Boaz Nash
@boazhsan.bsky.social
Lafayette, CO, USA
Physicist who likes to paint, hike, work in the garden and think about the past and future of humanity
#cohousing
I strive to embody and model good #DigitalDiscipline though I often need to renew my commitment.
Physicist who likes to paint, hike, work in the garden and think about the past and future of humanity
#cohousing
I strive to embody and model good #DigitalDiscipline though I often need to renew my commitment.
Why not fit this into the rubric of science? I feel like the framework of AI makes it sound like the general goal of understanding is being given up. That's the part I object to (in addition to concerns about the ethics of the training data.)
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Why not fit this into the rubric of science? I feel like the framework of AI makes it sound like the general goal of understanding is being given up. That's the part I object to (in addition to concerns about the ethics of the training data.)
I don't see how empirical estimation could be precluded by physics. If the AI is capturing a real relation in the world, then it isn't precluded by physics.
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Neural network based models are just mathematical ways of representing mappings from input to output.
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Neural network based models are just mathematical ways of representing mappings from input to output.
…empirical estimation is precluded by physics.
All things to say, it’s boring. But it can be really important when you’re trying to get lithium or rare earths out of the ground, or figure out the right acid digestion that maximizes extraction while minimizing environmental harm.
All things to say, it’s boring. But it can be really important when you’re trying to get lithium or rare earths out of the ground, or figure out the right acid digestion that maximizes extraction while minimizing environmental harm.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I don't see how empirical estimation could be precluded by physics. If the AI is capturing a real relation in the world, then it isn't precluded by physics.
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Neural network based models are just mathematical ways of representing mappings from input to output.
bsky.app/profile/leed...
Neural network based models are just mathematical ways of representing mappings from input to output.
in the loop more than if the relation is only implemented by an automated system. I've seen this happen in my field of electron beam dynamics where a strong push towards machine learning and AI seems to accompany a move away from people understanding the relations and dynamics themselves.
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
in the loop more than if the relation is only implemented by an automated system. I've seen this happen in my field of electron beam dynamics where a strong push towards machine learning and AI seems to accompany a move away from people understanding the relations and dynamics themselves.
Thanks for the explanation. It sounds like AI is being used here as a general pattern recognizer. I worry a bit about the use of the framework of AI rather than the concept of scientific understanding. If you are able to come up with a deeper understanding of the empirical model, you stay...
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Thanks for the explanation. It sounds like AI is being used here as a general pattern recognizer. I worry a bit about the use of the framework of AI rather than the concept of scientific understanding. If you are able to come up with a deeper understanding of the empirical model, you stay...
How does AI help with that? I guess it is basically an optimization problem?
I did a research project with machine learning that was legitimately helpful, but I’m less clear what it means for AI to help with a technical problem.
I did a research project with machine learning that was legitimately helpful, but I’m less clear what it means for AI to help with a technical problem.
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
How does AI help with that? I guess it is basically an optimization problem?
I did a research project with machine learning that was legitimately helpful, but I’m less clear what it means for AI to help with a technical problem.
I did a research project with machine learning that was legitimately helpful, but I’m less clear what it means for AI to help with a technical problem.
Good reason for the pushback. Most of the time people claim AI is doing something, it’s a poor description of the reality. There are whole fields of algorithm development that get displaced by calling it AI. AI often means large language models, which is almost certainly not what’s going on here.
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Good reason for the pushback. Most of the time people claim AI is doing something, it’s a poor description of the reality. There are whole fields of algorithm development that get displaced by calling it AI. AI often means large language models, which is almost certainly not what’s going on here.
Joyce Carol Oates saving the world
incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I guess I see some of that. But is every one of them really such a damaged human being? Part of being human is being a part of a longer sense of history.
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I guess I see some of that. But is every one of them really such a damaged human being? Part of being human is being a part of a longer sense of history.
Counterpoint: Republicans are expecting to get elected based on unfair elections, since they are more beholden to Trump than to their voters.
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Counterpoint: Republicans are expecting to get elected based on unfair elections, since they are more beholden to Trump than to their voters.
I guess autism is just one configuration where this is especially important.
I think about my younger brother who had a break-down earlier in life & had to really change a lot about how he lived. Is he on the autism spectrum? Maybe. He just wasn't able to cope as is & had to make big life changes.
I think about my younger brother who had a break-down earlier in life & had to really change a lot about how he lived. Is he on the autism spectrum? Maybe. He just wasn't able to cope as is & had to make big life changes.
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I guess autism is just one configuration where this is especially important.
I think about my younger brother who had a break-down earlier in life & had to really change a lot about how he lived. Is he on the autism spectrum? Maybe. He just wasn't able to cope as is & had to make big life changes.
I think about my younger brother who had a break-down earlier in life & had to really change a lot about how he lived. Is he on the autism spectrum? Maybe. He just wasn't able to cope as is & had to make big life changes.