Max Noichl
@mnoichl.bsky.social
Philosophy with computers at Utrecht University. www.maxnoichl.eu
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this is cool
tbh all i want is an LLM that sits atop my Zotero library and lets me talk to it tho
tbh all i want is an LLM that sits atop my Zotero library and lets me talk to it tho
our open model proving out specialized rag LMs over scientific literature has been published in nature ✌🏻
congrats to our lead @akariasai.bsky.social & team of students and Ai2 researchers/engineers
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
congrats to our lead @akariasai.bsky.social & team of students and Ai2 researchers/engineers
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 4, 2026 at 11:09 PM
this is cool
tbh all i want is an LLM that sits atop my Zotero library and lets me talk to it tho
tbh all i want is an LLM that sits atop my Zotero library and lets me talk to it tho
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Final CFA for the 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop, which will take place May 27-29, 2026, at the IFIS PAN in Warsaw.
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Current Workshop
CFA: 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop Call for abstracts We invite authors to submit abstracts of up to 750-words for the upcoming...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Final CFA for the 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop, which will take place May 27-29, 2026, at the IFIS PAN in Warsaw.
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
Submission deadline: 20 January 2026.
More info: shorturl.at/AUoye
@philsci.bsky.social @eenphilsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social
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Analytic philosophy can be distinguished from literary criticism with 90-95% accuracy via syntax alone. Moreover, a classifier trained to separate them in early C20 does better predicting future separations than a C21 one predicts past ones, suggesting philosophy syntax narrows/specializes in ~C21.
January 2, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Analytic philosophy can be distinguished from literary criticism with 90-95% accuracy via syntax alone. Moreover, a classifier trained to separate them in early C20 does better predicting future separations than a C21 one predicts past ones, suggesting philosophy syntax narrows/specializes in ~C21.
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OpenAlex intégré au Web of Science, ou la capture du travail des “commoners” | carnetist.hypotheses.org/2572
OpenAlex intégré au Web of Science, ou la capture du travail des “commoners”
C’est une annonce qui est passée relativement inaperçue, mais qui mérite que l’on s’y arrête un instant. Clarivate a récemment annoncé l’intégration d’OpenAlex comme une nouvelle base de données au se...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
OpenAlex intégré au Web of Science, ou la capture du travail des “commoners” | carnetist.hypotheses.org/2572
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Three different ways to represent colo(u)r. Work in progress, inspired by an old post by Kat Zhang / The Poet Engineer.
![Three scatterplots of colorful points.
titles = ['Color Space', 'Text Space', 'Image Space']
subtitles = ['Embeddings of color features', 'Text embedding of color names', 'Image embeddings of color swatches']](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s62ilc26irrbo2dndmdzboqi/bafkreieocq6xfp5xzela4ge3f4nidi4krh7ufkxftg423pjwmipz53zmpm@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Three different ways to represent colo(u)r. Work in progress, inspired by an old post by Kat Zhang / The Poet Engineer.
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"there is a part of human intelligence which operates in a continuous generalization of the space of words, and other parts entirely which do things which are less well understood" is a perfectly reasonable position which apparently has no adherents
November 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"there is a part of human intelligence which operates in a continuous generalization of the space of words, and other parts entirely which do things which are less well understood" is a perfectly reasonable position which apparently has no adherents
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Excited to share my latest publication, "Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse." It's published in a special issue in the Journal of Cultural Analytics, expertly edited by Tess McNulty and Laura Chapot, on "Computation and Form, Reconsidered."
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Ryan Heuser. This paper examines the formal and aesthetic patterns of AI-generated poems through a series of computational experiments.
culturalanalytics.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Excited to share my latest publication, "Generative Aesthetics: On formal stuckness in AI verse." It's published in a special issue in the Journal of Cultural Analytics, expertly edited by Tess McNulty and Laura Chapot, on "Computation and Form, Reconsidered."
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
culturalanalytics.org/article/1448...
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Tomorrow we will have a keynote from Charles Pence (UC Louvain).
Thanks to the Dutch Philosophy Research School (OZSW) for supporting this event, and @mnoichl.bsky.social for organizing this with me!
Thanks to the Dutch Philosophy Research School (OZSW) for supporting this event, and @mnoichl.bsky.social for organizing this with me!
October 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tomorrow we will have a keynote from Charles Pence (UC Louvain).
Thanks to the Dutch Philosophy Research School (OZSW) for supporting this event, and @mnoichl.bsky.social for organizing this with me!
Thanks to the Dutch Philosophy Research School (OZSW) for supporting this event, and @mnoichl.bsky.social for organizing this with me!
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Gregor Betz (KIT) kicking off our "Data Driven Philosophy" Hackathon in Utrecht with his talk: "Doing Philosophy with and for LLMs". Besides input about the state of research and new directions, we're spending three days kicking off new projects.
October 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Gregor Betz (KIT) kicking off our "Data Driven Philosophy" Hackathon in Utrecht with his talk: "Doing Philosophy with and for LLMs". Besides input about the state of research and new directions, we're spending three days kicking off new projects.
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i am going to try to give a framework of my own understanding which laypeople can understand.
October 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
i am going to try to give a framework of my own understanding which laypeople can understand.
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Updated & turned my Big LLM Architecture Comparison article into a video lecture.
The 11 LLM archs covered in this video:
1. DeepSeek V3/R1
2. OLMo 2
3. Gemma 3
4. Mistral Small 3.1
5. Llama 4
6. Qwen3
7. SmolLM3
8. Kimi 2
9. GPT-OSS
10. Grok 2.5
11. GLM-4.5/4.6
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlU...
The 11 LLM archs covered in this video:
1. DeepSeek V3/R1
2. OLMo 2
3. Gemma 3
4. Mistral Small 3.1
5. Llama 4
6. Qwen3
7. SmolLM3
8. Kimi 2
9. GPT-OSS
10. Grok 2.5
11. GLM-4.5/4.6
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlU...
The Big LLM Architecture Comparison
YouTube video by Sebastian Raschka
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Updated & turned my Big LLM Architecture Comparison article into a video lecture.
The 11 LLM archs covered in this video:
1. DeepSeek V3/R1
2. OLMo 2
3. Gemma 3
4. Mistral Small 3.1
5. Llama 4
6. Qwen3
7. SmolLM3
8. Kimi 2
9. GPT-OSS
10. Grok 2.5
11. GLM-4.5/4.6
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlU...
The 11 LLM archs covered in this video:
1. DeepSeek V3/R1
2. OLMo 2
3. Gemma 3
4. Mistral Small 3.1
5. Llama 4
6. Qwen3
7. SmolLM3
8. Kimi 2
9. GPT-OSS
10. Grok 2.5
11. GLM-4.5/4.6
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlU...
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For the first episode of Ping Pong Philosophy I had the absolute pleasure to speak with Greg Restall, one of the most renowned philosophical logicians and absolutely great guy to have a chat with. Thank you for your time, Greg, I had a blast.
We are also on Spotify!
We are also on Spotify!
🎙️ In the very first episode of Ping Pong Philosophy, I sit down with Greg Restall, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, to talk about possibilia, proof-theoretic semantics, and more!🏓 Full episode out now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHyx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHyx...
Greg Restall on possibilia, discussing logical pluralism with Graham Priest and more I EP 1 🏓
YouTube video by Ping Pong Philosophy
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October 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For the first episode of Ping Pong Philosophy I had the absolute pleasure to speak with Greg Restall, one of the most renowned philosophical logicians and absolutely great guy to have a chat with. Thank you for your time, Greg, I had a blast.
We are also on Spotify!
We are also on Spotify!
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Christopher Colón Lugo uses 3D U-net to capture patterns in the Game of Life
#DistributedCiphers
#ALIFE2025
#DistributedCiphers
#ALIFE2025
October 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Christopher Colón Lugo uses 3D U-net to capture patterns in the Game of Life
#DistributedCiphers
#ALIFE2025
#DistributedCiphers
#ALIFE2025
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#Postdoc at Technische Universität Berlin in digital humanities & history/philosophy/sociology of science #philsci #STS. ERC project investigates digital communication within the ATLAS collaboration at CERN
Deadline: October 13, 2025
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
#PhilJobs
Deadline: October 13, 2025
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
#PhilJobs
Job Posting I-390/25: Research Associate - salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen – Job Postings at Technische Universität Berlin
Faculty I - Humanities and Educational Sciences, Institute of History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Literature / History and Philosophy of Modern Science
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#Postdoc at Technische Universität Berlin in digital humanities & history/philosophy/sociology of science #philsci #STS. ERC project investigates digital communication within the ATLAS collaboration at CERN
Deadline: October 13, 2025
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
#PhilJobs
Deadline: October 13, 2025
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti...
#PhilJobs
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Upshot:
NNES report to need twice as long to read English-language papers and to prepare English presentations. Even among highly proficient NNES (C1–C2 level), ~60% report having avoided asking questions at events due to concerns about their English (compared to 16% of NES). #philsky
NNES report to need twice as long to read English-language papers and to prepare English presentations. Even among highly proficient NNES (C1–C2 level), ~60% report having avoided asking questions at events due to concerns about their English (compared to 16% of NES). #philsky
September 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Upshot:
NNES report to need twice as long to read English-language papers and to prepare English presentations. Even among highly proficient NNES (C1–C2 level), ~60% report having avoided asking questions at events due to concerns about their English (compared to 16% of NES). #philsky
NNES report to need twice as long to read English-language papers and to prepare English presentations. Even among highly proficient NNES (C1–C2 level), ~60% report having avoided asking questions at events due to concerns about their English (compared to 16% of NES). #philsky
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How do literary communities actually form?
@maria-lev.bsky.social analyzes the networks of collaboration and aesthetic affinity that are documented through cultural events — e.g. readings, book launches, festivals. These real-world networks often remain invisible in text-based literary history.
@maria-lev.bsky.social analyzes the networks of collaboration and aesthetic affinity that are documented through cultural events — e.g. readings, book launches, festivals. These real-world networks often remain invisible in text-based literary history.
September 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
How do literary communities actually form?
@maria-lev.bsky.social analyzes the networks of collaboration and aesthetic affinity that are documented through cultural events — e.g. readings, book launches, festivals. These real-world networks often remain invisible in text-based literary history.
@maria-lev.bsky.social analyzes the networks of collaboration and aesthetic affinity that are documented through cultural events — e.g. readings, book launches, festivals. These real-world networks often remain invisible in text-based literary history.
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In a new work with Joseph Rich and Conrad Oakes we tackle the problem of how to best organize alluvial plots. We formalize two optimization problems and develop a solution for them based on the neighbornet algorithm, implemented in the program wompwomp: github.com/pachterlab/w...
September 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In a new work with Joseph Rich and Conrad Oakes we tackle the problem of how to best organize alluvial plots. We formalize two optimization problems and develop a solution for them based on the neighbornet algorithm, implemented in the program wompwomp: github.com/pachterlab/w...
Had a great time last week at #epsa2025! I've put the poster up here, if anyone wants to take a closer look: maxnoichl.eu/blog/2025/ep...
Max Noichl | Patterns, Pathways & Surprises
Our poster for EPSA 2025, introducing OpenAlex mapper
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September 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Had a great time last week at #epsa2025! I've put the poster up here, if anyone wants to take a closer look: maxnoichl.eu/blog/2025/ep...
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I’m especially proud of this article I wrote about Gaussian Processes for the Recast blog! 🥳
GPs are super interesting, but it’s not easy to wrap your head around them at first 🤔
This is a medium level (more intuition than math) introduction to GPs for time series.
getrecast.com/gaussian-pro...
GPs are super interesting, but it’s not easy to wrap your head around them at first 🤔
This is a medium level (more intuition than math) introduction to GPs for time series.
getrecast.com/gaussian-pro...
August 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’m especially proud of this article I wrote about Gaussian Processes for the Recast blog! 🥳
GPs are super interesting, but it’s not easy to wrap your head around them at first 🤔
This is a medium level (more intuition than math) introduction to GPs for time series.
getrecast.com/gaussian-pro...
GPs are super interesting, but it’s not easy to wrap your head around them at first 🤔
This is a medium level (more intuition than math) introduction to GPs for time series.
getrecast.com/gaussian-pro...
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Last year I met a bunch of great researchers who work with high-dimensional data at a Dagstuhl seminar. This week we put out a preprint about the history and philosophy of low-dimensional embedding methods, their applications, their challenges, and their possible future arxiv.org/abs/2508.15929
August 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Last year I met a bunch of great researchers who work with high-dimensional data at a Dagstuhl seminar. This week we put out a preprint about the history and philosophy of low-dimensional embedding methods, their applications, their challenges, and their possible future arxiv.org/abs/2508.15929
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Updated edition (August 2025) of the coverage table of the major bibliometric databases (millions of records).
GS reindexing period
GS reindexing period
August 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Updated edition (August 2025) of the coverage table of the major bibliometric databases (millions of records).
GS reindexing period
GS reindexing period
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"Personally, I found this hyperstimulating," he said exultingly.
This site by @avibagla.com is keeping track of every English word written on Bluesky—and every English word that has yet to appear. Like, until now, hovercrafts.
The Bluesky Dictionary
Can Bluesky say every word in the English language? Well this is your chance to find out.
www.avibagla.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Personally, I found this hyperstimulating," he said exultingly.
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@mnoichl.bsky.social and I are organizing two workshops where you can learn about and try out digital methods for philosophy:
12th-13th September in Düsseldorf, Keynotes @cherfeld.bsky.social & Adrian Wüthrich
16-18th October in Utrecht, Keynotes Gregor Betz & Charles Pence. Register until 31.8.
12th-13th September in Düsseldorf, Keynotes @cherfeld.bsky.social & Adrian Wüthrich
16-18th October in Utrecht, Keynotes Gregor Betz & Charles Pence. Register until 31.8.
Max Noichl | GAP-Workshop – Data-Driven Methods for Philosophy
GAP-Satellite workshop
maxnoichl.eu
August 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
@mnoichl.bsky.social and I are organizing two workshops where you can learn about and try out digital methods for philosophy:
12th-13th September in Düsseldorf, Keynotes @cherfeld.bsky.social & Adrian Wüthrich
16-18th October in Utrecht, Keynotes Gregor Betz & Charles Pence. Register until 31.8.
12th-13th September in Düsseldorf, Keynotes @cherfeld.bsky.social & Adrian Wüthrich
16-18th October in Utrecht, Keynotes Gregor Betz & Charles Pence. Register until 31.8.