Dangerous_Chipmunk
@dangerouschipmunk.bsky.social
Robert R Butler III
Senior Research Scientist @ Stanford
I do genomics stuff with neurodegeneration & therapeutics.
Formerly, genomics stuff with neuropsychiatry.
Formerly (x2), genomics stuff with microbes (& humans/food).
posts are my own, etc.
Senior Research Scientist @ Stanford
I do genomics stuff with neurodegeneration & therapeutics.
Formerly, genomics stuff with neuropsychiatry.
Formerly (x2), genomics stuff with microbes (& humans/food).
posts are my own, etc.
The statement itself is axiomatically prejudicial. The speaker places large swaths of people into a group to stigmatize.
It is a COI when the founder and CSO of several preprints broadcasts the statement, signaling an approval of a culture of hostility & suspicion that benefits those preprints.
It is a COI when the founder and CSO of several preprints broadcasts the statement, signaling an approval of a culture of hostility & suspicion that benefits those preprints.
January 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The statement itself is axiomatically prejudicial. The speaker places large swaths of people into a group to stigmatize.
It is a COI when the founder and CSO of several preprints broadcasts the statement, signaling an approval of a culture of hostility & suspicion that benefits those preprints.
It is a COI when the founder and CSO of several preprints broadcasts the statement, signaling an approval of a culture of hostility & suspicion that benefits those preprints.
This comment is problematic, and it is a troubling conflict of interest to amplify it to thousands of followers as "interesting" instead of prejudicial. It implies people who don't use your product are suspicious/fraudulent.
January 12, 2026 at 8:19 PM
This comment is problematic, and it is a troubling conflict of interest to amplify it to thousands of followers as "interesting" instead of prejudicial. It implies people who don't use your product are suspicious/fraudulent.
While Grok certainly is an easy example, this is a historically unsolvable problem with social media: content moderation cannot be automated. All generative models lack reasoning and a motivator: accountability. This fundamental flaw in Section 230 is the same flaw in AI agency or authorship.
January 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
While Grok certainly is an easy example, this is a historically unsolvable problem with social media: content moderation cannot be automated. All generative models lack reasoning and a motivator: accountability. This fundamental flaw in Section 230 is the same flaw in AI agency or authorship.
On exactitude in science.
January 5, 2026 at 4:48 AM
On exactitude in science.
As anyone who has had to call their PCP, their HR, their outsourced benefits administrator, their insurance provider, their in-network medical service provider, and their approved medical supply company--all for a single patient visit--knows: that is likely pitched as a benefit of AI medicine.
October 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
As anyone who has had to call their PCP, their HR, their outsourced benefits administrator, their insurance provider, their in-network medical service provider, and their approved medical supply company--all for a single patient visit--knows: that is likely pitched as a benefit of AI medicine.
Mainly that exposures shouldn't be thought of as purely causative. The implication here is that the highest layer cortical neurons are necessarily tuned to be sensitive and flexible. So while exposures do shape outcome, they didn't create the spectrum.
October 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Mainly that exposures shouldn't be thought of as purely causative. The implication here is that the highest layer cortical neurons are necessarily tuned to be sensitive and flexible. So while exposures do shape outcome, they didn't create the spectrum.
I also thought of an alternate title: "No matter how many slippers you put on mice, you aren't getting a ballgown."
August 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I also thought of an alternate title: "No matter how many slippers you put on mice, you aren't getting a ballgown."
Of note, that article makes the argument that companies should be absolved of most liability citing human examples. But when producing and advertising a product, it becomes garden variety tort law, not some special new frontier.
August 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Of note, that article makes the argument that companies should be absolved of most liability citing human examples. But when producing and advertising a product, it becomes garden variety tort law, not some special new frontier.
That's not even true. Verifiably false if you spend five minutes looking. Plenty of people have committed suicide as a result of some mechanical object/technology/video game etc. Via the high-place phenomenon the Golden Gate Bridge and the Eiffel Tower beat them to it by 100 years.
When Algorithms Promote Self-Harm, Who Is Held Responsible?
A British court ruled that teenager Molly Russell died in part because of online content—but holding platforms accountable is complicated.
www.wired.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
That's not even true. Verifiably false if you spend five minutes looking. Plenty of people have committed suicide as a result of some mechanical object/technology/video game etc. Via the high-place phenomenon the Golden Gate Bridge and the Eiffel Tower beat them to it by 100 years.
My favorite part is the authors' defense that humans also produce low quality, poorly cited dreck, therefore their garbage-making machine is good. Why do we need a garbage-making machine to begin with?
August 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My favorite part is the authors' defense that humans also produce low quality, poorly cited dreck, therefore their garbage-making machine is good. Why do we need a garbage-making machine to begin with?