I will not say it
@aysegiller.bsky.social
Unemployed Ph.D. A mixture of cognitive science, experimental psychology, psycholinguistics, and philosophy. The journey began with my interest in physics & the foundations of science while I was an economics undergrad. I love the cats.
IMO, the most dangerous thing about AI is trusting it this much. It is more dangerous than "conquering the world." People already let it do human jobs that still need human monitoring. Soon, we will face wrong diagnoses, dangerous devices, etc. Maybe one day it will be capable, but not yet.
August 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
IMO, the most dangerous thing about AI is trusting it this much. It is more dangerous than "conquering the world." People already let it do human jobs that still need human monitoring. Soon, we will face wrong diagnoses, dangerous devices, etc. Maybe one day it will be capable, but not yet.
I think I need to find a way to relax and rest other than procrastination. In the past months, I had more than enough time to rest. But no, I've chosen to find fake responsibilities and procrastinate on them.
January 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I think I need to find a way to relax and rest other than procrastination. In the past months, I had more than enough time to rest. But no, I've chosen to find fake responsibilities and procrastinate on them.
This is the best evolutionary explanation for a societal issue I read: It doesn't take a contemporary value and try to rationalize it via evolution. Instead, the explanation takes different values into account while making sense of the change in our basic instincts that could've been evolutionary.
Adding to the noise on why birth rates are falling - a question that continues to stump the human evolutionary sciences unherd.com/2024/12/the-...
The truth about the fertility crisis
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December 3, 2024 at 4:57 AM
This is the best evolutionary explanation for a societal issue I read: It doesn't take a contemporary value and try to rationalize it via evolution. Instead, the explanation takes different values into account while making sense of the change in our basic instincts that could've been evolutionary.
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It's the 10 year anniversary of one of the coolest things I've ever done on the Internet: My feminist remix of Mattel's absurdly sexist Computer Engineer Barbie book. A thing I did to procrastinate from writing my dissertation but then resulted in me consulting for Mattel. medium.com/csforall-sto...
Tech Barbie’s Backstory: How she went from “math is hard” to robotics engineer
Learning to code can be an exciting journey, but having to overcome stereotypes along the way makes it a more difficult one. Girls deal…
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November 18, 2024 at 5:45 PM
It's the 10 year anniversary of one of the coolest things I've ever done on the Internet: My feminist remix of Mattel's absurdly sexist Computer Engineer Barbie book. A thing I did to procrastinate from writing my dissertation but then resulted in me consulting for Mattel. medium.com/csforall-sto...
I'm new to this and not sure but wouldn't "LLMs networked together in an ABM" be studying LLM collective behavior?
We need to have a science-wide announcement that LLMs networked together in an ABM is *absolutely not* a useful way to study human collective beahvior.
November 18, 2024 at 9:40 PM
I'm new to this and not sure but wouldn't "LLMs networked together in an ABM" be studying LLM collective behavior?
The saddest part of life right now is that the lack of society's wisdom started to prevent science from gathering knowledge.
"The saddest part of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
—Isaac Asimov
—Isaac Asimov
November 10, 2024 at 6:41 PM
The saddest part of life right now is that the lack of society's wisdom started to prevent science from gathering knowledge.
I can't believe how they can be so cute and respectable simultaneously. They surely are divine creatures.
I can totally see why ancient Egyptians worshipped cats. Look at this queen
November 10, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I can't believe how they can be so cute and respectable simultaneously. They surely are divine creatures.
I have a question for you #AcademicSky
I've worked on a paper and the result is very low quality. I did my best in the process to improve it but co-authors wouldn't listen. We submitted it to a journal and it's rejected, of course. +
I've worked on a paper and the result is very low quality. I did my best in the process to improve it but co-authors wouldn't listen. We submitted it to a journal and it's rejected, of course. +
November 5, 2024 at 7:25 PM
I have a question for you #AcademicSky
I've worked on a paper and the result is very low quality. I did my best in the process to improve it but co-authors wouldn't listen. We submitted it to a journal and it's rejected, of course. +
I've worked on a paper and the result is very low quality. I did my best in the process to improve it but co-authors wouldn't listen. We submitted it to a journal and it's rejected, of course. +
A professor of physics at a conference told me that maybe I could continue in the industry after learning my age. Anyway, she was a nice lady and I enjoyed talking with her... on other topics.
October 27, 2024 at 5:08 AM
A professor of physics at a conference told me that maybe I could continue in the industry after learning my age. Anyway, she was a nice lady and I enjoyed talking with her... on other topics.
I tried to find the most representative photos of him to enable identification. #ProofOfCat
I miss him a lot :'(
I miss him a lot :'(
October 25, 2024 at 9:27 AM
I tried to find the most representative photos of him to enable identification. #ProofOfCat
I miss him a lot :'(
I miss him a lot :'(
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Very insightful blog post on #bullying in academia:
research-hive.com/2024/09/27/i...
Lots of this resonated with my own experience and what I've seen over the years. Has plenty to say about the current state of #ResearchCulture, as well as ways in which it might change - hopefully
research-hive.com/2024/09/27/i...
Lots of this resonated with my own experience and what I've seen over the years. Has plenty to say about the current state of #ResearchCulture, as well as ways in which it might change - hopefully
“I Don’t Want to Cause Trouble”: Acceptance of Bullying in Academia
Author: Erin Pallott // Editors: Luke Marshall, Sophie Alshukri When I joined my PhD programme, I needed to figure out which lab I wanted to join. I got given lots of advice on what to ask other Ph…
research-hive.com
October 23, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Very insightful blog post on #bullying in academia:
research-hive.com/2024/09/27/i...
Lots of this resonated with my own experience and what I've seen over the years. Has plenty to say about the current state of #ResearchCulture, as well as ways in which it might change - hopefully
research-hive.com/2024/09/27/i...
Lots of this resonated with my own experience and what I've seen over the years. Has plenty to say about the current state of #ResearchCulture, as well as ways in which it might change - hopefully
Eyes cannot move smoothly on a surface. They move with fixation-saccade (jump) sequences and we are blind during saccades. I mean, we see objects kind of "frame by frame" indeed. It is common knowledge in eye-tracking to the extent that I'm not sure whether it is really shocking to outsiders.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
There is a new species of shark or shark relative (skate, ray, or chimera) discovered approximately every two weeks.
🧪🦑🌎
There is a new species of shark or shark relative (skate, ray, or chimera) discovered approximately every two weeks.
🧪🦑🌎
a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
ALT: a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
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October 19, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Eyes cannot move smoothly on a surface. They move with fixation-saccade (jump) sequences and we are blind during saccades. I mean, we see objects kind of "frame by frame" indeed. It is common knowledge in eye-tracking to the extent that I'm not sure whether it is really shocking to outsiders.
Does anyone know how to teach the algorithm that I don't want my Discover feed to be invaded by sexy anime-like women drawings? I did not have a particularly negative feeling about them that I started to develop after the invasion.
October 19, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Does anyone know how to teach the algorithm that I don't want my Discover feed to be invaded by sexy anime-like women drawings? I did not have a particularly negative feeling about them that I started to develop after the invasion.
So, were those Mechanical Turk? If this is true, that would be the thing I would expect from him. By the way, I didn't watch the show because why would I.
www.theverge.com/2024/10/13/2...
www.theverge.com/2024/10/13/2...
The Optimus robots at Tesla’s Cybercab event were humans in disguise
The robots were just a little too slick.
www.theverge.com
October 15, 2024 at 7:08 AM
So, were those Mechanical Turk? If this is true, that would be the thing I would expect from him. By the way, I didn't watch the show because why would I.
www.theverge.com/2024/10/13/2...
www.theverge.com/2024/10/13/2...
I love it when philosophy refines a concept! I wish the article was open access.
One of my favorite former grad students just published with one of my favorite philosophers on science and values, to ask the most obvious and yet neglected question: what do we mean by “values” in “science and values”, and why does it matter? link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Values in science: what are values, anyway? - European Journal for Philosophy of Science
Although the philosophical literature on science and values has flourished in recent years, the central concept of “values” has remained ambiguous. This paper endeavors to clarify the nature of values...
link.springer.com
October 12, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I love it when philosophy refines a concept! I wish the article was open access.