Antonio E. Porreca 🐳
@aeporreca.org
Maître de conférences (lecturer) at https://univ-amu.fr & researcher at https://lis-lab.fr 🐗🇫🇷 • Natural computing, discrete dynamical systems & complexity • Down with generative AI • I like (human) languages • This is a pandemic, y’all 😷 • aeporreca.org
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Hello, nice to meet you! Here I talk about:
• computer science teaching and research (my job),
• why using generative AI is bad (still part of my job),
• language learning (my hobby),
• the fact that one must wear a f*cking FFP2-3 mask during airborne disease pandemics (my punishment, I guess).
• computer science teaching and research (my job),
• why using generative AI is bad (still part of my job),
• language learning (my hobby),
• the fact that one must wear a f*cking FFP2-3 mask during airborne disease pandemics (my punishment, I guess).
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Mardi 9 décembre
QUILLER
De l'occitan quiha, quiller signifie placer un objet en hauteur, percher. Verbe bien connu des minots qui souvent quillent le ballon dans le jardin du voisin : "C’est toi qui l’as quillé, c’est toi qui vas le chercher !" Heureusement, ce qui est quillé peut se déquiller.
QUILLER
De l'occitan quiha, quiller signifie placer un objet en hauteur, percher. Verbe bien connu des minots qui souvent quillent le ballon dans le jardin du voisin : "C’est toi qui l’as quillé, c’est toi qui vas le chercher !" Heureusement, ce qui est quillé peut se déquiller.
December 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Mardi 9 décembre
QUILLER
De l'occitan quiha, quiller signifie placer un objet en hauteur, percher. Verbe bien connu des minots qui souvent quillent le ballon dans le jardin du voisin : "C’est toi qui l’as quillé, c’est toi qui vas le chercher !" Heureusement, ce qui est quillé peut se déquiller.
QUILLER
De l'occitan quiha, quiller signifie placer un objet en hauteur, percher. Verbe bien connu des minots qui souvent quillent le ballon dans le jardin du voisin : "C’est toi qui l’as quillé, c’est toi qui vas le chercher !" Heureusement, ce qui est quillé peut se déquiller.
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Pourquoi l’usine Haribo à Marseille n’est-elle pas à Château Gumbear ?
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Pourquoi l’usine Haribo à Marseille n’est-elle pas à Château Gumbear ?
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there are literally thousands of Machine Learning papers that just find any old public dataset and then do something pointless with it. I particularly blame editors/reviewers for not rejecting these.
December 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
there are literally thousands of Machine Learning papers that just find any old public dataset and then do something pointless with it. I particularly blame editors/reviewers for not rejecting these.
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Relatedly: where were kaggle ensuring their platform is used ethically? A second set of techbros who have totally washed their hands of their duty of ethical care.
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Relatedly: where were kaggle ensuring their platform is used ethically? A second set of techbros who have totally washed their hands of their duty of ethical care.
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What the hell is wrong with people. CS guys thinking they’re entitled to pronounce on anything they set their minds to. So tired of it.
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
What the hell is wrong with people. CS guys thinking they’re entitled to pronounce on anything they set their minds to. So tired of it.
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The “retired engineer” has absolutely no business making a dataset of autistic faces, but what on God’s green earth are researchers thinking when they *use* a dataset like this? Come on. Use a single brain cell.
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The “retired engineer” has absolutely no business making a dataset of autistic faces, but what on God’s green earth are researchers thinking when they *use* a dataset like this? Come on. Use a single brain cell.
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my one very sincere piece of business advice to universities:
it takes *a lot* of indignities to kill the goodwill of people who choose to work at universities but managing to do so is not something to be proud of
it takes *a lot* of indignities to kill the goodwill of people who choose to work at universities but managing to do so is not something to be proud of
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
my one very sincere piece of business advice to universities:
it takes *a lot* of indignities to kill the goodwill of people who choose to work at universities but managing to do so is not something to be proud of
it takes *a lot* of indignities to kill the goodwill of people who choose to work at universities but managing to do so is not something to be proud of
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Euthanasia is not consentual in a society that doesn't take care of disabled people.
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Euthanasia is not consentual in a society that doesn't take care of disabled people.
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Please engage in disability justice.
Listen to the concerns of disabled people who speak out about these programs.
Fight for our right to a dignified life instead of only fighting for a dignified death.
Listen to the concerns of disabled people who speak out about these programs.
Fight for our right to a dignified life instead of only fighting for a dignified death.
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Please engage in disability justice.
Listen to the concerns of disabled people who speak out about these programs.
Fight for our right to a dignified life instead of only fighting for a dignified death.
Listen to the concerns of disabled people who speak out about these programs.
Fight for our right to a dignified life instead of only fighting for a dignified death.
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No one should be offered death in lieu of treatment.
No one should be offered death when they’re asking for help.
It’s coercive even if they have the “right” to say no, because if no other treatments are offered they’re going to experience tremendous suffering.
No one should be offered death when they’re asking for help.
It’s coercive even if they have the “right” to say no, because if no other treatments are offered they’re going to experience tremendous suffering.
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
No one should be offered death in lieu of treatment.
No one should be offered death when they’re asking for help.
It’s coercive even if they have the “right” to say no, because if no other treatments are offered they’re going to experience tremendous suffering.
No one should be offered death when they’re asking for help.
It’s coercive even if they have the “right” to say no, because if no other treatments are offered they’re going to experience tremendous suffering.
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It’s not because we oppose dignity in death.
It’s not because we’re against bodily autonomy.
It’s because we know we live in a deeply eugenicist society that doesn’t value the lives of disabled people.
We’re seen as “useless eaters” and have to constantly fight for care
It’s not because we’re against bodily autonomy.
It’s because we know we live in a deeply eugenicist society that doesn’t value the lives of disabled people.
We’re seen as “useless eaters” and have to constantly fight for care
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It’s not because we oppose dignity in death.
It’s not because we’re against bodily autonomy.
It’s because we know we live in a deeply eugenicist society that doesn’t value the lives of disabled people.
We’re seen as “useless eaters” and have to constantly fight for care
It’s not because we’re against bodily autonomy.
It’s because we know we live in a deeply eugenicist society that doesn’t value the lives of disabled people.
We’re seen as “useless eaters” and have to constantly fight for care
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A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
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En France, il est encore temps de nous opposer à la loi #FinDeVie.
On a besoin de votre soutien ÉNORME. Cette loi signe un blanc-seing pour nous exterminer, et je vous jure qu'en fascisme on attend que ça.
Révisez votre histoire, les personnes handicapées ont servi de test pour les chambres à gaz.
On a besoin de votre soutien ÉNORME. Cette loi signe un blanc-seing pour nous exterminer, et je vous jure qu'en fascisme on attend que ça.
Révisez votre histoire, les personnes handicapées ont servi de test pour les chambres à gaz.
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
En France, il est encore temps de nous opposer à la loi #FinDeVie.
On a besoin de votre soutien ÉNORME. Cette loi signe un blanc-seing pour nous exterminer, et je vous jure qu'en fascisme on attend que ça.
Révisez votre histoire, les personnes handicapées ont servi de test pour les chambres à gaz.
On a besoin de votre soutien ÉNORME. Cette loi signe un blanc-seing pour nous exterminer, et je vous jure qu'en fascisme on attend que ça.
Révisez votre histoire, les personnes handicapées ont servi de test pour les chambres à gaz.
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You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
You will be visited by three spirits.
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Holy CRAP.
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Holy CRAP.
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Pourquoi l’usine Haribo à Marseille n’est-elle pas à Château Gumbear ?
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Pourquoi l’usine Haribo à Marseille n’est-elle pas à Château Gumbear ?
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In many places that's called "academia", sir
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In many places that's called "academia", sir
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Lundi 8 décembre
BOULÉGUER
Du provençal boulega, bouléguer, c'est bouger, remuer, s’agiter, se dépêcher : "Allez boulègue-toi, qu'on va être en retard". Et pour inviter un collectif à se mettre en action, on peut lancer un "boulégan !" comme le fait souvent Massilia Sound System dans ses chansons
BOULÉGUER
Du provençal boulega, bouléguer, c'est bouger, remuer, s’agiter, se dépêcher : "Allez boulègue-toi, qu'on va être en retard". Et pour inviter un collectif à se mettre en action, on peut lancer un "boulégan !" comme le fait souvent Massilia Sound System dans ses chansons
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Lundi 8 décembre
BOULÉGUER
Du provençal boulega, bouléguer, c'est bouger, remuer, s’agiter, se dépêcher : "Allez boulègue-toi, qu'on va être en retard". Et pour inviter un collectif à se mettre en action, on peut lancer un "boulégan !" comme le fait souvent Massilia Sound System dans ses chansons
BOULÉGUER
Du provençal boulega, bouléguer, c'est bouger, remuer, s’agiter, se dépêcher : "Allez boulègue-toi, qu'on va être en retard". Et pour inviter un collectif à se mettre en action, on peut lancer un "boulégan !" comme le fait souvent Massilia Sound System dans ses chansons
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Please, don't automate science!
Julian Togelius
Monday, December 08, 2025
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Julian Togelius
Monday, December 08, 2025
togelius.blogspot.com/2025/12/plea...
Please, don't automate science!
I was at an event on AI for science yesterday, a panel discussion here at NeurIPS. The panelists discussed how they plan to replace humans a...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Please, don't automate science!
Julian Togelius
Monday, December 08, 2025
togelius.blogspot.com/2025/12/plea...
Julian Togelius
Monday, December 08, 2025
togelius.blogspot.com/2025/12/plea...
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Really?! Why not invest a few more million in another labor-saving platform that no one can figure out how to use and fire some staff while we are at it because that would improve everything.
Ready to start a movement that argues universities should spend money on their core functions, rather than flashy nonsense. Such as teaching and research for example.
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Really?! Why not invest a few more million in another labor-saving platform that no one can figure out how to use and fire some staff while we are at it because that would improve everything.
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Saw a video where a travel influencer missed half the Christmas markets in Cologne because they relied on ChatGPT to tell them the opening dates and you know what, sometimes I let my very German schadenfreude run free.
December 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Saw a video where a travel influencer missed half the Christmas markets in Cologne because they relied on ChatGPT to tell them the opening dates and you know what, sometimes I let my very German schadenfreude run free.
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eric berton :
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
eric berton :
Il faut toujours boycotter.
L’université Aix-Marseille commande une étude pour sonder les opinions politiques de ses étudiants
L’université Aix-Marseille commande une étude pour sonder les opinions politiques de ses étudiants
Lancée en grande pompe par Aix-Marseille-Université, une campagne citoyenne pour pousser les étudiants à participer aux élections municipales divise la communauté éducative. Elle s’accompagne en effet d’une étude qui crispe, autant par sa méthodologie que par la sensibilité des données recueillies.
l.mediapart.fr
December 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Il faut toujours boycotter.
This song (which, believe it or not, I only discovered this year) is amazing. The bass line with all those ghost notes and syncopation, just stunning.
Rio (2009 Remaster)
YouTube video by Duran Duran - Topic
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December 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This song (which, believe it or not, I only discovered this year) is amazing. The bass line with all those ghost notes and syncopation, just stunning.