Victor Escorcia
@escorciav.bsky.social
AI Researcher Samsung Research AI Center Cambridge 🇬🇧 Ph.D. @ KAUST. Prev. Adobe Research 🇺🇸, Qualcomm AI 🇳🇱.
Latino 🇨🇴. Let go FOMO, frustration & excitement via tweets
Latino 🇨🇴. Let go FOMO, frustration & excitement via tweets
❓ Am I the only one curious to know the percentage of @iclr-conf.bsky.social dropouts who will go into @cvprconference.bsky.social?
Another interesting stat, the number of (preemptive) submission IDs of CVPR deleted
cc @openreview.bsky.social
Another interesting stat, the number of (preemptive) submission IDs of CVPR deleted
cc @openreview.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
❓ Am I the only one curious to know the percentage of @iclr-conf.bsky.social dropouts who will go into @cvprconference.bsky.social?
Another interesting stat, the number of (preemptive) submission IDs of CVPR deleted
cc @openreview.bsky.social
Another interesting stat, the number of (preemptive) submission IDs of CVPR deleted
cc @openreview.bsky.social
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Here are a couple of the points I made during yesterday’s Algoritmer, Data og Demokrati - ADD projektet Partnerkonference (Link: algoritmer.org/aktiviteter/...) (1/11)
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Here are a couple of the points I made during yesterday’s Algoritmer, Data og Demokrati - ADD projektet Partnerkonference (Link: algoritmer.org/aktiviteter/...) (1/11)
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November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Update on #CVPR2026 full paper & compute form submission issue:
We would like to inform authors that the OR submission system requires the submission of a compute reporting form along with any updates to the full paper. We have identified this as a system-related issue.
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We would like to inform authors that the OR submission system requires the submission of a compute reporting form along with any updates to the full paper. We have identified this as a system-related issue.
1/2
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Update on #CVPR2026 full paper & compute form submission issue:
We would like to inform authors that the OR submission system requires the submission of a compute reporting form along with any updates to the full paper. We have identified this as a system-related issue.
1/2
We would like to inform authors that the OR submission system requires the submission of a compute reporting form along with any updates to the full paper. We have identified this as a system-related issue.
1/2
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Have a #CVPR2026 question or concern? Tag us with @cvprconference.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Have a #CVPR2026 question or concern? Tag us with @cvprconference.bsky.social
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Do you know someone qualified to be an Area Chair for #ICML2026?🤔
(...maybe yourself?)
If so, then nominate them to be an Area Chair! Nomination closes November 17, 2025, so don't delay!🚀🚀🚀
Nomination form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(...maybe yourself?)
If so, then nominate them to be an Area Chair! Nomination closes November 17, 2025, so don't delay!🚀🚀🚀
Nomination form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Do you know someone qualified to be an Area Chair for #ICML2026?🤔
(...maybe yourself?)
If so, then nominate them to be an Area Chair! Nomination closes November 17, 2025, so don't delay!🚀🚀🚀
Nomination form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(...maybe yourself?)
If so, then nominate them to be an Area Chair! Nomination closes November 17, 2025, so don't delay!🚀🚀🚀
Nomination form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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My PyBay talk recording is up!
“Just because AI can write your tests… should it?”
youtu.be/Lha1741iEjE
It starts with a tangent about honeybees vs native bees, but I swear, I found a way to relate that topic to the talk.
Enjoy! 🐝
“Just because AI can write your tests… should it?”
youtu.be/Lha1741iEjE
It starts with a tangent about honeybees vs native bees, but I swear, I found a way to relate that topic to the talk.
Enjoy! 🐝
Just because AI can write your tests - should it? — Pamela Fox (PyBay 2025)
YouTube video by SF Python
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My PyBay talk recording is up!
“Just because AI can write your tests… should it?”
youtu.be/Lha1741iEjE
It starts with a tangent about honeybees vs native bees, but I swear, I found a way to relate that topic to the talk.
Enjoy! 🐝
“Just because AI can write your tests… should it?”
youtu.be/Lha1741iEjE
It starts with a tangent about honeybees vs native bees, but I swear, I found a way to relate that topic to the talk.
Enjoy! 🐝
Reposted by Victor Escorcia
social media is RL on humans
It's interesting that RLHF'd LLMs and influencers talk the same way. Perhaps through the evolution of clickbait, we'd already found the local maximum of attention grabbing
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
social media is RL on humans
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A fascinating and historic panel discussion with six of the recipients of the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, honoring the critical interplay between Algorithms, Data, and Compute that gave rise to today’s remarkable advances in AI and Machine Learning
The Minds of Modern AI: Jensen Huang, Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun & the AI Vision of the Future
YouTube video by FT Live
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A fascinating and historic panel discussion with six of the recipients of the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, honoring the critical interplay between Algorithms, Data, and Compute that gave rise to today’s remarkable advances in AI and Machine Learning
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I'm running an A/B test that gives a stronger weight to your "show less". Every day users are reshuffled between experiment and control. I wonder if the good days for you were when you were in the experiment. Let me check which arm you were in over the last few days.
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'm running an A/B test that gives a stronger weight to your "show less". Every day users are reshuffled between experiment and control. I wonder if the good days for you were when you were in the experiment. Let me check which arm you were in over the last few days.
& then we're genuinely 3 🥰🤟🏼💓⛰️
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
& then we're genuinely 3 🥰🤟🏼💓⛰️
Why are you in 🦋?
(I'm) For the same reason I downloaded:
1. WhatsApp
2. Signal, used only when living in 🇳🇱.
3. Telegram
(in such order) to be in contact with someone/someppl
The 🐦 still offers better UX for me. Nevertheless,
Kudos to all folks engaged on making a clear blue sky 💪🏼
(I'm) For the same reason I downloaded:
1. WhatsApp
2. Signal, used only when living in 🇳🇱.
3. Telegram
(in such order) to be in contact with someone/someppl
The 🐦 still offers better UX for me. Nevertheless,
Kudos to all folks engaged on making a clear blue sky 💪🏼
Bsky is great to following people who are here, but bad at serendipity, which is the most important point for me.
Ofc, that’s just me
Ofc, that’s just me
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Why are you in 🦋?
(I'm) For the same reason I downloaded:
1. WhatsApp
2. Signal, used only when living in 🇳🇱.
3. Telegram
(in such order) to be in contact with someone/someppl
The 🐦 still offers better UX for me. Nevertheless,
Kudos to all folks engaged on making a clear blue sky 💪🏼
(I'm) For the same reason I downloaded:
1. WhatsApp
2. Signal, used only when living in 🇳🇱.
3. Telegram
(in such order) to be in contact with someone/someppl
The 🐦 still offers better UX for me. Nevertheless,
Kudos to all folks engaged on making a clear blue sky 💪🏼
@spacecowboy17.bsky.social did something happen with "for you" feed recently?
It's not as great as it's 😢
Just asking 😅🤷🏽
It's not as great as it's 😢
Just asking 😅🤷🏽
same for me. I mostly switch to Following to get news or silly things from nowadays (as I follow accounts != AI/ML/CV/etc)
"For you" feed significantly improve my UX here 🦋
"For you" feed significantly improve my UX here 🦋
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
@spacecowboy17.bsky.social did something happen with "for you" feed recently?
It's not as great as it's 😢
Just asking 😅🤷🏽
It's not as great as it's 😢
Just asking 😅🤷🏽
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Using some insights from structuralism and classical econophysics, I put together two estimates of human compute that converge pretty well. Also connect the math back to Dunbar's social intelligence hypothesis. nicolasdvillarreal.substack.com/p/structural...
Structural Estimates of Human Computation
Some back of the envelope math
nicolasdvillarreal.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Using some insights from structuralism and classical econophysics, I put together two estimates of human compute that converge pretty well. Also connect the math back to Dunbar's social intelligence hypothesis. nicolasdvillarreal.substack.com/p/structural...
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@pranav-nlp.bsky.social and I are surveying researchers about naming and name changes in academia (especially computer science).
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
@pranav-nlp.bsky.social and I are surveying researchers about naming and name changes in academia (especially computer science).
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
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🆕 Separate Deadlines for #CVPR2026
To improve system stability and provide a clearer submission process, we have just introduced 2 new deadlines that are now separate from the Abstract and the Paper Submission deadlines.
cvpr.thecvf.com/Conferences/...
To improve system stability and provide a clearer submission process, we have just introduced 2 new deadlines that are now separate from the Abstract and the Paper Submission deadlines.
cvpr.thecvf.com/Conferences/...
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🆕 Separate Deadlines for #CVPR2026
To improve system stability and provide a clearer submission process, we have just introduced 2 new deadlines that are now separate from the Abstract and the Paper Submission deadlines.
cvpr.thecvf.com/Conferences/...
To improve system stability and provide a clearer submission process, we have just introduced 2 new deadlines that are now separate from the Abstract and the Paper Submission deadlines.
cvpr.thecvf.com/Conferences/...
One of my biggest disappointment with science was that there is as much politics & self-interest rules over commons
yet ppl in science will claim more shameless (than other human activities) that we're
1) different := better
2) merit-driven
3) changing due to progres
...
💬
yet ppl in science will claim more shameless (than other human activities) that we're
1) different := better
2) merit-driven
3) changing due to progres
...
💬
So true.
Also: stop believing that scientist have higher ethical standards than anyone else. They don't. We might not like it but that's how it is.
(Actually I don't even think scientists *should* have higher ethical standards than anyone else. EVERYONE should have high ethics standards.)
Also: stop believing that scientist have higher ethical standards than anyone else. They don't. We might not like it but that's how it is.
(Actually I don't even think scientists *should* have higher ethical standards than anyone else. EVERYONE should have high ethics standards.)
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
One of my biggest disappointment with science was that there is as much politics & self-interest rules over commons
yet ppl in science will claim more shameless (than other human activities) that we're
1) different := better
2) merit-driven
3) changing due to progres
...
💬
yet ppl in science will claim more shameless (than other human activities) that we're
1) different := better
2) merit-driven
3) changing due to progres
...
💬
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This Nature retrospective is quite interesting.
To me, the only solution to the credit assignment problem is obvious: stop believing a single person is responsible for every big discovery. It's an artifact of our monkey brain requiring a face for storage, not the reality of how knowledge progresses.
To me, the only solution to the credit assignment problem is obvious: stop believing a single person is responsible for every big discovery. It's an artifact of our monkey brain requiring a face for storage, not the reality of how knowledge progresses.
"stole Rosalind Franklin's work" has become the new orthodoxy. While she was certainly the victim of sexism from Watson, I think her colleague Wilkins was the real villain. Events 1951-53 well covered in Nature in 2023 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This Nature retrospective is quite interesting.
To me, the only solution to the credit assignment problem is obvious: stop believing a single person is responsible for every big discovery. It's an artifact of our monkey brain requiring a face for storage, not the reality of how knowledge progresses.
To me, the only solution to the credit assignment problem is obvious: stop believing a single person is responsible for every big discovery. It's an artifact of our monkey brain requiring a face for storage, not the reality of how knowledge progresses.
ICML tweaking the reviewer cap. Time to analyze the peer review bazaar from the pov of economy?
bsky.app/profile/esco...
bsky.app/profile/esco...
What's the plan to address the different speeds?
Pricing approaches are the 1st thing that comes to mind for "slow down." Cap is indirect pricing.
You ignored half (& more) of the proposal involving lottery: yields acceptance into a different track, hence currency devaluation
x.com/3scorciav/st...
Pricing approaches are the 1st thing that comes to mind for "slow down." Cap is indirect pricing.
You ignored half (& more) of the proposal involving lottery: yields acceptance into a different track, hence currency devaluation
x.com/3scorciav/st...
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
ICML tweaking the reviewer cap. Time to analyze the peer review bazaar from the pov of economy?
bsky.app/profile/esco...
bsky.app/profile/esco...
@icmlconf.bsky.social Cap := rationing schemes
Slowly moving towards a #ReviewBank for academic peer review exchanges.
More changes in the 2026 CFP
icml.cc/Conferences/...
Slowly moving towards a #ReviewBank for academic peer review exchanges.
More changes in the 2026 CFP
icml.cc/Conferences/...
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
@icmlconf.bsky.social Cap := rationing schemes
Slowly moving towards a #ReviewBank for academic peer review exchanges.
More changes in the 2026 CFP
icml.cc/Conferences/...
Slowly moving towards a #ReviewBank for academic peer review exchanges.
More changes in the 2026 CFP
icml.cc/Conferences/...
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We have been working with Michal Klein on pushing a module to train *flow matching* models using JAX. This is shipped as part of our new release of the OTT-JAX toolbox (github.com/ott-jax/ott)
The tutorial to do so is here: ott-jax.readthedocs.io/tutorials/ne...
The tutorial to do so is here: ott-jax.readthedocs.io/tutorials/ne...
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We have been working with Michal Klein on pushing a module to train *flow matching* models using JAX. This is shipped as part of our new release of the OTT-JAX toolbox (github.com/ott-jax/ott)
The tutorial to do so is here: ott-jax.readthedocs.io/tutorials/ne...
The tutorial to do so is here: ott-jax.readthedocs.io/tutorials/ne...
Reposted by Victor Escorcia
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The origin of the term AGI by @stevenlevy.bsky.social-I have worked in AI for 50 years and still think we were chasing what AGI claims to be chasing. Meta now chases ASI--Artificial Super Intelligence. I think we should all be chasing AHI--Artificial Hyper Intelligence. www.wired.com/story/the-ma...
The Man Who Invented AGI
Everyone is obsessed with artificial general intelligence—the stage when AI can match all feats of human cognition. The guy who named it saw it as a threat.
www.wired.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The origin of the term AGI by @stevenlevy.bsky.social-I have worked in AI for 50 years and still think we were chasing what AGI claims to be chasing. Meta now chases ASI--Artificial Super Intelligence. I think we should all be chasing AHI--Artificial Hyper Intelligence. www.wired.com/story/the-ma...
I've not seen much tears about the
@cvprconference.bsky.social over here 🦋. Have you?
Wondering if it's
1️⃣ delayed propagation
2️⃣ loud voices in X/Twitter 🐦 aren't as louder here & perhaps less louder voices don't really care about what they're shouting
...
@cvprconference.bsky.social over here 🦋. Have you?
Wondering if it's
1️⃣ delayed propagation
2️⃣ loud voices in X/Twitter 🐦 aren't as louder here & perhaps less louder voices don't really care about what they're shouting
...
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I've not seen much tears about the
@cvprconference.bsky.social over here 🦋. Have you?
Wondering if it's
1️⃣ delayed propagation
2️⃣ loud voices in X/Twitter 🐦 aren't as louder here & perhaps less louder voices don't really care about what they're shouting
...
@cvprconference.bsky.social over here 🦋. Have you?
Wondering if it's
1️⃣ delayed propagation
2️⃣ loud voices in X/Twitter 🐦 aren't as louder here & perhaps less louder voices don't really care about what they're shouting
...