Mark Crowley
@compthink.bsky.social
Assoc Prof @UWaterloo
Research:
#ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ReinforcementLearning
#casual-learning, dimensionality reduction, #ethicalAI #aimorality #aialignment
Domains: wildfires, driving, medical, lidar
Diversity is Strength.
Research:
#ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ReinforcementLearning
#casual-learning, dimensionality reduction, #ethicalAI #aimorality #aialignment
Domains: wildfires, driving, medical, lidar
Diversity is Strength.
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I don't know what word to use for this except evil
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I don't know what word to use for this except evil
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
As I've always been saying, LLMs have no relation to Truth at all. They can answer questions, generate ideas on a theme, and many other amazing things, but they don't know the difference between true and false, opinion and hyperbole. These results support that.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Language models cannot reliably distinguish belief from knowledge and fact - Nature Machine Intelligence
Suzgun et al. find that current large language models cannot reliably distinguish between belief, knowledge and fact, raising concerns for their use in healthcare, law and journalism, where such disti...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As I've always been saying, LLMs have no relation to Truth at all. They can answer questions, generate ideas on a theme, and many other amazing things, but they don't know the difference between true and false, opinion and hyperbole. These results support that.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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The Charter of Rights is foundational to 🇨🇦's democracy & national vision of fairness & due process. Decades of cases have confirmed its value to labour rights. Danielle Smith takes a big step toward authoritarianism, tossing it aside for fiscal & political convenience. #canlab
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The Charter of Rights is foundational to 🇨🇦's democracy & national vision of fairness & due process. Decades of cases have confirmed its value to labour rights. Danielle Smith takes a big step toward authoritarianism, tossing it aside for fiscal & political convenience. #canlab
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The Onion bsky.app/profile/numb...
Literally.
October 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Onion bsky.app/profile/numb...
El pueblo unido jamás será vencido
October 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
El pueblo unido jamás será vencido
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
The people,
united,
can never
be defeated.
united,
can never
be defeated.
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The people,
united,
can never
be defeated.
united,
can never
be defeated.
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Wow. This is the bottom. If you don't understand what is monstrous about this.
Please read some real history.
Step back and consider if you are in fact going along with the villains of this story.
It's cut and dry.
There's no complexity here at all.
This isn't a mistake, it's the plan.
Please read some real history.
Step back and consider if you are in fact going along with the villains of this story.
It's cut and dry.
There's no complexity here at all.
This isn't a mistake, it's the plan.
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
October 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Wow. This is the bottom. If you don't understand what is monstrous about this.
Please read some real history.
Step back and consider if you are in fact going along with the villains of this story.
It's cut and dry.
There's no complexity here at all.
This isn't a mistake, it's the plan.
Please read some real history.
Step back and consider if you are in fact going along with the villains of this story.
It's cut and dry.
There's no complexity here at all.
This isn't a mistake, it's the plan.
I haven't watched any of the godfather movies, and it's always shocked disdain from people. I try very hard to hold back my same reaction to people who haven't watched the whole Back to the Future trilogy.
We didn't have a TV when I was a kid so I missed literally every show in the 1980s/early 90s. I still often hear people referencing, like, "Saved By the Bell" or "Smurfs" or even "Sesame Street" and have NO idea why they're talking about.
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I haven't watched any of the godfather movies, and it's always shocked disdain from people. I try very hard to hold back my same reaction to people who haven't watched the whole Back to the Future trilogy.
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Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary
Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
n.pr
October 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
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Diversity is Strength.
September 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Diversity is Strength.
Agree
"question the rush to AI and the current framings of AI literacy as an inevitable policy trajectory and preferred future for education.
... the pre-emptive decision by the OECD to proceed with its PISA assessment in 2029 signals a race to a finish line."
theconversation.com/why-we-shoul...
"question the rush to AI and the current framings of AI literacy as an inevitable policy trajectory and preferred future for education.
... the pre-emptive decision by the OECD to proceed with its PISA assessment in 2029 signals a race to a finish line."
theconversation.com/why-we-shoul...
Why we should be skeptical of the hasty global push to test 15-year-olds’ AI literacy in 2029
Canada and other OECD countries’ plans to test students’ AI literacy in 2029 threatens to obscure essential questions about the marketing of AI.
theconversation.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Agree
"question the rush to AI and the current framings of AI literacy as an inevitable policy trajectory and preferred future for education.
... the pre-emptive decision by the OECD to proceed with its PISA assessment in 2029 signals a race to a finish line."
theconversation.com/why-we-shoul...
"question the rush to AI and the current framings of AI literacy as an inevitable policy trajectory and preferred future for education.
... the pre-emptive decision by the OECD to proceed with its PISA assessment in 2029 signals a race to a finish line."
theconversation.com/why-we-shoul...
"There is no B.C. coast. It's Canada's coast. There are no B.C. ports. There are Canada's ports...I feel an equal owner in those ports as a Canadian."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I find this hilarious, does that mean there is no Alberta Oil Sands, only Canada's Oil Sands?
Yah, I didn't think so.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I find this hilarious, does that mean there is no Alberta Oil Sands, only Canada's Oil Sands?
Yah, I didn't think so.
'There is no B.C. coast. It's Canada's coast': Sask. premier supports Alta. pipeline proposal | CBC News
Sask. Premier Scott Moe repeated his support for the proposed pipeline between Alberta and the northern B.C. coast earlier this week by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
www.cbc.ca
October 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"There is no B.C. coast. It's Canada's coast. There are no B.C. ports. There are Canada's ports...I feel an equal owner in those ports as a Canadian."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I find this hilarious, does that mean there is no Alberta Oil Sands, only Canada's Oil Sands?
Yah, I didn't think so.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I find this hilarious, does that mean there is no Alberta Oil Sands, only Canada's Oil Sands?
Yah, I didn't think so.
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Maybe universities try this on that grant extortion offer that just went out?
If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Maybe universities try this on that grant extortion offer that just went out?
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They zip tied children.
“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
abc7chicago.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
They zip tied children.
Diversity is Strength.
September 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Diversity is Strength.
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Peace genuinely is a very great good, so I am less hostile to the idea than I think some on here would be. But in this case I think it is a misread of the movement he is opposing. They will not be deflated or inclined to moderate by compromise, they will be emboldened and further radicalised.
September 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Peace genuinely is a very great good, so I am less hostile to the idea than I think some on here would be. But in this case I think it is a misread of the movement he is opposing. They will not be deflated or inclined to moderate by compromise, they will be emboldened and further radicalised.
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People need to realize that we are in a new paradigm now where billionaire owned mass media is spreading some of the most dangerous and genocidal voices from the fascist right as if they are rational every day, political voices
September 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
People need to realize that we are in a new paradigm now where billionaire owned mass media is spreading some of the most dangerous and genocidal voices from the fascist right as if they are rational every day, political voices
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the most important thing to remember when you see eugenicists who don’t believe that autistic people should exist rambling about “the autism epidemic” is not that they’re wrong about the “cause” (although they are absolutely wrong about it); it’s that they are eugenicists
September 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
the most important thing to remember when you see eugenicists who don’t believe that autistic people should exist rambling about “the autism epidemic” is not that they’re wrong about the “cause” (although they are absolutely wrong about it); it’s that they are eugenicists
Be honest, is anyone not watching Kimmel tonight?
September 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Be honest, is anyone not watching Kimmel tonight?
Remember kids, when you call out a bully and they blame you for making them hurt you or someone else, it isn't your fault. They are the one's choosing to harm people.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/m...
With US backing, defiant Netanyahu vows response to countries recognizing Palestinian state | CNN
With the backing of the United States, a defiant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a response to a number of countries recognizing a Palestinian state.
www.cnn.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Remember kids, when you call out a bully and they blame you for making them hurt you or someone else, it isn't your fault. They are the one's choosing to harm people.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/m...
Yes, isn't this obvious? Many researchers have been saying this for ages. Hallucination is an inherent part of the system, even the "right" answers are hallucinations in a sense. This doesn't mean they can't be useful, but people need to know that. I'm glad Open AI is finally saying it openly.
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Yes, isn't this obvious? Many researchers have been saying this for ages. Hallucination is an inherent part of the system, even the "right" answers are hallucinations in a sense. This doesn't mean they can't be useful, but people need to know that. I'm glad Open AI is finally saying it openly.
Does sunk-cost falacy qualify? The ability of humans to not move in from a bad choice is incredible
..ly destructive.
..ly destructive.
I guess it's commitment bias? Yeah, definitely, now that I've said it. Commitment bias!
My friends and I say the best cognitive bias is groupthink and if you don’t agree, you can’t hang with us.
September 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Does sunk-cost falacy qualify? The ability of humans to not move in from a bad choice is incredible
..ly destructive.
..ly destructive.