Deepak Kumar
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Looks like Oxford's AI Chair agrees with @garymarcus.bsky.social on LLMs being a "hack" rather than actual intelligence. Rightly so - and it becomes clearer and clearer throughout academia and even the industry!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Uz...
@ox.ac.uk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Uz...
@ox.ac.uk
Oxford's AI Chair: LLMs are a HACK
YouTube video by Johnathan Bi
www.youtube.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Looks like Oxford's AI Chair agrees with @garymarcus.bsky.social on LLMs being a "hack" rather than actual intelligence. Rightly so - and it becomes clearer and clearer throughout academia and even the industry!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Uz...
@ox.ac.uk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Uz...
@ox.ac.uk
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@newsweek.com From last week, based on interviews with Yann LeCun, David Eagleman, and me. The three of us could be described as AI realists, and have devoted our lives to AI and understanding intelligence. www.newsweek.com/2025/07/04/a...
What AI really can do now: 6 lessons for harnessing artificial intelligence
Newsweek interviewed a remarkable constellation of experts through its AI Impact series. Here are 6 lessons you can actually use, based on their experience.
www.newsweek.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
@newsweek.com From last week, based on interviews with Yann LeCun, David Eagleman, and me. The three of us could be described as AI realists, and have devoted our lives to AI and understanding intelligence. www.newsweek.com/2025/07/04/a...
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If you agree with our 5 requests to our universities, please sign 🖊️ the open letter and don’t forget to confirm your email! ☺️🙏
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
June 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If you agree with our 5 requests to our universities, please sign 🖊️ the open letter and don’t forget to confirm your email! ☺️🙏
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
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“Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' … is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas and undermine scholarly discussions. It is our task to demystify and to challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research & engagement with society.” openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth
June 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' … is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas and undermine scholarly discussions. It is our task to demystify and to challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research & engagement with society.” openletter.earth/open-letter-...
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Excellent!
In the same spirit, here's a piece on AI hype I wrote in....1985 🤯
melaniemitchell.me/EssaysConten...
In the same spirit, here's a piece on AI hype I wrote in....1985 🤯
melaniemitchell.me/EssaysConten...
melaniemitchell.me
June 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Excellent!
In the same spirit, here's a piece on AI hype I wrote in....1985 🤯
melaniemitchell.me/EssaysConten...
In the same spirit, here's a piece on AI hype I wrote in....1985 🤯
melaniemitchell.me/EssaysConten...
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"AI and Semantic Pareidolia: When We See Consciousness Where There Is None". A short article for Harvard Business Review (Eng tr. of orig.) on our dangerous tendency to attribute intelligence and much more to AI, the risk of being manipulated, and what can be done about it.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
June 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"AI and Semantic Pareidolia: When We See Consciousness Where There Is None". A short article for Harvard Business Review (Eng tr. of orig.) on our dangerous tendency to attribute intelligence and much more to AI, the risk of being manipulated, and what can be done about it.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
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"Every so often a new AI development comes along and great excitement ensues as people stumble over themselves convinced that the key to intelligence has been unlocked." Me writing about AI overhype 37+ years ago. Old dogs, old tricks. Yes, I did look like that. people.csail.mit.edu/brooks/idocs...
people.csail.mit.edu
June 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"Every so often a new AI development comes along and great excitement ensues as people stumble over themselves convinced that the key to intelligence has been unlocked." Me writing about AI overhype 37+ years ago. Old dogs, old tricks. Yes, I did look like that. people.csail.mit.edu/brooks/idocs...
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Am I reading this right? CAREER awards are gone? GRFP, IUSE, CSGrad4US, CS4All -- all gone? nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov
May 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Am I reading this right? CAREER awards are gone? GRFP, IUSE, CSGrad4US, CS4All -- all gone? nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
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In Opinion
“The leading A.I. giants are no longer merely multinational corporations; they are growing into modern-day empires. With the full support of the federal government, soon they will be able to reshape most spheres of society as they please,” Karen Hao writes in a guest essay.
“The leading A.I. giants are no longer merely multinational corporations; they are growing into modern-day empires. With the full support of the federal government, soon they will be able to reshape most spheres of society as they please,” Karen Hao writes in a guest essay.
Opinion | Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point
The influence of A.I. companies now extends well beyond the realm of business.
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In Opinion
“The leading A.I. giants are no longer merely multinational corporations; they are growing into modern-day empires. With the full support of the federal government, soon they will be able to reshape most spheres of society as they please,” Karen Hao writes in a guest essay.
“The leading A.I. giants are no longer merely multinational corporations; they are growing into modern-day empires. With the full support of the federal government, soon they will be able to reshape most spheres of society as they please,” Karen Hao writes in a guest essay.
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"A lot of the graphs in the paper were just too perfect. You don’t get data this clean from humans in the real world"
As a matter of fact, MIT's entire academic culture is one of the most thoroughly rotten of any elite university, and in particular I can say it's far worse than even UPenn's or Stanford's.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/17/h...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/17/h...
How to make a splash in AI economics: fake your data
In a fast-moving field like “AI,” with buzzwords and dumb money flying about, researchers don’t have time for for the peer review process. Preprints can have all the impact you could ever want! Let…
pivot-to-ai.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"A lot of the graphs in the paper were just too perfect. You don’t get data this clean from humans in the real world"
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From the way people talk about AI agents you'd think people spend 80% of their time booking air travel
May 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
From the way people talk about AI agents you'd think people spend 80% of their time booking air travel
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Register to join this timely discussion on June 2, in person or on line, with @katecrawford.bsky.social @hofrench.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social and @triofrancos.bsky.social, hosted by my Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab at the Institute for Advanced Study www.ias.edu/events/raree...
May 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Register to join this timely discussion on June 2, in person or on line, with @katecrawford.bsky.social @hofrench.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social and @triofrancos.bsky.social, hosted by my Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab at the Institute for Advanced Study www.ias.edu/events/raree...
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For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce"
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
April 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce"
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
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oh no
For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce"
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
April 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
oh no
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I was a member of the panel that produced this report. All of us have spent our careers working on AI. Amongst the hypesters that is probably seen as a disqualification for understanding anything about AI. gizmodo.com/ai-experts-s...
AI Experts Say We’re on the Wrong Path to Achieving Human-Like AI
An extensive report on the future of AI research indicated that there's skepticism about current approaches to AGI.
gizmodo.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I was a member of the panel that produced this report. All of us have spent our careers working on AI. Amongst the hypesters that is probably seen as a disqualification for understanding anything about AI. gizmodo.com/ai-experts-s...
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1. @alisongopnik.bsky.social, Cosma Shalizi, James Evans and myself have a new piece in Science on "AI" Large Models, pushing back against much of the collective wisdom about what they can and can't do. Official below, unpaywalled at henryfarrell.net/large-ai-mod... . So why this now?
Large AI models are cultural and social technologies
Implications draw on the history of transformative information systems from the past
www.science.org
March 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
1. @alisongopnik.bsky.social, Cosma Shalizi, James Evans and myself have a new piece in Science on "AI" Large Models, pushing back against much of the collective wisdom about what they can and can't do. Official below, unpaywalled at henryfarrell.net/large-ai-mod... . So why this now?
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Those predicting dramatic short-term economic impacts of AI seem to think that because AI is so powerful, disruptive, and general purpose, it will be adopted rapidly. But wait a second. The more advanced, general-purpose and disruptive a technology is, the more headwinds its adoption faces. 🧵
February 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Those predicting dramatic short-term economic impacts of AI seem to think that because AI is so powerful, disruptive, and general purpose, it will be adopted rapidly. But wait a second. The more advanced, general-purpose and disruptive a technology is, the more headwinds its adoption faces. 🧵
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Essential clarification. Musk is not "saving" one thin dime for any working class American. Any so-called savings is actually stealing civil service jobs, in order to take away essential services and programs from the American people, and putting money into his own pockets & those of other oligarchs
I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
February 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Essential clarification. Musk is not "saving" one thin dime for any working class American. Any so-called savings is actually stealing civil service jobs, in order to take away essential services and programs from the American people, and putting money into his own pockets & those of other oligarchs
Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database
www.commerce.senate.gov
February 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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if apple maps still calls it the gulf of mexico ill buy an iphone
February 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
if apple maps still calls it the gulf of mexico ill buy an iphone
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Important thread. Read to the end. “The goal is to destroy US universities. ⬇️
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Important thread. Read to the end. “The goal is to destroy US universities. ⬇️
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My heart breaks for the NSF officials who are forced to put out announcements like this. A very sad & terrifying time for all of us in science who have promoted -- and who I hope will continue to promote -- the basic principles of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in our work.
January 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
My heart breaks for the NSF officials who are forced to put out announcements like this. A very sad & terrifying time for all of us in science who have promoted -- and who I hope will continue to promote -- the basic principles of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in our work.
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Fantastic essay.
I wrote about the concept of agency (both human and artificial) in the year 2025. gracewlindsay.com/2025/01/24/2...
2025: Agency gained and lost
If you’ve had even a passing glance at tech journalism over the past few months, you know the top buzzword for AI in 2025 is agentic. Agentic AI (according to many think pieces and press releases a…
gracewlindsay.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Fantastic essay.
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My hobby horse. You can simulate a rocket all you want, and use more energy on computation than the actual rocket would, but you won't get to orbit until you ignite rocket fuel. What if all the energy we are spending on simulating learning is not the juice we really need to make intelligence?
January 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
My hobby horse. You can simulate a rocket all you want, and use more energy on computation than the actual rocket would, but you won't get to orbit until you ignite rocket fuel. What if all the energy we are spending on simulating learning is not the juice we really need to make intelligence?