Prof. Lucy Cheke
@lucycheke.bsky.social
Cambridge psychologist studying learning & memory. Focus on translational cognitive tests and batteries across animals, AI and humans to help us understand all kinds of intelligence and where it goes wrong
yyyyeah thats not reassurance. Thats threat.
'We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable
'But I won't do that'
President Trump confirms he will not use military action to seize Greenland
'But I won't do that'
President Trump confirms he will not use military action to seize Greenland
January 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
yyyyeah thats not reassurance. Thats threat.
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The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to act together | Mark Carney
The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to act together | Mark Carney
In a speech to Davos, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney lays out the case for unity in the face of Donald Trump’s new world order
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:31 PM
The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to act together | Mark Carney
incredible speech from Mark Carney. Feels like a turning point www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending’: the Canadian PM’s call to action at Davos | Mark Carney
In a rousing speech, Mark Carney made the case for unity in the face of Donald Trump’s new world order. We reproduce it here
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
incredible speech from Mark Carney. Feels like a turning point www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“Universities are not a commodity in which quality holds steady regardless of price. Rather, starving the system of overall steady funding means a few winners and a race to the bottom for the others.” today’s @theglobeandmail.com #academicsky #psychscisky #neurosckyence
January 14, 2026 at 11:29 AM
“Universities are not a commodity in which quality holds steady regardless of price. Rather, starving the system of overall steady funding means a few winners and a race to the bottom for the others.” today’s @theglobeandmail.com #academicsky #psychscisky #neurosckyence
We need a dedicated website for news stories (mostly about trump) that confirms whether or not they are satire / AI. I am no longer able to distinguish truth from parody.
December 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We need a dedicated website for news stories (mostly about trump) that confirms whether or not they are satire / AI. I am no longer able to distinguish truth from parody.
Literally my entire bluesky feed got an ERC consolidator grant.
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Literally my entire bluesky feed got an ERC consolidator grant.
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The future is not in the training set.
UKRI exploring use of AI in grant review - this will prompt debate but interested to know if people think it’d encourage novelty or the opposite? www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op...
UKRI opens up grant proposal data to explore using AI to smooth peer review
Surging applications has led the UK's main funder to look at ways to reduce the burden on reviewers
www.chemistryworld.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The future is not in the training set.
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
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I thought the idea of a sex abuse ring at the highest levels of government was overheated and ridiculous.
I thought Captain America: The Winter Soldier having secret Nazi senators was over the top.
My life has become a single ongoing revelation that I have not been cynical enough
I thought Captain America: The Winter Soldier having secret Nazi senators was over the top.
My life has become a single ongoing revelation that I have not been cynical enough
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I thought the idea of a sex abuse ring at the highest levels of government was overheated and ridiculous.
I thought Captain America: The Winter Soldier having secret Nazi senators was over the top.
My life has become a single ongoing revelation that I have not been cynical enough
I thought Captain America: The Winter Soldier having secret Nazi senators was over the top.
My life has become a single ongoing revelation that I have not been cynical enough
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They're going to crash the global economy by attempting to create an artificial general intelligence, despite having no idea what that is, no proof they can build it & no hope of doing so. Cunts just read too many sci-fi books.
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
They're going to crash the global economy by attempting to create an artificial general intelligence, despite having no idea what that is, no proof they can build it & no hope of doing so. Cunts just read too many sci-fi books.
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The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Loving that a major critique of the tools my lab are producing is "but for this you have to understand the topic really well to be able to build the evaluations for it! unscalable! unrealistic!" Suddenly "you have to know what you're talking about if you want to say something" is contraversial
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Loving that a major critique of the tools my lab are producing is "but for this you have to understand the topic really well to be able to build the evaluations for it! unscalable! unrealistic!" Suddenly "you have to know what you're talking about if you want to say something" is contraversial
Job Klaxon!
RA position looking into evaluating AI Agents in data science tasks
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
RA position looking into evaluating AI Agents in data science tasks
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Research Assistant (Fixed Term)
The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), within the Institute for Technology and Humanity (ITH), is seeking a full-time Research Assistant to contribute to an ongoing two-year
www.cam.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Job Klaxon!
RA position looking into evaluating AI Agents in data science tasks
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
RA position looking into evaluating AI Agents in data science tasks
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
me watching the Netflix adaptation of the Twits
a close up of a man wearing a mask with the words what have you done below him
ALT: a close up of a man wearing a mask with the words what have you done below him
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October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
me watching the Netflix adaptation of the Twits
Reseachers: Please can we have some money?
HORIZON: www.instagram.com/reel/DNNeyxX...
HORIZON: www.instagram.com/reel/DNNeyxX...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Reseachers: Please can we have some money?
HORIZON: www.instagram.com/reel/DNNeyxX...
HORIZON: www.instagram.com/reel/DNNeyxX...
New Paper out! GIBSONA is a battery of Animal AI tasks evaluating object and affordances understanding - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
General interaction battery: Simple object navigation and affordances (GIBSONA)
Perception of affordances is an agent’s capability to identify what action-possibilities exist with a particular object or set of objects, based on it…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New Paper out! GIBSONA is a battery of Animal AI tasks evaluating object and affordances understanding - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
this was not the Derry girls spin off I was expecting
September 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
this was not the Derry girls spin off I was expecting
Am I unusual in thinking that in ~*2025*~ it is unacceptable for a business to only have a phone number (i.e. no email address) in the "contact us" section - like... I dont even phone my mother? I'm not going to phone a Gym.
September 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Am I unusual in thinking that in ~*2025*~ it is unacceptable for a business to only have a phone number (i.e. no email address) in the "contact us" section - like... I dont even phone my mother? I'm not going to phone a Gym.
*deep breathes*
September 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
*deep breathes*
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Postdoc job alert! I’m looking for someone with a PhD in neuroscience/psychology, psychiatry, biomed engineering, computational modeling or a related field to join my NIH-funded team at UCLA studying the neural & computational mechanisms of #interoception in anorexia nervosa 1/2
August 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Postdoc job alert! I’m looking for someone with a PhD in neuroscience/psychology, psychiatry, biomed engineering, computational modeling or a related field to join my NIH-funded team at UCLA studying the neural & computational mechanisms of #interoception in anorexia nervosa 1/2
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Very accurate thread
I want to do a 🧵 about the Sidney Sweeney thing, because it's *extremely* revealing & educational.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
August 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Very accurate thread
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Cambridge-based parents, If anyone is looking for entertainment during the rest of the summer holidays we are still looking for 4-7 year olds to take part in our kids navigation study!
August 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Cambridge-based parents, If anyone is looking for entertainment during the rest of the summer holidays we are still looking for 4-7 year olds to take part in our kids navigation study!
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“Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' … is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas and undermine scholarly discussions. It is our task to demystify and to challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research & engagement with society.” openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth
June 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' … is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas and undermine scholarly discussions. It is our task to demystify and to challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research & engagement with society.” openletter.earth/open-letter-...