Tim König
@koenigt.bsky.social
Political Theory, Philosophy of Technology and Data Science. Focus on NLP, also Network Analysis and some Statistics. PhD in Political Sciences
https://tim-koenig.net
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Tim König
@koenigt.bsky.social
· Feb 7
GitHub - TimBMK/textgraph: R package for working with large-scale text graphs
R package for working with large-scale text graphs - GitHub - TimBMK/textgraph: R package for working with large-scale text graphs
github.com
I'm proud to announce the release of my first #rstats package: textgraph! It accumulates (part of) the work I did over the last 3 years of my PhD, namely working with large text co-occurrence graphs. It has some tricks up its sleeve, like parallelization, random walks, and temporal topic clusters
"Actual scientific progress happens through theories, which explain a collection of findings, and paradigms [...] We suspect that the rapid proliferation of scientific findings based on AI has not accelerated — and might even have inhibited — these higher levels of progress."
Why an overreliance on AI-driven modelling is bad for science
Without clear protocols to catch errors, artificial intelligence’s growing role in science could do more harm than good.
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"Actual scientific progress happens through theories, which explain a collection of findings, and paradigms [...] We suspect that the rapid proliferation of scientific findings based on AI has not accelerated — and might even have inhibited — these higher levels of progress."
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Moment mal...
...so schnell werdet ihr uns nicht los.
Zusammen Informationsfreiheit stärken: fragdenstaat.de/jetzt-spenden/
...so schnell werdet ihr uns nicht los.
Zusammen Informationsfreiheit stärken: fragdenstaat.de/jetzt-spenden/
March 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Moment mal...
...so schnell werdet ihr uns nicht los.
Zusammen Informationsfreiheit stärken: fragdenstaat.de/jetzt-spenden/
...so schnell werdet ihr uns nicht los.
Zusammen Informationsfreiheit stärken: fragdenstaat.de/jetzt-spenden/
While playing around with the LangChain Framework, I figured it might be convenient to let LLM Agents access your Zotero library, so I built a retriever It should become part of the langchain_community package soon, but it in the meantime it's available via Github or pip
github.com/TimBMK/langc...
github.com/TimBMK/langc...
GitHub - TimBMK/langchain-zotero-retriever: A Retriever for the Langchain eco system to access the Zotero API
A Retriever for the Langchain eco system to access the Zotero API - TimBMK/langchain-zotero-retriever
github.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
While playing around with the LangChain Framework, I figured it might be convenient to let LLM Agents access your Zotero library, so I built a retriever It should become part of the langchain_community package soon, but it in the meantime it's available via Github or pip
github.com/TimBMK/langc...
github.com/TimBMK/langc...
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The group behind the radical Project 2025 agenda is increasingly turning its attention to Europe:
www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/h...
www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/h...
Heritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EU
The group that drafted a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term convened a meeting in Washington D.C. this week to consider proposals for bulldozing the European Union (EU). The Polish investiga...
www.desmog.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The group behind the radical Project 2025 agenda is increasingly turning its attention to Europe:
www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/h...
www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/h...
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I am recruiting 2 PhD students for Fall'25 @csaudk.bsky.social to work on bleeding-edge topics in #NLProc #LLMs #AIAgents (e.g. LLM reasoning, knowledge-seeking agents, and more).
Details: www.cs.au.dk/~clan/openings
Deadline: May 1, 2025
Please boost!
cc: @aicentre.dk @wikiresearch.bsky.social
Details: www.cs.au.dk/~clan/openings
Deadline: May 1, 2025
Please boost!
cc: @aicentre.dk @wikiresearch.bsky.social
Open positions and projects
### Open semester and Master's projects If you're an AU student looking for a semester project, a Bachelor project, or an MS thesis project, please refer to [this list](projects). ### Prospective PhD ...
www.cs.au.dk
March 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I am recruiting 2 PhD students for Fall'25 @csaudk.bsky.social to work on bleeding-edge topics in #NLProc #LLMs #AIAgents (e.g. LLM reasoning, knowledge-seeking agents, and more).
Details: www.cs.au.dk/~clan/openings
Deadline: May 1, 2025
Please boost!
cc: @aicentre.dk @wikiresearch.bsky.social
Details: www.cs.au.dk/~clan/openings
Deadline: May 1, 2025
Please boost!
cc: @aicentre.dk @wikiresearch.bsky.social
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In @zeit.de, @ewo.name's devastating report from #SXSW: Like it's 2023, "back when one could still innocently predict the future at tech conferences without taking into account burgeoning fascism." Again Zeit's coverage of our fall is better than our own.
Was mich hier echt bedrückt, ist die Abwesenheit von Diskussionen um die US-Politik auf den großen Bühnen. Auf der SXSW wird in jeder zweiten Session die Zukunft vorhergesagt. Wie geht das ohne den Faschismus mit in die Rechnung zu nehmen? Hier mein aktueller Text.
#sxsw #sxsw2025 #trump
#sxsw #sxsw2025 #trump
SXSW 2025: Warum ist der Faschismus hier kein Thema?
Auf der Tech-Konferenz SXSW in Austin zeigt sich, wieso der Widerstand gegen die aktuelle US-Politik so klein ist. Geschwiegen wird aus Angst – und weil es um Geld geht.
www.zeit.de
March 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
A week ago or so I stumbled across this piece by @edzitron.com. He raises some compelling points and is asking the right question - where's the money? - but ultimately I think he is wrong. The money is there. And it's in the data centers. Let me explain. 1/10
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
There Is No AI Revolution
Soundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars
Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative AI industry as a cynical con where OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei hav...
www.wheresyoured.at
March 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A week ago or so I stumbled across this piece by @edzitron.com. He raises some compelling points and is asking the right question - where's the money? - but ultimately I think he is wrong. The money is there. And it's in the data centers. Let me explain. 1/10
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
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As another Trump-induced market crisis unfolds from tariffs, it's time we ask "What's the Matter with Billionaires?" I've run the numbers. Billionaires do better under Dems. So why do billionaires keep supporting GOP policies against their economic interests? See my latest piece on why. (TLDR 🧵⬇️)
What's the Matter with Billionaires?
How America's wealthiest sabotage their own prosperity (and ours) to avoid paying taxes
open.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As another Trump-induced market crisis unfolds from tariffs, it's time we ask "What's the Matter with Billionaires?" I've run the numbers. Billionaires do better under Dems. So why do billionaires keep supporting GOP policies against their economic interests? See my latest piece on why. (TLDR 🧵⬇️)
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München, Solingen, Magdeburg: Zu allen Anschlägen gab es einen Brennpunkt in der ARD. Zur gestrigen Amokfahrt in #Mannheim bisher nicht. Warum wohl? www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/ma...
Mannheim: Als die Herkunft bekannt wurde, machte man die Livestreams aus
München, Solingen, Magdeburg: Zu allen Anschlägen gab es einen Brennpunkt in der ARD. Zur gestrigen Amokfahrt in Mannheim bisher nicht.
www.volksverpetzer.de
March 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
München, Solingen, Magdeburg: Zu allen Anschlägen gab es einen Brennpunkt in der ARD. Zur gestrigen Amokfahrt in #Mannheim bisher nicht. Warum wohl? www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/ma...
Last week, I held a two-day workshop on NLP techniques, from Bag of Words to LLMs. Most materials are in English and include code and hands-on exercises. We covered static embeddings, classification with BERT/RoBERTa and LLMs, Model Evaluation, and finally built our own multi-agent and RAG systems!
GitHub - TimBMK/LLM-workshop-HI: Slides and Materials for a workshop on NLP, Transformers, LLMs and Agents. Taught at the University of Hildesheim, February 2025
Slides and Materials for a workshop on NLP, Transformers, LLMs and Agents. Taught at the University of Hildesheim, February 2025 - TimBMK/LLM-workshop-HI
github.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Last week, I held a two-day workshop on NLP techniques, from Bag of Words to LLMs. Most materials are in English and include code and hands-on exercises. We covered static embeddings, classification with BERT/RoBERTa and LLMs, Model Evaluation, and finally built our own multi-agent and RAG systems!
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Nachdem Friedrich Merz mit der AfD gestimmt hat, drängen Wirtschaftslobbyisten und CDU-nahe Akteure zum nächsten Tabubruch: Eine Minderheitsregierung.
CORRECTIV deckt auf, wer die CDU nach rechts treibt.
CORRECTIV deckt auf, wer die CDU nach rechts treibt.
Die Rechtstreiber der CDU
Einige Wirtschaftslobbyisten und Denkfabriken untergraben aktiv die Brandmauer. Der nächste mögliche Tabubruch: eine Minderheitsregierung
correctiv.org
February 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Nachdem Friedrich Merz mit der AfD gestimmt hat, drängen Wirtschaftslobbyisten und CDU-nahe Akteure zum nächsten Tabubruch: Eine Minderheitsregierung.
CORRECTIV deckt auf, wer die CDU nach rechts treibt.
CORRECTIV deckt auf, wer die CDU nach rechts treibt.
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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
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Wir haben die Schikanen der Polizei Berlin der letzten Wochen nicht an die große Glocke gehängt: Weil wir keine Absicht dahinter vermuteten. Seit gestern wissen wir: Die Polizei hat systematisch ALLES daran gesetzt in den letzten 30 Tagen, den Adenauer SRP+ zu verhindern! Ein Thread zum SKANDAL! 🧵
February 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Wir haben die Schikanen der Polizei Berlin der letzten Wochen nicht an die große Glocke gehängt: Weil wir keine Absicht dahinter vermuteten. Seit gestern wissen wir: Die Polizei hat systematisch ALLES daran gesetzt in den letzten 30 Tagen, den Adenauer SRP+ zu verhindern! Ein Thread zum SKANDAL! 🧵
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die cdu kopiert jetzt wirklich einfach nur noch afd-forderungen
February 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
die cdu kopiert jetzt wirklich einfach nur noch afd-forderungen
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Take note: The infrastructures of democratic deliberation are under attack.
This may start in the US but will have fallout across the globe.
One way to strengthen democracy: support and protect public information access in whatever form you can.
This may start in the US but will have fallout across the globe.
One way to strengthen democracy: support and protect public information access in whatever form you can.
I wrote for Slate about how a conservative think tank plans to "identify and target" Wikipedia editors who it claims are abusing their position—a dangerous escalation that shifts the fight from debating edits to going after the editors themselves.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
A Powerful Conservative Think Tank Is Targeting One of the Last Good Things on the Internet
The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” Wikipedia editors it accuses of antisemitism.
slate.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Take note: The infrastructures of democratic deliberation are under attack.
This may start in the US but will have fallout across the globe.
One way to strengthen democracy: support and protect public information access in whatever form you can.
This may start in the US but will have fallout across the globe.
One way to strengthen democracy: support and protect public information access in whatever form you can.
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1/ I suspect we are days away from hearing Elon is "using AI" to “streamline” benefits programs.
You should know why fully automating decisions about who gets critical assistance is a terrible idea that will have disastrous consequences.
A 🧵 based on work I’ve done with the great @awhf.bsky.social
You should know why fully automating decisions about who gets critical assistance is a terrible idea that will have disastrous consequences.
A 🧵 based on work I’ve done with the great @awhf.bsky.social
Musk Allies Discuss Deploying A.I. to Find Budget Savings
A top official at the General Services Administration said artificial intelligence could be used to identify waste and redundancies in federal contracts.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
1/ I suspect we are days away from hearing Elon is "using AI" to “streamline” benefits programs.
You should know why fully automating decisions about who gets critical assistance is a terrible idea that will have disastrous consequences.
A 🧵 based on work I’ve done with the great @awhf.bsky.social
You should know why fully automating decisions about who gets critical assistance is a terrible idea that will have disastrous consequences.
A 🧵 based on work I’ve done with the great @awhf.bsky.social
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this is such a good piece
February 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
this is such a good piece
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With Google removing their Responsible AI Principles, they no longer state that they will *not* engage in "Technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights".
Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased.
ai.google/responsibili...
Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased.
ai.google/responsibili...
February 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
With Google removing their Responsible AI Principles, they no longer state that they will *not* engage in "Technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights".
Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased.
ai.google/responsibili...
Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased.
ai.google/responsibili...
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ChatGPT in Shambles.
• can’t properly count to 50
• sometimes forgets US states
• think the letter h can be a vowel
• can’t count vowels to save its electronic life
• issued numerous corrections that were wrong
• lied about having a subconscious
At
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
• can’t properly count to 50
• sometimes forgets US states
• think the letter h can be a vowel
• can’t count vowels to save its electronic life
• issued numerous corrections that were wrong
• lied about having a subconscious
At
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
ChatGPT in Shambles
After two years of massive investment and endless hype, GPT’s reliability problems persist
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
ChatGPT in Shambles.
• can’t properly count to 50
• sometimes forgets US states
• think the letter h can be a vowel
• can’t count vowels to save its electronic life
• issued numerous corrections that were wrong
• lied about having a subconscious
At
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
• can’t properly count to 50
• sometimes forgets US states
• think the letter h can be a vowel
• can’t count vowels to save its electronic life
• issued numerous corrections that were wrong
• lied about having a subconscious
At
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
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Ei guck`e ma! Es war gar nicht Fridays for Future, sondern die Russen.
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
(S+) Hunderte Autos beschädigt: Deutschlandweite Sabotageserie offenbar aus Russland gesteuert
Auspuffrohre mit Bauschaum verklebt, Robert-Habeck-Sticker auf Scheiben gepappt: Was wie das Werk radikaler Klimaaktivisten aussieht, soll nach SPIEGEL-Recherchen auf das Konto russischer Auftraggeber...
www.spiegel.de
February 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Ei guck`e ma! Es war gar nicht Fridays for Future, sondern die Russen.
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
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February 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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"Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund, says it could buy TikTok" finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...
There are currently 90 sovereign funds worldwide, and they are a hotbed for corruption and other governance risks. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
There are currently 90 sovereign funds worldwide, and they are a hotbed for corruption and other governance risks. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund, says it could buy TikTok
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the creation of a sovereign wealth fund within the next year, saying it could potentially buy the short v...
finance.yahoo.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund, says it could buy TikTok" finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...
There are currently 90 sovereign funds worldwide, and they are a hotbed for corruption and other governance risks. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
There are currently 90 sovereign funds worldwide, and they are a hotbed for corruption and other governance risks. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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This is censorship, full frontal attack on academic freedom by any means.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This is censorship, full frontal attack on academic freedom by any means.
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Wir launchen den Real-O-Mat!
Statt Wahlversprechen liefert der #RealOMat den Reality-Check zur #Bundestagswahl.
Positionier‘ dich zu 20 politischen Forderungen und vergleiche wie die Parteien dazu tatsächlich abgestimmt haben – unabhängig von ihren Versprechen.
Probier’s aus: real-o-mat.de
Statt Wahlversprechen liefert der #RealOMat den Reality-Check zur #Bundestagswahl.
Positionier‘ dich zu 20 politischen Forderungen und vergleiche wie die Parteien dazu tatsächlich abgestimmt haben – unabhängig von ihren Versprechen.
Probier’s aus: real-o-mat.de
January 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Wir launchen den Real-O-Mat!
Statt Wahlversprechen liefert der #RealOMat den Reality-Check zur #Bundestagswahl.
Positionier‘ dich zu 20 politischen Forderungen und vergleiche wie die Parteien dazu tatsächlich abgestimmt haben – unabhängig von ihren Versprechen.
Probier’s aus: real-o-mat.de
Statt Wahlversprechen liefert der #RealOMat den Reality-Check zur #Bundestagswahl.
Positionier‘ dich zu 20 politischen Forderungen und vergleiche wie die Parteien dazu tatsächlich abgestimmt haben – unabhängig von ihren Versprechen.
Probier’s aus: real-o-mat.de