Dominik Straub
@dominikstrb.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Computational and Biological Learning Lab, @eng.cam.ac.uk. Previously PhD at @tuda.bsky.social
Working on probabilistic models and inverse optimal control to understand perception, action, and learning.
https://dominikstrb.github.io
Working on probabilistic models and inverse optimal control to understand perception, action, and learning.
https://dominikstrb.github.io
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Vibe coding kills open source.
Our most direct title yet. @koren.mk @julianhi.nz @aaron-lohmann.bsky.social
Theory paper with numbers and policy recs. First at arxiv.org/abs/2601.15494
Comments welcome.
@ceu-economics.bsky.social @kiel.institute
Our most direct title yet. @koren.mk @julianhi.nz @aaron-lohmann.bsky.social
Theory paper with numbers and policy recs. First at arxiv.org/abs/2601.15494
Comments welcome.
@ceu-economics.bsky.social @kiel.institute
January 23, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Vibe coding kills open source.
Our most direct title yet. @koren.mk @julianhi.nz @aaron-lohmann.bsky.social
Theory paper with numbers and policy recs. First at arxiv.org/abs/2601.15494
Comments welcome.
@ceu-economics.bsky.social @kiel.institute
Our most direct title yet. @koren.mk @julianhi.nz @aaron-lohmann.bsky.social
Theory paper with numbers and policy recs. First at arxiv.org/abs/2601.15494
Comments welcome.
@ceu-economics.bsky.social @kiel.institute
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Final paper of my PhD 🤗
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
There is growing interest in how cognitive control may improve value-based decision making.
However, we find that a recent paper overestimated the role of control in their task, leading to erroneous interpretations of dACC recordings.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
There is growing interest in how cognitive control may improve value-based decision making.
However, we find that a recent paper overestimated the role of control in their task, leading to erroneous interpretations of dACC recordings.
Misspecified models create the appearance of adaptive control during value-based choice - Communications Psychology
In a new computational analysis of previous work, this study shows that a control-free mechanism better accounts for value-based decisions than an account that assumes top-down control invigorating th...
www.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Final paper of my PhD 🤗
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
There is growing interest in how cognitive control may improve value-based decision making.
However, we find that a recent paper overestimated the role of control in their task, leading to erroneous interpretations of dACC recordings.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
There is growing interest in how cognitive control may improve value-based decision making.
However, we find that a recent paper overestimated the role of control in their task, leading to erroneous interpretations of dACC recordings.
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Nice article but the social dynamics of science mean that peer review is de facto a "throughout problem". LLM usage in PR will increase because it reduces pressures on overstretched researchers. We can't stop LLM PR without addressing those pressures.
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ai-n...
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ai-n...
AI is not a peer, so it can’t do peer review
If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines, says Akhil Bhardwaj
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Nice article but the social dynamics of science mean that peer review is de facto a "throughout problem". LLM usage in PR will increase because it reduces pressures on overstretched researchers. We can't stop LLM PR without addressing those pressures.
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ai-n...
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ai-n...
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+++ Teilt und unterschreibt unseren offenen Brief an die Hessische Landesregierung! +++ Wir werden die bevorstehende katastrophale Verschlechterung unseres Hochschulsystems nicht hinnehmen und fordern eine Neuverhandlung des Hochschulpakts! #nocuts #nocutsinhessen cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/...
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CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite
cryptpad.fr
February 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
+++ Teilt und unterschreibt unseren offenen Brief an die Hessische Landesregierung! +++ Wir werden die bevorstehende katastrophale Verschlechterung unseres Hochschulsystems nicht hinnehmen und fordern eine Neuverhandlung des Hochschulpakts! #nocuts #nocutsinhessen cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/...
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#IchBinHanna ist heute Thema im Forschungsausschuss des Bundestags -- & Ihr könnt live dabei sein! Fachgespräch wird via Livestream übertragen (endlich wieder Parlamentsfernsehen): www.bundestag.de/mediathek/live Sachverständige u.a. @frauforschung.bsky.social & @rosefeldt.bsky.social. #WissZeitVG
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 AM
#IchBinHanna ist heute Thema im Forschungsausschuss des Bundestags -- & Ihr könnt live dabei sein! Fachgespräch wird via Livestream übertragen (endlich wieder Parlamentsfernsehen): www.bundestag.de/mediathek/live Sachverständige u.a. @frauforschung.bsky.social & @rosefeldt.bsky.social. #WissZeitVG
Important talk by @meredithmeredith.bsky.social and @udbhav-tiwari.bsky.social at #39c3 on the risks of AI agents in operating systems
youtu.be/0ANECpNdt-4?...
youtu.be/0ANECpNdt-4?...
39C3 - AI Agent, AI Spy
YouTube video by media.ccc.de
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Important talk by @meredithmeredith.bsky.social and @udbhav-tiwari.bsky.social at #39c3 on the risks of AI agents in operating systems
youtu.be/0ANECpNdt-4?...
youtu.be/0ANECpNdt-4?...
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Just published my review of neuroscience in 2025, on The Spike.
The 10th of these, would you believe?
This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more
Enjoy!
medium.com/the-spike/20...
The 10th of these, would you believe?
This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more
Enjoy!
medium.com/the-spike/20...
2025: A Review of the Year in Neuroscience
Enlightening the brain
medium.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Just published my review of neuroscience in 2025, on The Spike.
The 10th of these, would you believe?
This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more
Enjoy!
medium.com/the-spike/20...
The 10th of these, would you believe?
This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more
Enjoy!
medium.com/the-spike/20...
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Was fiese Flegel und Lobbyverbände mit den Verschärfungen bei der Grundsicherung zu tun haben, erfahrt ihr in meinem Talk beim diesjährigen #39c3. media.ccc.de/v/39c3-wer-l...
Wer liegt hier wem auf der Tasche?
Das Bürgergeld ist Geschichte. An seine Stelle tritt eine Grundsicherung, die auf kalkulierten Verfassungsbruch setzt. Totalsanktionen, V...
media.ccc.de
December 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Was fiese Flegel und Lobbyverbände mit den Verschärfungen bei der Grundsicherung zu tun haben, erfahrt ihr in meinem Talk beim diesjährigen #39c3. media.ccc.de/v/39c3-wer-l...
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Videotipp: AI-generated content in Wikipedia - a tale of caution
By Mathias Schindler
media.ccc.de/v/39c3-ai-ge...
#39c3
By Mathias Schindler
media.ccc.de/v/39c3-ai-ge...
#39c3
AI-generated content in Wikipedia - a tale of caution
- media.ccc.de
I successfully failed with a literature related project and accidentally built a ChatGPT detector. Then I spoke to the people who uploade...
media.ccc.de
December 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Videotipp: AI-generated content in Wikipedia - a tale of caution
By Mathias Schindler
media.ccc.de/v/39c3-ai-ge...
#39c3
By Mathias Schindler
media.ccc.de/v/39c3-ai-ge...
#39c3
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December 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Absolutely essential piece by @kevinbaker.bsky.social critiquing AI automation of science by pulling back the curtain on what modern science actually is. LLMs already replicate and accelerate its irrational bureaucratic structure.
Context Widows
or, of GPUs, LPUs, and Goal Displacement
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Absolutely essential piece by @kevinbaker.bsky.social critiquing AI automation of science by pulling back the curtain on what modern science actually is. LLMs already replicate and accelerate its irrational bureaucratic structure.
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Last month, our new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) held their first annual meeting at the foundation. Learn more about SCENE: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/neuroscience/simons-collaboration-on-ecological-neuroscience/ #science #neuroscience
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Last month, our new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) held their first annual meeting at the foundation. Learn more about SCENE: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/neuroscience/simons-collaboration-on-ecological-neuroscience/ #science #neuroscience
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This a pretty funny encapsulation of ai scientist work. The authors hand it some softball software tasks, then it comes back with very different results than what it’s replicating and the authors shrug at the data being different
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
December 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This a pretty funny encapsulation of ai scientist work. The authors hand it some softball software tasks, then it comes back with very different results than what it’s replicating and the authors shrug at the data being different
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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🚀🎓We have exciting opportunities at the PhD and Postdoc level, including in the new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience, a 10-year initiative spanning a powerful international network of labs working across species and disciplines - please reach out if interested
bsky.app/profile/simo...
bsky.app/profile/simo...
We are excited to announce our new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE)! This program will unite experts in experimental and computational #neuroscience approaches to investigate how the brain represents sensorimotor interactions. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s... #science
Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience
Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🚀🎓We have exciting opportunities at the PhD and Postdoc level, including in the new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience, a 10-year initiative spanning a powerful international network of labs working across species and disciplines - please reach out if interested
bsky.app/profile/simo...
bsky.app/profile/simo...
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was at an event on AI for science yesterday, a panel discussion here at NeurIPS. The panelists discussed how they plan to replace humans at all levels in the scientific process. So I stood up and protested that what they are doing is evil.
Full post:
togelius.blogspot.com/2025/12/plea...
Full post:
togelius.blogspot.com/2025/12/plea...
Please, don't automate science!
I was at an event on AI for science yesterday, a panel discussion here at NeurIPS. The panelists discussed how they plan to replace humans a...
togelius.blogspot.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
was at an event on AI for science yesterday, a panel discussion here at NeurIPS. The panelists discussed how they plan to replace humans at all levels in the scientific process. So I stood up and protested that what they are doing is evil.
Full post:
togelius.blogspot.com/2025/12/plea...
Full post:
togelius.blogspot.com/2025/12/plea...
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3. I appealed to the joy of doing science—and got the predictable question:
Would you rather live in a world where AI cured cancer or live in a world where you personally get to do science?
But that's not the dilemma we face at all. There's no cause to think that AI could do anything of the sort.
Would you rather live in a world where AI cured cancer or live in a world where you personally get to do science?
But that's not the dilemma we face at all. There's no cause to think that AI could do anything of the sort.
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
3. I appealed to the joy of doing science—and got the predictable question:
Would you rather live in a world where AI cured cancer or live in a world where you personally get to do science?
But that's not the dilemma we face at all. There's no cause to think that AI could do anything of the sort.
Would you rather live in a world where AI cured cancer or live in a world where you personally get to do science?
But that's not the dilemma we face at all. There's no cause to think that AI could do anything of the sort.
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8000 Artikel über zu viel "Wokeness" an den deutschen Unis; vornehmes Schweigen dazu, dass diese Unis gerade im Rahmen einer harten Austeritätspolitik abgewickelt werden.
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
8000 Artikel über zu viel "Wokeness" an den deutschen Unis; vornehmes Schweigen dazu, dass diese Unis gerade im Rahmen einer harten Austeritätspolitik abgewickelt werden.
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Tobias Niehues @tobnie.bsky.social is presenting our work with @dominikstrb.bsky.social 'Amortized Bayesian decision-making for inferring decision-making parameters from behavior' at the Amortized ProbML Workshop and the @ellis.eu UnConference. Please come by our poster!
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Tobias Niehues @tobnie.bsky.social is presenting our work with @dominikstrb.bsky.social 'Amortized Bayesian decision-making for inferring decision-making parameters from behavior' at the Amortized ProbML Workshop and the @ellis.eu UnConference. Please come by our poster!
If you're looking for a PhD position, check out this opportunity!
I had a great time doing my PhD in Darmstadt. Exciting research with lots of opportunities for collaboration across AI and cognitive science in a very livable city.
I had a great time doing my PhD in Darmstadt. Exciting research with lots of opportunities for collaboration across AI and cognitive science in a very livable city.
Join our world-class #ClusterOfExcellence on Reasonable AI as a PhD student in one of the four labs. More info, particularly on the Challenging AI with Cognitive Science Lab (CAI) & application 👉 hessian.ai/call-for-app...
Call for Applications: Fully Funded PhD Positions in the Cluster of Excellence “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence (RAI) | hessian.AI
The Cluster of Excellence Reasonable Artificial Intelligence (RAI) invites applications for several fully funded PhD positions starting in early 2026. RAI conducts cutting-edge research on AI systems ...
hessian.ai
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
If you're looking for a PhD position, check out this opportunity!
I had a great time doing my PhD in Darmstadt. Exciting research with lots of opportunities for collaboration across AI and cognitive science in a very livable city.
I had a great time doing my PhD in Darmstadt. Exciting research with lots of opportunities for collaboration across AI and cognitive science in a very livable city.
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Q: Why did the LLM cross the road?
A: We're not sure, but it achieved 94.7% on CHIKENBench-Large
A: We're not sure, but it achieved 94.7% on CHIKENBench-Large
September 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Q: Why did the LLM cross the road?
A: We're not sure, but it achieved 94.7% on CHIKENBench-Large
A: We're not sure, but it achieved 94.7% on CHIKENBench-Large
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The vision of human-out-of-the-loop science fundamentally mistakes what knowledge production is. It aims at the production of, wait for it, knowledge: a thing that definitionally involves an epistemic agent or agents, unless you are theistic about it.
September 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The vision of human-out-of-the-loop science fundamentally mistakes what knowledge production is. It aims at the production of, wait for it, knowledge: a thing that definitionally involves an epistemic agent or agents, unless you are theistic about it.
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Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent.
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI
www.irishtimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent.
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In other news, I am now a ✨ COXI ✨ (cognitive scientist in Osnabrück, Germany)
www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/campus-li...
I'll be looking for PhD students & postdocs later this year, so watch this space if combining cognitive modelling, EEG & tFUS to study flexible cognition sounds exciting to you 🚀
www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/campus-li...
I'll be looking for PhD students & postdocs later this year, so watch this space if combining cognitive modelling, EEG & tFUS to study flexible cognition sounds exciting to you 🚀
New at the university: Prof. Weber!
Osnabrück University welcomes Prof. Dr. Lilian Weber! Since August 15, she has held the professorship "Cognitive Modeling" at the School of Human Sciences. A warm welcome!
www.uni-osnabrueck.de
August 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
In other news, I am now a ✨ COXI ✨ (cognitive scientist in Osnabrück, Germany)
www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/campus-li...
I'll be looking for PhD students & postdocs later this year, so watch this space if combining cognitive modelling, EEG & tFUS to study flexible cognition sounds exciting to you 🚀
www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/campus-li...
I'll be looking for PhD students & postdocs later this year, so watch this space if combining cognitive modelling, EEG & tFUS to study flexible cognition sounds exciting to you 🚀
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G'day #ECVP!
Today, three more colleagues present their posters.
38: @celinehonekamp.bsky.social will introduce you to dual adaptation in the temporal domain.
48: Tarek will present a relative depth experiment conducted on the multifocal display he built.
Today, three more colleagues present their posters.
38: @celinehonekamp.bsky.social will introduce you to dual adaptation in the temporal domain.
48: Tarek will present a relative depth experiment conducted on the multifocal display he built.
August 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
G'day #ECVP!
Today, three more colleagues present their posters.
38: @celinehonekamp.bsky.social will introduce you to dual adaptation in the temporal domain.
48: Tarek will present a relative depth experiment conducted on the multifocal display he built.
Today, three more colleagues present their posters.
38: @celinehonekamp.bsky.social will introduce you to dual adaptation in the temporal domain.
48: Tarek will present a relative depth experiment conducted on the multifocal display he built.