Barry Devereux
@barrydevereux.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Natural Language Processing, Queen's University Belfast. NLProc • Cognitive Science • Semantics • Health Analytics.
Giving way to the right.
May 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Giving way to the right.
I would guess the decline is even more severe in the other place. I imagine the trend reflects the rise in "private social media", i.e. private discords, WhatsApp groups, etc.
May 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I would guess the decline is even more severe in the other place. I imagine the trend reflects the rise in "private social media", i.e. private discords, WhatsApp groups, etc.
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"LLMs come to decisions then make up reasons that sound plausible" "LLMs are just bags of heuristics" welcome to weeks one and two of my human reasoning class.
April 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"LLMs come to decisions then make up reasons that sound plausible" "LLMs are just bags of heuristics" welcome to weeks one and two of my human reasoning class.
I am curious why you think it won't be enough (obviously I hope you're right). TSLA's high share price reflects people's willingness to bet on Musk's ability to successfully be corrupt as much as it reflects confidence in Tesla's business.
February 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I am curious why you think it won't be enough (obviously I hope you're right). TSLA's high share price reflects people's willingness to bet on Musk's ability to successfully be corrupt as much as it reflects confidence in Tesla's business.
The NATO treaty does not oblige member countries to go to war, only to provide assistance. And if Denmark tried to invoke Art.5 it seems very unclear what decisions the NATO Security Council could or would make in those circumstances. Not to mention Trump would be completely fine with breaking NATO.
January 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The NATO treaty does not oblige member countries to go to war, only to provide assistance. And if Denmark tried to invoke Art.5 it seems very unclear what decisions the NATO Security Council could or would make in those circumstances. Not to mention Trump would be completely fine with breaking NATO.
Instead of trying to buy Greenland, wouldn't it be easier and more realistic to simply occupy and annex it? Putin got away with a much bigger and riskier annexation in 2014.
January 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Instead of trying to buy Greenland, wouldn't it be easier and more realistic to simply occupy and annex it? Putin got away with a much bigger and riskier annexation in 2014.
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I have newly taken a solemn oath about abstaining from plays and wine, which I am resolved to keep according to the letter of the oath which I keep by me.
December 31, 2024 at 9:47 PM
I have newly taken a solemn oath about abstaining from plays and wine, which I am resolved to keep according to the letter of the oath which I keep by me.
Intelligence is the ability to predict (at multiple temporal scales and at multiple levels of abstraction). This is one of the reasons LLMs have proven so unreasonably effective.
December 18, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Intelligence is the ability to predict (at multiple temporal scales and at multiple levels of abstraction). This is one of the reasons LLMs have proven so unreasonably effective.
That is a battle that was lost on 5th Nov sadly. Maybe before.
December 1, 2024 at 12:05 AM
That is a battle that was lost on 5th Nov sadly. Maybe before.
If OpenAI really believed they were on the cusp of AGI, they would not be putting so much effort into creating products and services for ordinary consumers.
November 30, 2024 at 11:06 PM
If OpenAI really believed they were on the cusp of AGI, they would not be putting so much effort into creating products and services for ordinary consumers.