Ben Lyo
@blyo.bsky.social
what kind of world do we wish to live in?
neuroscience phd candidate at NYU CNS • advised by Cristina Savin and @eerosim.bsky.social • interested in neural principles governing adaptive behavior
neuroscience phd candidate at NYU CNS • advised by Cristina Savin and @eerosim.bsky.social • interested in neural principles governing adaptive behavior
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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🔊 Super excited to announce the first ever Frontiers of Probabilistic Inference: Learning meets Sampling workshop at #ICLR2025 @iclr-conf.bsky.social!
🔗 website: sites.google.com/view/fpiwork...
🔥 Call for papers: sites.google.com/view/fpiwork...
more details in thread below👇 🧵
🔗 website: sites.google.com/view/fpiwork...
🔥 Call for papers: sites.google.com/view/fpiwork...
more details in thread below👇 🧵
December 18, 2024 at 7:09 PM
🔊 Super excited to announce the first ever Frontiers of Probabilistic Inference: Learning meets Sampling workshop at #ICLR2025 @iclr-conf.bsky.social!
🔗 website: sites.google.com/view/fpiwork...
🔥 Call for papers: sites.google.com/view/fpiwork...
more details in thread below👇 🧵
🔗 website: sites.google.com/view/fpiwork...
🔥 Call for papers: sites.google.com/view/fpiwork...
more details in thread below👇 🧵
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Dear academics
We could dramatically reduce our administrative workload if we all just agreed not to ask for reference letters until we made our list of finalists.
This is massive collective action problem has already been solved by…
*checks notes*
…every other industry on earth.
We could dramatically reduce our administrative workload if we all just agreed not to ask for reference letters until we made our list of finalists.
This is massive collective action problem has already been solved by…
*checks notes*
…every other industry on earth.
Who is for abolishing grad app letters of rec at the point of application? Would it be so bad if letters were requested AFTER candidates were shortlisted? If we do this at UCSD who will join us?
December 14, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Dear academics
We could dramatically reduce our administrative workload if we all just agreed not to ask for reference letters until we made our list of finalists.
This is massive collective action problem has already been solved by…
*checks notes*
…every other industry on earth.
We could dramatically reduce our administrative workload if we all just agreed not to ask for reference letters until we made our list of finalists.
This is massive collective action problem has already been solved by…
*checks notes*
…every other industry on earth.
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“To write well is to think clearly” - which is to say that by delegating more and more of your writing effort to AI, you are inviting the slow erosion of your own ability to think clearly.
December 13, 2024 at 3:56 AM
“To write well is to think clearly” - which is to say that by delegating more and more of your writing effort to AI, you are inviting the slow erosion of your own ability to think clearly.
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I've been arguing that we will be able to train foundation models on neural data from different species, because I suspect that there are sufficiently preserved motifs in neural computation across the phylgenetic tree.
This paper appears to support that idea!
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
🧠📈 🧪
This paper appears to support that idea!
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
🧠📈 🧪
Multiscale organization of neuronal activity unifies scale-dependent theories of brain function
Analysis of cellular recordings from five phylogenetically diverse species uncovers a conserved, multiscale organization of neuronal activity that resolves disparate theories of brain function. This hierarchical structure allows the brain to operate across multiple timescales, enhances information flow, flexibly reconfigures activity during behavior, and balances functional resiliency with efficiency across scales.
www.cell.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:04 PM
I've been arguing that we will be able to train foundation models on neural data from different species, because I suspect that there are sufficiently preserved motifs in neural computation across the phylgenetic tree.
This paper appears to support that idea!
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
🧠📈 🧪
This paper appears to support that idea!
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
🧠📈 🧪
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How do interneurons reshape neural responses? I'm excited to present work with @eerosim.bsky.social at #NeurIPS2024 that proposes a nonlinear recurrent circuit model motivated by efficient coding theory.
Poster: 4:30p on Fri, Dec 13
Paper: openreview.net/forum?id=ojL...
Poster: 4:30p on Fri, Dec 13
Paper: openreview.net/forum?id=ojL...
December 9, 2024 at 7:06 PM
How do interneurons reshape neural responses? I'm excited to present work with @eerosim.bsky.social at #NeurIPS2024 that proposes a nonlinear recurrent circuit model motivated by efficient coding theory.
Poster: 4:30p on Fri, Dec 13
Paper: openreview.net/forum?id=ojL...
Poster: 4:30p on Fri, Dec 13
Paper: openreview.net/forum?id=ojL...
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Excited to present work with @jfeather.bsky.social @eerosim.bsky.social and @sueyeonchung.bsky.social today at Neurips!
May do a proper thread later on, but come by or shoot me a message if you are in Vancouver and want to chat :)
Brief details in post below
May do a proper thread later on, but come by or shoot me a message if you are in Vancouver and want to chat :)
Brief details in post below
December 12, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Excited to present work with @jfeather.bsky.social @eerosim.bsky.social and @sueyeonchung.bsky.social today at Neurips!
May do a proper thread later on, but come by or shoot me a message if you are in Vancouver and want to chat :)
Brief details in post below
May do a proper thread later on, but come by or shoot me a message if you are in Vancouver and want to chat :)
Brief details in post below
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South Korea declares emergency martial law – live
South Korea declares emergency martial law – live
President Yoon Suk Yeol accuses opposition party of controlling parliament and sympathising with North Korea as he declares martial law on TV
A spokesperson for the finance ministry says south Korea’s most senior economy officials will hold a meeting now…
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:45 PM
South Korea declares emergency martial law – live
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[Reproducing my most viral post] When discussing Universal Basic Income, inevitably the retort comes: "So you just want people to not have to work, is that it?" Accompanied by a smug smirk, expecting me to backpedal and hem and haw, say "Of course not, that's silly." Except...yes. Yes, I do. 1/11
November 16, 2024 at 5:53 PM
[Reproducing my most viral post] When discussing Universal Basic Income, inevitably the retort comes: "So you just want people to not have to work, is that it?" Accompanied by a smug smirk, expecting me to backpedal and hem and haw, say "Of course not, that's silly." Except...yes. Yes, I do. 1/11
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Good morning Skywalkers,
Today we look at celebs who also published research. Naturally a large chunk of the attention these items receive is related to the fame of their authors.
Hence we will be accusing every single one of these stars of gaming their Altmetric Attention Score.
Here we go
1/11
Today we look at celebs who also published research. Naturally a large chunk of the attention these items receive is related to the fame of their authors.
Hence we will be accusing every single one of these stars of gaming their Altmetric Attention Score.
Here we go
1/11
November 18, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Good morning Skywalkers,
Today we look at celebs who also published research. Naturally a large chunk of the attention these items receive is related to the fame of their authors.
Hence we will be accusing every single one of these stars of gaming their Altmetric Attention Score.
Here we go
1/11
Today we look at celebs who also published research. Naturally a large chunk of the attention these items receive is related to the fame of their authors.
Hence we will be accusing every single one of these stars of gaming their Altmetric Attention Score.
Here we go
1/11
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So many people confuse LLMs (or genAI, in general) for models of human cognition, language, learning, etc., so I thought it may be useful to share once more my brief comment, titled "Psychological models and their distractors". (open access link: rdcu.be/cGQpY) 🧵 1/n
Psychological models and their distractors
Nature Reviews Psychology - The lack of models in psychology hinders scientific progress. To start addressing this problem, we need a clear understanding of what models are and what they are not.
rdcu.be
October 25, 2024 at 5:31 PM
So many people confuse LLMs (or genAI, in general) for models of human cognition, language, learning, etc., so I thought it may be useful to share once more my brief comment, titled "Psychological models and their distractors". (open access link: rdcu.be/cGQpY) 🧵 1/n
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November 12, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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NYU has a lot of CS faculty and postdoc positions this year. Here's all that I know of:
Faculty:
Courant CS: apply.interfolio.com/157060
@nyutandon.bsky.social CSE: apply.interfolio.com/156275
AI: apply.interfolio.com/157569
Quantum: apply.interfolio.com/158835
(Postdocs in next post) 1/3
Faculty:
Courant CS: apply.interfolio.com/157060
@nyutandon.bsky.social CSE: apply.interfolio.com/156275
AI: apply.interfolio.com/157569
Quantum: apply.interfolio.com/158835
(Postdocs in next post) 1/3
Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:52 PM
NYU has a lot of CS faculty and postdoc positions this year. Here's all that I know of:
Faculty:
Courant CS: apply.interfolio.com/157060
@nyutandon.bsky.social CSE: apply.interfolio.com/156275
AI: apply.interfolio.com/157569
Quantum: apply.interfolio.com/158835
(Postdocs in next post) 1/3
Faculty:
Courant CS: apply.interfolio.com/157060
@nyutandon.bsky.social CSE: apply.interfolio.com/156275
AI: apply.interfolio.com/157569
Quantum: apply.interfolio.com/158835
(Postdocs in next post) 1/3
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The New York Review of Books is delighted to alight upon Bluesky. Please follow us for essays and reviews about literature, politics, art, history, philosophy, science, society, and culture.
November 12, 2024 at 3:19 PM
The New York Review of Books is delighted to alight upon Bluesky. Please follow us for essays and reviews about literature, politics, art, history, philosophy, science, society, and culture.
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This list likely reflects mainly my interests and circle, and I’m sure I’ve missed many people, but I gave it a try: (I’ll be slowly editing it until it reaches 150/150)
go.bsky.app/7VFUkdn
(also, I tried but couldn't remove my profile...)
go.bsky.app/7VFUkdn
(also, I tried but couldn't remove my profile...)
November 9, 2024 at 12:35 PM
This list likely reflects mainly my interests and circle, and I’m sure I’ve missed many people, but I gave it a try: (I’ll be slowly editing it until it reaches 150/150)
go.bsky.app/7VFUkdn
(also, I tried but couldn't remove my profile...)
go.bsky.app/7VFUkdn
(also, I tried but couldn't remove my profile...)
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Nation’s Women Fantasize About Some Future Election That Isn’t Absolutely Pivotal To Their Well-Being
theonion.com/nation-s-wom...
theonion.com/nation-s-wom...
November 5, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Nation’s Women Fantasize About Some Future Election That Isn’t Absolutely Pivotal To Their Well-Being
theonion.com/nation-s-wom...
theonion.com/nation-s-wom...
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5/ So, how can we then actually distinguish computational models?
I think the answer is both obvious and a hard pill to swallow for many computational folks: we need to build more models that have specific physiological correlates that we can use as empirical anchors.
I think the answer is both obvious and a hard pill to swallow for many computational folks: we need to build more models that have specific physiological correlates that we can use as empirical anchors.
September 12, 2024 at 7:11 PM
5/ So, how can we then actually distinguish computational models?
I think the answer is both obvious and a hard pill to swallow for many computational folks: we need to build more models that have specific physiological correlates that we can use as empirical anchors.
I think the answer is both obvious and a hard pill to swallow for many computational folks: we need to build more models that have specific physiological correlates that we can use as empirical anchors.
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Musical training does not enhance neural sound encoding at early stages of the auditory system: A large-scale multisite investigation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.02.610856v1
Musical training does not enhance neural sound encoding at early stages of the auditory system: A large-scale multisite investigation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.02.610856v1
Musical training has been associated with enhanced neural processing of sounds, as measured via the
www.biorxiv.org
September 4, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Musical training does not enhance neural sound encoding at early stages of the auditory system: A large-scale multisite investigation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.02.610856v1
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Distinct categorical representations for faces, limbs, corridors, characters, and cars emerge at different times in human brain development:
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Interesting implications for learning here!
#neuroscience 🧪
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Interesting implications for learning here!
#neuroscience 🧪
When Do Visual Category Representations Emerge in Infants’ Brains?
elifesciences.org
September 4, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Distinct categorical representations for faces, limbs, corridors, characters, and cars emerge at different times in human brain development:
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Interesting implications for learning here!
#neuroscience 🧪
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Interesting implications for learning here!
#neuroscience 🧪
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Surely he can’t have just said that because … oop, I stand corrected
August 18, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Surely he can’t have just said that because … oop, I stand corrected
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What are we even doing here?
"A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York"
"A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York"
Cello-playing climate activist arrested at New York Citibank protest as crackdown escalates
Second activist also arrested during ‘summer of heat’ protest against second largest financier of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM
What are we even doing here?
"A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York"
"A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York"