Joel Lehman
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Joel Lehman
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ML researcher, co-author Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned. Creative+safe AI, AI+human flourishing, philosophy; prev OpenAI / Uber AI / Geometric Intelligence
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Could a major opportunity to improve representation in deep learning be hiding in plain sight? Check out our new position paper: Questioning Representational Optimism in Deep Learning: The Fractured Entangled Representation Hypothesis.

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.11581
May 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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"Corner cases".

"Long tails".

You can play whack-a-mole with them.

Or, you can confront their root causes directly.

Our new paper "Evolution and The Knightian Blindspot of Machine Learning" argues we should do the latter.
January 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
new paper: "Evolution and the Knightian Blindspot of Machine Learning"

Our ever-changing world bubbles with surprise and complexity. General AI must include handling unforeseen situations with grace. Yet this issue largely lies outside AI's formalisms: a blind spot. (1/n)
January 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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It’s the new year. Delete slack from your phone. Open your email after lunch. Disconnect the WiFi on Saturdays. Go to the woods on the weekend. Purchase a one way ticket to Alaska. Join a community of bears. Film a documentary. Post it on LinkedIn.
January 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Economics papers were a bit different in the 80s?

From "Let's Take the Con out of Econometrics" by Edward Leamer, >3k citations
December 9, 2024 at 10:05 PM
"Move then with new desires. / For where we used to build and love / Is no-man's land, and only ghosts can live / Between two fires."
-C. Day-Lewis
November 25, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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“Friendship Feed" is a feed with the goal of surfacing the people you care about, even if they don’t post a lot!

Mixology:
Find your mutuals, shuffle them, and show one post per person from their latest few.

LMKWYT :)
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wmhp7mubpgafjggwvaxeozmu/feed/bestoffollows
August 10, 2023 at 1:38 PM