Cosma Shalizi
cshalizi.bsky.social
Cosma Shalizi
@cshalizi.bsky.social
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Notebook: Random Feature Regularization
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Random Feature Regularization
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May 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Course Announcement: "Statistical Principles of Generative AI" (Fall 2025)

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Course Announcement: "Statistical Principles of Generative AI" (Fall 2025)
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April 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Post: On Feral Library Card Catalogs, or, Aware of All Internet Traditions
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On Feral Library Card Catalogs, or, Aware of All Internet Traditions
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April 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Post: Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, January 2025
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Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, January 2025
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April 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Notebook: Economic Networks
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Economic Networks
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April 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Notebook: Mori-Zwanzig Formalisms
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Mori-Zwanzig Formalims
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April 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Notebook: Becker Economies, i.e., Microeconomics Based on Random Choice within Constraints
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Becker Economies, i.e., Microeconomics Based on Random Choice within Constraints
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April 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Blog post: The Books I Am Not Going to Write
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The Books I Am Not Going to Write
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April 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Blog post: Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, March 2025
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Books to Read While the Algae Grow in Your Fur, March 2025
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April 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Notebook: "Occam"-style Bounds for Long Programs
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"Occam"-style Bounds for Long Programs
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March 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Notebook: Empirical Likelihood
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Empirical Likelihood
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March 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Notebook: A. R. Luria
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A. R. Luria
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March 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Paper: "Large AI models are cultural and social technologies"
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Large AI models are cultural and social technologies
Implications draw on the history of transformative information systems from the past
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March 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Notebook: Mesopotamia, especially Sumeria
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Mesopotamia, especially Sumeria
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March 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Notebook: Math I Ought to Learn
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Math I Ought to Learn
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March 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Notebook: "Attention", "Transformers", in Neural Network "Large Language Models"
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"Attention", "Transformers", in Neural Network "Large Language Models"
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March 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Blog post: The Distortion Is Inherent in the Signal
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The Distortion Is Inherent in the Signal
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January 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM