anyone who is occasionally vexed by the question of what universities are for, and how they should change. All I want for Christmas is for it to get read by the vice-chancellors...

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 25d

NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson reflects on the end of scarcity, the rise of AI, and the challenge to a system of higher education built on pretence, performance and proxies buff.ly/zQ6V7kK

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 25d

NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson reflects on the end of scarcity, the rise of AI, and the challenge to a system of higher education built on pretence, performance and proxies buff.ly/zQ6V7kK

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28d

🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy is now within touching distance of 80,000 signatures!

LET’S KEEP GOING!

If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

UnHerd @unherd.com · 29d

‘Increasingly Americans are rejecting towns that could be anywhere and so are nowhere.’ | Nicholas Boys Smith

unherd.com/2025/11/make...

Make America small again

‘The Arc de Trump’. (Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty)

unherd.com

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · Nov 24

New paper in the Int J Game Theory (with Edith Elkind and Abheek Ghosh): "Contest design with threshold objectives"

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Contest design with threshold objectives - International Journal of Game Theory

We study contests where the designer’s objective is an extension of the widely studied objective of maximizing the total output: The designer gets zero marginal utility from a player’s output if the o...

link.springer.com

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · Nov 24

relatively inoffensive

TrumpReposter @trumpreposter.bsky.social · Nov 24

Why did the New York Football Giants (NFL) not kick that Field Goal? ? ? Who would have done such a thing? It was CRAZY! I got to watch the end of the game and thought, when they went for the touchdown instead of the 3, “That’s Weird! ! ! ”

TrumpReposter @trumpreposter.bsky.social · Nov 24

Why did the New York Football Giants (NFL) not kick that Field Goal? ? ? Who would have done such a thing? It was CRAZY! I got to watch the end of the game and thought, when they went for the touchdown instead of the 3, “That’s Weird! ! ! ”

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Nov 22

Colorado is off to an important start with its AI Act, which protects us from automated decision-making. Now that state should strengthen its law, and other states should enact their own laws. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Strengthen Colorado’s AI Act

Powerful institutions are using automated decision-making against us. Fortunately, workers, patients, and renters are resisting. The Colorado AI Act is a good step in the right direction. Still, EFF

www.eff.org

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · Nov 22

Eternal memory to all the victims of the 1932–1933 Holodomor genocide and the mass artificial famines of 1921–1923 and 1946–1947.

Paul Goldberg @paulwgoldberg.bsky.social · Nov 20

It's good to see some concern about UK Government usage of X. As I see it, the problem is not its amplification of harmful content, but rather that it belongs to a foreign entity whose interests are in no way aligned to the UK. Usage of X is an accident waiting to happen.

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · Nov 20

Labour MPs want the government to carry out a more serious, "minister-led" review of its use of X

A Whitehall review of government social media use is currently underway. However, Labour MPs say the process lacks rigour and proper ministerial involvement

@zoecrowther.bsky.social reports

Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X

Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...

www.politicshome.com

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · Nov 20

Labour MPs want the government to carry out a more serious, "minister-led" review of its use of X

A Whitehall review of government social media use is currently underway. However, Labour MPs say the process lacks rigour and proper ministerial involvement

@zoecrowther.bsky.social reports

Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X

Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...

www.politicshome.com

David Picard @davidpicard.bsky.social · Nov 19

Pro-tip: if you send me an email asking for an internship, a PhD or a postdoc position, don't copy/paste an over-hyped summary of one of my papers you just asked ChatGPT to spit out.

Pro-tip#2: don't do that with other professors as well. It's not just me.

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