Peter Moleman
@molemanpeter.bsky.social
Brain explorer: I study the brain and write short assays, see my website: https://breininactie.com/the-brain-in-action/.
R. Feynman: I’m an explorer? I get curious about everything, and I want to investigate all kinds of stuff.
R. Feynman: I’m an explorer? I get curious about everything, and I want to investigate all kinds of stuff.
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My test is 99% accurate and predicts that your child will grow to between 5 and 6.5 feet have an IQ between 80 and 130 and live 60-90 years. AND I don’t need any DNA to do my test…
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
My test is 99% accurate and predicts that your child will grow to between 5 and 6.5 feet have an IQ between 80 and 130 and live 60-90 years. AND I don’t need any DNA to do my test…
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Hank is right, of course. "Says it can predict". Yeah, those companies will predict, if you pay them, sure they will. (And if I know the height of the parents and their socioeconomic status, I could probably make pretty good height and "IQ" predictions too.) Enough of this voodoo science.
"I can call spirits from the vasty deed."
"Why and so can I, or so can any man, but will they come when you do call for them?"
Prediction is easy; being right is hard!
; )
"Why and so can I, or so can any man, but will they come when you do call for them?"
Prediction is easy; being right is hard!
; )
New embryo testing company says it can predict lifespan, height and IQ of potential children www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvVM... - grifters gonna grift... 🤑💰💵
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Hank is right, of course. "Says it can predict". Yeah, those companies will predict, if you pay them, sure they will. (And if I know the height of the parents and their socioeconomic status, I could probably make pretty good height and "IQ" predictions too.) Enough of this voodoo science.
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha these people are idiots.
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha these people are idiots.
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Genetic modification of humans is a potentially life-saving tech, but it should be regulated to an almost-standstill. I am often not a fan of regulation, but that's such a clear counter-example! The enormous ethical costs, the leadtime (decades) between a mistake and a tragedy, our cluelesness.
Our 2017 @nationalacademies.org report on “Human Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and Governance" (www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/hum...) was designed to prevent exactly this kind of rogue science. One of the many reasons why we need industry-independent regulatory frameworks for emerging tech …
Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Genetic modification of humans is a potentially life-saving tech, but it should be regulated to an almost-standstill. I am often not a fan of regulation, but that's such a clear counter-example! The enormous ethical costs, the leadtime (decades) between a mistake and a tragedy, our cluelesness.
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RIP Jim Watson. You inspired many of us to pursue a life in research. I wish you had made it easier for us to celebrate your legacy.
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
RIP Jim Watson. You inspired many of us to pursue a life in research. I wish you had made it easier for us to celebrate your legacy.
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I'm not saying we don't have "systems that rival human intelligence in key tasks" (though "key" is doing some heavy lifting). I'm saying that if you're going to make this your definition of AGI, you've been taking the piss all along.
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm not saying we don't have "systems that rival human intelligence in key tasks" (though "key" is doing some heavy lifting). I'm saying that if you're going to make this your definition of AGI, you've been taking the piss all along.
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what exactly is "winning the AI race? environmental destruction, labor extraction, ever more intrusive surveillance, mass manipulation, and unprecedented power for the handful???
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says China 'will win' AI race with US, FT reports reut.rs/48YNsTM
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says China 'will win' AI race with US, FT reports
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has warned that China will beat the United States in the artificial intelligence race, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
reut.rs
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
what exactly is "winning the AI race? environmental destruction, labor extraction, ever more intrusive surveillance, mass manipulation, and unprecedented power for the handful???
What are "brain data" that can be read out? #neuroscience #ai
This is wild!
Introducing CorText: a framework that fuses brain data directly into a large language model, allowing for interactive neural readout using natural language.
tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
1/n
tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
1/n
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
What are "brain data" that can be read out? #neuroscience #ai
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The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing
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I've never experienced anything like this in my life, where people keep telling me that "we have to use AI or else we'll be left behind" but they don't actually tell me exactly what problem they are hoping to solve with the "AI" or how we would know it was useful. But we must use it! Apparently.
March 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I've never experienced anything like this in my life, where people keep telling me that "we have to use AI or else we'll be left behind" but they don't actually tell me exactly what problem they are hoping to solve with the "AI" or how we would know it was useful. But we must use it! Apparently.
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"The argument that paying more for medicines leads to more innovation is unfounded." Good editorial in @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Drug pricing and pharmaceutical innovation: a false promise
The UK is facing a pharma exodus. Major pharmaceutical companies have withdrawn about
£2 billion in proposed investment from the country, blaming insufficient government
investment. Central to the dis...
www.thelancet.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"The argument that paying more for medicines leads to more innovation is unfounded." Good editorial in @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The more I reflect on the damage the AI bubble could wreak when it bursts, the angrier I get at the credulousness that has inflated it. Especially in the media, and especially the tech media, which often seems like an industry PR machine. My lastest column.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
AI is a bubble that is going to burst
The industry has fostered a cult of personality that seems to leave the tech press starstruck and unquestioning of nonsensical claims
www.thenewworld.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The more I reflect on the damage the AI bubble could wreak when it bursts, the angrier I get at the credulousness that has inflated it. Especially in the media, and especially the tech media, which often seems like an industry PR machine. My lastest column.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
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This made me cry. I didn’t think the world still had hope for us. Just another reason to keep fighting.
🇺🇸 🔥 That. Was. Impressive.
We are watching America reassert itself and its values from the grassroots up. The world saw you and we have huge hope invested in you.
We are watching America reassert itself and its values from the grassroots up. The world saw you and we have huge hope invested in you.
October 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This made me cry. I didn’t think the world still had hope for us. Just another reason to keep fighting.
We're with you.
Go, No Kings protesters! We see you outside the US, and we're with you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkyF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkyF...
I Could Be Mistaken
YouTube video by HollowHead
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We're with you.
Gebruik je ChatGPT? Kijk hier even naar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxq4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxq4...
Karen Hao over een andere versie van de toekomst met AI | LUBACH
YouTube video by LUBACH
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Gebruik je ChatGPT? Kijk hier even naar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxq4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxq4...
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I argue that the important question is not, as commonly assumed, about categorical vs dimensional systems, but rather (agreeing with Meehl) about whether observable surface structure is a reflection of low-level causal mechanisms. Disagreeing with Meehl, I conclude that the answer is usually no. /2
October 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I argue that the important question is not, as commonly assumed, about categorical vs dimensional systems, but rather (agreeing with Meehl) about whether observable surface structure is a reflection of low-level causal mechanisms. Disagreeing with Meehl, I conclude that the answer is usually no. /2
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Asking homeowners for permission would kill the burglary industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Asking homeowners for permission would kill the burglary industry
They don't grow mini human brains. They grow increasingly complex structures of human brain cells. Interesting important work, but that is NOT growing mini human brains.
Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers. The brave new work of biocomputing! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scientists race to make 'living' computers powered by human cells
BBC News goes inside the lab powering computers with 'mini brains' grown from human cells.
www.bbc.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
They don't grow mini human brains. They grow increasingly complex structures of human brain cells. Interesting important work, but that is NOT growing mini human brains.
Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen (and how to protect democracy in a divided world) - Teri Kanefield
terikanefield.com/musing-about...
terikanefield.com/musing-about...
Musing about Books Law and Politics - Teri Kanefield
terikanefield.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen (and how to protect democracy in a divided world) - Teri Kanefield
terikanefield.com/musing-about...
terikanefield.com/musing-about...
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2024 Swedish study on 2.5M people's data:
"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability... This suggests that associations observed in other models may have been attributable to confounding."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability... This suggests that associations observed in other models may have been attributable to confounding."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
jamanetwork.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
2024 Swedish study on 2.5M people's data:
"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability... This suggests that associations observed in other models may have been attributable to confounding."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability... This suggests that associations observed in other models may have been attributable to confounding."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Luiz Pessoa: Beyond billard ball causation in the brain!
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
@PessoaBrain
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
@PessoaBrain
Beyond Newtonian causation in neuroscience
The traditional mechanistic framework must give way to a richer understanding of how brains actually generate behavior over time.
www.thetransmitter.org
September 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Luiz Pessoa: Beyond billard ball causation in the brain!
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
@PessoaBrain
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
@PessoaBrain
And often contain overarching interpretations of research (programs) not in the journal articles!
New book— just got my copy! I know people often don’t read book chapters but I think that’s a mistake. They are usually much more reflective and wide ranging than journal articles.
September 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
And often contain overarching interpretations of research (programs) not in the journal articles!
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Except mostly they are not controversial, just inconvenient.
"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
www.insidehighered.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Except mostly they are not controversial, just inconvenient.
Hoe ik vertrok uit Gaza – en voor het eerst oog in oog stond met een Israëlische soldaat decorrespondent.nl/16372/hoe-ik...
Hoe ik vertrok uit Gaza – en voor het eerst oog in oog stond met een Israëlische soldaat
Mijn leven lang kende ik het Israëlische leger alleen van veraf: van de vliegtuigen, raketten en drones die de dood over ons in Gaza uitstorten. Maar tijdens mijn evacuatie naar Nederland zag ik voor ...
decorrespondent.nl
September 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Hoe ik vertrok uit Gaza – en voor het eerst oog in oog stond met een Israëlische soldaat decorrespondent.nl/16372/hoe-ik...
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The US as viewed by latenight comedians in Europe (it’s 20 secs of Dutch, the rest is English. We are so worried about you all we’re specifically trying to reach you through our latenight I guess…)
September 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The US as viewed by latenight comedians in Europe (it’s 20 secs of Dutch, the rest is English. We are so worried about you all we’re specifically trying to reach you through our latenight I guess…)