Rich Paige
@richpaige.bsky.social
Chair and Distinguished Engineering Professor at McMaster University, Canada. Honorary Professor at University of York, UK. Cat and horse wrangler. Research in software engineering, safety, MDE, security, formal methods, other fun things.
After the CEO of Anthropic claimed "AI could surpass almost all humans at almost everything" by not much later than 2027, and I stopped laughing, I asked Claude what it thought.
Claude clearly can't overhype like a CEO can.
Claude clearly can't overhype like a CEO can.
January 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
After the CEO of Anthropic claimed "AI could surpass almost all humans at almost everything" by not much later than 2027, and I stopped laughing, I asked Claude what it thought.
Claude clearly can't overhype like a CEO can.
Claude clearly can't overhype like a CEO can.
www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24...
File under "what could possibly go wrong" given the government's track record in this kind of thing.
File under "what could possibly go wrong" given the government's track record in this kind of thing.
The UK government is launching a digital ID mobile app
You can soon leave your ID at home on a night out.
www.theverge.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24...
File under "what could possibly go wrong" given the government's track record in this kind of thing.
File under "what could possibly go wrong" given the government's track record in this kind of thing.
Reposted by Rich Paige
excellent reading: "Falsehoods programmers believe about time, in a single list" [apologies if I shared it already. don't remember]
gist.github.com/timvisee/fcd...
gist.github.com/timvisee/fcd...
Falsehoods programmers believe about time, in a single list
Falsehoods programmers believe about time, in a single list - falsehoods-programming-time-list.md
gist.github.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
excellent reading: "Falsehoods programmers believe about time, in a single list" [apologies if I shared it already. don't remember]
gist.github.com/timvisee/fcd...
gist.github.com/timvisee/fcd...
So far, the sabbatical has involved finishing off a whole bunch of admin tasks from pre-sabbatical, and starting work on three grant proposals. And freezing my butt off.
January 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
So far, the sabbatical has involved finishing off a whole bunch of admin tasks from pre-sabbatical, and starting work on three grant proposals. And freezing my butt off.
I'm on sabbatical in calendar year 2025. I've been a full-time academic since 1997 and have never really had a proper sabbatical. This will be weird.
January 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm on sabbatical in calendar year 2025. I've been a full-time academic since 1997 and have never really had a proper sabbatical. This will be weird.
It's accreditation visit day, as our integrated biomedical engineering programs are being reviewed. The coffee is plentiful and, sadly, appalling.
November 25, 2024 at 8:25 PM
It's accreditation visit day, as our integrated biomedical engineering programs are being reviewed. The coffee is plentiful and, sadly, appalling.
The signal-to-noise ratio on Twitter is dropping, so I'm largely moving here. Expect some rants about software, safety, cats and HR.
November 14, 2024 at 3:16 AM
The signal-to-noise ratio on Twitter is dropping, so I'm largely moving here. Expect some rants about software, safety, cats and HR.