Simon Castillo
@simoncastillo.bsky.social
👨💻Ecologist working on deep learning and cancer research at MD Anderson | Masters student of Data Science for Health and Social Care, U Edi 🏴| 📚full time book worm | ☕️Advocate coffee consumer |🚣♀️ ocasional sea kayaker
📍Houston, TX
📍Houston, TX
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Got distracted today & did a little experiment on ChatGPT 4o.
I told it I had a question about AI & asked it to suggest six experts to contact.
In one condition, I put "tough-minded and rigorous" before "experts".
In the other condition, I put "friendly and kind" before "experts".
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I told it I had a question about AI & asked it to suggest six experts to contact.
In one condition, I put "tough-minded and rigorous" before "experts".
In the other condition, I put "friendly and kind" before "experts".
⬇️
June 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Got distracted today & did a little experiment on ChatGPT 4o.
I told it I had a question about AI & asked it to suggest six experts to contact.
In one condition, I put "tough-minded and rigorous" before "experts".
In the other condition, I put "friendly and kind" before "experts".
⬇️
I told it I had a question about AI & asked it to suggest six experts to contact.
In one condition, I put "tough-minded and rigorous" before "experts".
In the other condition, I put "friendly and kind" before "experts".
⬇️
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I did 5 independent replications of each condition. So I got 30 names (some repeated) for each condition
Results:
"tough-minded and rigorous": 22/30 males, 8/30 females
"friendly and kind": 8/30 males, 22/30 females
Not really surprising, I guess....
Examples below.
Results:
"tough-minded and rigorous": 22/30 males, 8/30 females
"friendly and kind": 8/30 males, 22/30 females
Not really surprising, I guess....
Examples below.
June 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I did 5 independent replications of each condition. So I got 30 names (some repeated) for each condition
Results:
"tough-minded and rigorous": 22/30 males, 8/30 females
"friendly and kind": 8/30 males, 22/30 females
Not really surprising, I guess....
Examples below.
Results:
"tough-minded and rigorous": 22/30 males, 8/30 females
"friendly and kind": 8/30 males, 22/30 females
Not really surprising, I guess....
Examples below.
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🧬🔬🧫 We have an opening for a senior scientific officer to lead our single cell genomics #techdev and #cancer molecular profiling work @cec-icr.bsky.social
Details and application here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
Interested? Please do drop me a line to discuss.
@icr.ac.uk
Details and application here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
Interested? Please do drop me a line to discuss.
@icr.ac.uk
Higher or Senior Scientific Officer in Sutton | The Institute of Cancer Research
View details and apply for this Higher or Senior Scientific Officer vacancy in Sutton.
Salary : Salary from 39,805 to 49,023
Reporting to: Prof Trevor Graham
Duration of ...
jobs.icr.ac.uk
April 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🧬🔬🧫 We have an opening for a senior scientific officer to lead our single cell genomics #techdev and #cancer molecular profiling work @cec-icr.bsky.social
Details and application here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
Interested? Please do drop me a line to discuss.
@icr.ac.uk
Details and application here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
Interested? Please do drop me a line to discuss.
@icr.ac.uk
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From my colleagues Kyle Harper and David Wolpert at the Santa Fe Institute:
Position for two-year postdoc with background in computer science interested in working with social scientists/historians to study social evolution through computational lens. Details here: santafe.edu/about/jobs/p...
Position for two-year postdoc with background in computer science interested in working with social scientists/historians to study social evolution through computational lens. Details here: santafe.edu/about/jobs/p...
sfiscience
SFIhas an opening for a two-year full-time postdoc. We are seeking a highly motivated scholar with expertise in Computer Science and a desire to apply their expertise to analyze the evolution of human...
santafe.edu
January 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
From my colleagues Kyle Harper and David Wolpert at the Santa Fe Institute:
Position for two-year postdoc with background in computer science interested in working with social scientists/historians to study social evolution through computational lens. Details here: santafe.edu/about/jobs/p...
Position for two-year postdoc with background in computer science interested in working with social scientists/historians to study social evolution through computational lens. Details here: santafe.edu/about/jobs/p...
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(1) Parameters belong to models, not to real things. (2) We still don't know the brain's functional (as opposed to anatomical) units. (3) Whichever neural elements we choose, they are time-varying in structure and dynamics. - Hence, talking about the number of parameters in the brain makes no sense.
Neuroscientists, @erictopol.bsky.social has just declared w certainty that we know the number of “parameters” in the brain.
it seems to me that we don’t really even know what a parameter is in the brain, what the relevance of cell types is, how they line up with AI etc
Surprised by his certainty.
it seems to me that we don’t really even know what a parameter is in the brain, what the relevance of cell types is, how they line up with AI etc
Surprised by his certainty.
These are facts. Period
January 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
(1) Parameters belong to models, not to real things. (2) We still don't know the brain's functional (as opposed to anatomical) units. (3) Whichever neural elements we choose, they are time-varying in structure and dynamics. - Hence, talking about the number of parameters in the brain makes no sense.
Just a little bit messy 🤏🏼😅
Santiago (Chile) - Puerto Williams (Chile) - London (UK) - Houston (USA)
Santiago (Chile) - Puerto Williams (Chile) - London (UK) - Houston (USA)
November 24, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Just a little bit messy 🤏🏼😅
Santiago (Chile) - Puerto Williams (Chile) - London (UK) - Houston (USA)
Santiago (Chile) - Puerto Williams (Chile) - London (UK) - Houston (USA)
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Here's an attempt at a starter pack for my subfield. Nice to see us reaching critical mass. Apologies for the inevitable omissions. Please let me know if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/LjquJVL
November 8, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Here's an attempt at a starter pack for my subfield. Nice to see us reaching critical mass. Apologies for the inevitable omissions. Please let me know if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/LjquJVL
Finally is out!!
Seed and soil hypothesis of cancer meets network science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Seed and soil hypothesis of cancer meets network science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Metastatic cells exploit their stoichiometric niche in the network of cancer ecosystems
The ecology of metastasis organotropically structured based on phosphorous availability.
www.science.org
December 13, 2023 at 11:49 PM
Finally is out!!
Seed and soil hypothesis of cancer meets network science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Seed and soil hypothesis of cancer meets network science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 7, 2023 at 1:40 PM