Elinor
@elinor.tkws.eu
French transfem 🏳️⚧️ (she/her), adhd tinkerer, horrible punster and probabilistic epistemology nerd.
Skeets both in English and French.
Skeets both in English and French.
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Mon job est justement de travailler sur la conception de tels algos spécifiques.
Ça n'a absolument rien à voir avec les LLM ou les IA génératives qui buzzent en ce moment.
Sur bien des plans, on est à l'opposé total.
Mon job est justement de travailler sur la conception de tels algos spécifiques.
Ça n'a absolument rien à voir avec les LLM ou les IA génératives qui buzzent en ce moment.
Sur bien des plans, on est à l'opposé total.
Je ne doute pas en effet que des oa spécifiques adapté au besoin des chercheurs qui les utilisent puissent avoir un effet bénéfique sur le temps où l'énergie requise pour mener la recherche a bien
Mais ces ias n'ont rien a voir avec la bulle en cours
Mais ces ias n'ont rien a voir avec la bulle en cours
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Mon job est justement de travailler sur la conception de tels algos spécifiques.
Ça n'a absolument rien à voir avec les LLM ou les IA génératives qui buzzent en ce moment.
Sur bien des plans, on est à l'opposé total.
Mon job est justement de travailler sur la conception de tels algos spécifiques.
Ça n'a absolument rien à voir avec les LLM ou les IA génératives qui buzzent en ce moment.
Sur bien des plans, on est à l'opposé total.
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I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
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when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >
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This whole thing is out of control.
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This whole thing is out of control.
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I have said many times that working on Tested was like documenting a twisted game of wack-a-mole where the same bad ideas pop up over and over with new little costumes on. And here we are again www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
Sources expect the ban within the next six to 12 months with the IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, having pledged to protect the female category
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I have said many times that working on Tested was like documenting a twisted game of wack-a-mole where the same bad ideas pop up over and over with new little costumes on. And here we are again www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
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Une grimpeuse s'est faite exclure d'une compétition parce-que l'un des organisateurs a mal vécu qu'on lui rappelle gentiment (alors que les insultes auraient été compréhensibles) que les blagues sexistes c'était pas fou pour donner envie aux meufs de participer.
Quand l’humour sert d’alibi au sexisme — le cas du Rempart
La salle du Rempart, près de Fontainebleau, fait polémique avec ses contests “100 % filles” en utilisant un humour sexiste. Après des publications jugées offensantes, des grimpeuses comme Pauline déno...
www.grimpactu.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Une grimpeuse s'est faite exclure d'une compétition parce-que l'un des organisateurs a mal vécu qu'on lui rappelle gentiment (alors que les insultes auraient été compréhensibles) que les blagues sexistes c'était pas fou pour donner envie aux meufs de participer.
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apparently the unprecedented wealth and inflcuence big tech is amassing at the cost of the most marginalised is not enough. big tech ceos are not that different from drug cartels
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
EU set to water down landmark AI Act after pressure from big tech
European Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book amid concerns over implications for EU competitiveness
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
apparently the unprecedented wealth and inflcuence big tech is amassing at the cost of the most marginalised is not enough. big tech ceos are not that different from drug cartels
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Time is a fucking circle.
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Time is a fucking circle.
Et j'ajouterais : affaiblir est un euphémisme vu ce qui est mis sur la table... 🫠
La Commission européenne prévoit d’affaiblir le RGPD au profit des entreprises d’IA
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La Commission européenne prévoit d’affaiblir le RGPD au profit des entreprises d’IA - Next
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November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Et j'ajouterais : affaiblir est un euphémisme vu ce qui est mis sur la table... 🫠
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Les libéraux (ici Le Monde) toujours persuadés qu'Harris a perdu en parlant trop des trans... alors que Mamdani a été bcp plus solide qu'elle sur les questions LGBTI.
Mais lui, c'était accompagné d'un programme sur la répartition des richesses, et pas un outil de discours pour masquer le vide.
Mais lui, c'était accompagné d'un programme sur la répartition des richesses, et pas un outil de discours pour masquer le vide.
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Les libéraux (ici Le Monde) toujours persuadés qu'Harris a perdu en parlant trop des trans... alors que Mamdani a été bcp plus solide qu'elle sur les questions LGBTI.
Mais lui, c'était accompagné d'un programme sur la répartition des richesses, et pas un outil de discours pour masquer le vide.
Mais lui, c'était accompagné d'un programme sur la répartition des richesses, et pas un outil de discours pour masquer le vide.
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what the “misuse” framing does is shift the onus on individual users when shit goes wrong leaving AI developers and vendors off the hook
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November 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
what the “misuse” framing does is shift the onus on individual users when shit goes wrong leaving AI developers and vendors off the hook
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i’ve said this before but lemme say it again. it makes absolutely 0 sense to talk about “misuse” of llms because there is no clear use or purpose for llms to begin with. genAI is a purposeless tech floating around looking for uptake
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November 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
i’ve said this before but lemme say it again. it makes absolutely 0 sense to talk about “misuse” of llms because there is no clear use or purpose for llms to begin with. genAI is a purposeless tech floating around looking for uptake
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Friends choose your so-called "critics" carefully.
Its not a binary.
If people do circular citations and happen to never cite the women who laid the groundwork for decades and pay the price, there's a problem.
Its not a binary.
If people do circular citations and happen to never cite the women who laid the groundwork for decades and pay the price, there's a problem.
Who the fuck is this dude who rolled in saying what women researchers have been saying for years? He came on my thread here once to tell me I was wrong about something — I wasn’t. I responded, he said nothing, and disappeared. @alexhanna.bsky.social @safiyanoble.bsky.social
Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI
He’s one of the loudest voices of the AI haters—even as he does PR for AI companies. Either way, Ed Zitron has your attention.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Friends choose your so-called "critics" carefully.
Its not a binary.
If people do circular citations and happen to never cite the women who laid the groundwork for decades and pay the price, there's a problem.
Its not a binary.
If people do circular citations and happen to never cite the women who laid the groundwork for decades and pay the price, there's a problem.
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built on theft and at massive environmental cost and most importantly, numerous studies keep demonstrating that genAI tools often work a little better than by chance. how is it that we can’t expunge these slop machines out of our institutions and communities
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
built on theft and at massive environmental cost and most importantly, numerous studies keep demonstrating that genAI tools often work a little better than by chance. how is it that we can’t expunge these slop machines out of our institutions and communities
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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Remember those times i said we were headed for an epistemic crisis because bad people were gonna use deepfakes to make propaganda & conspiracy theories & destabilize consensus reality-making & how the central paradigm of "generative AI" enables, encourages, & was indeed built on this premise?
Yeah.
Yeah.
This person is one hundred percent correct and it’s scary af. We will never “media literacy” our way out of this as a society. We are about to reap the whirlwind when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and informational warfare.
October 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Remember those times i said we were headed for an epistemic crisis because bad people were gonna use deepfakes to make propaganda & conspiracy theories & destabilize consensus reality-making & how the central paradigm of "generative AI" enables, encourages, & was indeed built on this premise?
Yeah.
Yeah.
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I think people need to realise how much "You are not immune to propaganda" still applies when you know the propaganda is propaganda.
No one should EVER monitor Nazi space without a strong support network that can check them regularly and watch for signs that the propaganda is taking hold, and address that reality promptly.
Without a rock solid accountability network, it is playing with fire.
Without a rock solid accountability network, it is playing with fire.
This is I think also one of the reasons you (you as in a regular person) shouldn't got into nazi places to try and 'debate' them (or worse, to hang out and check the vibe. I know somebody who radicalized a lot after doing that to neo-nazi metal concerts (not the only reason he radicalized)).
October 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I think people need to realise how much "You are not immune to propaganda" still applies when you know the propaganda is propaganda.
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Blague à part, c'est toute l'histoire de la France de ces dernières décennies ( CICE, baisse de l'IS, impôts de production):
1/ on se prive de recettes importantes en se disant " ça peut avoir un effet positif "
2/ l'effet mesuré est faible et transitoire, le coût, élevé et permanent
1/ on se prive de recettes importantes en se disant " ça peut avoir un effet positif "
2/ l'effet mesuré est faible et transitoire, le coût, élevé et permanent
L'IPP a mesuré l'impact des 10 Mds de baisse des impôts de production dont ont bénéficié les entreprises. Impact sur chiffre d'affaires ? Nul. Sur l'investissement ? Nul. Sur la création d'emploi ? Nul. Sur les exports ? Nul. Budget : 10 Mds de perdus.
www.alternatives-economiques.fr/baisser-impo...
www.alternatives-economiques.fr/baisser-impo...
Baisser les impôts de production de 10 milliards d'euros pour les entreprises n'a servi à rien
Une récente étude consacrée à la baisse des impôts de production conclut que les entreprises bénéficiaires n’ont rien fait de ce gain. Malgré ce résultat, le gouvernement veut poursuivre dans cette vo...
www.alternatives-economiques.fr
October 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Blague à part, c'est toute l'histoire de la France de ces dernières décennies ( CICE, baisse de l'IS, impôts de production):
1/ on se prive de recettes importantes en se disant " ça peut avoir un effet positif "
2/ l'effet mesuré est faible et transitoire, le coût, élevé et permanent
1/ on se prive de recettes importantes en se disant " ça peut avoir un effet positif "
2/ l'effet mesuré est faible et transitoire, le coût, élevé et permanent
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Les risques de dérives sont énormes. Bush avait financé la génétique légale à hauteur de plusieurs millions de $ au prétexte de la guerre contre le terrorisme. Résultat c'est aussi utilisé pour traquer les racisés de manière plus globale. Aucune surprise, on prend le risque de tendre vers ça aussi.
October 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Les risques de dérives sont énormes. Bush avait financé la génétique légale à hauteur de plusieurs millions de $ au prétexte de la guerre contre le terrorisme. Résultat c'est aussi utilisé pour traquer les racisés de manière plus globale. Aucune surprise, on prend le risque de tendre vers ça aussi.
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Si seulement il y avait un Parti de gauche qui avait le courage d’expliquer aux gens à quel point c’est une menace pour tout le monde et pas juste pour les profs…
Faut il changer le métier enseignant ? Le ministère souhaite en finir avec la liberté pédagogique blogs.mediapart.fr/francois-jar...
Faut-il changer le métier enseignant ?
Que doit devenir le métier enseignant ? La conférence internationale du Cnesco interroge les experts. La pression pour promouvoir le modèle du nouveau management public est forte alors que l'Ecole es…
blogs.mediapart.fr
October 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Si seulement il y avait un Parti de gauche qui avait le courage d’expliquer aux gens à quel point c’est une menace pour tout le monde et pas juste pour les profs…
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Contre la taxe Zucman, le RN, le bloc central et la droite ont voté main dans la main.
Ils protègent les 0,0005 % les plus riches — 500 personnes ! — qui paient moins d’impôts que tout le reste du pays.
Une aristocratie moderne, baignée de privilèges.
Ils protègent les 0,0005 % les plus riches — 500 personnes ! — qui paient moins d’impôts que tout le reste du pays.
Une aristocratie moderne, baignée de privilèges.
October 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Contre la taxe Zucman, le RN, le bloc central et la droite ont voté main dans la main.
Ils protègent les 0,0005 % les plus riches — 500 personnes ! — qui paient moins d’impôts que tout le reste du pays.
Une aristocratie moderne, baignée de privilèges.
Ils protègent les 0,0005 % les plus riches — 500 personnes ! — qui paient moins d’impôts que tout le reste du pays.
Une aristocratie moderne, baignée de privilèges.
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I'm not naive—I get that there have always been people who do their jobs badly, including researchers who do research badly. But I wasn't prepared for the extent to which "AI" has emboldened people to proudly proclaim that their professional judgment is so deeply and fundamentally compromised
Pretty sure real science is actually reading the papers, thinking very deeply, and more, before writing, not generating literature review-like objects with no authorial intent or legwork
Today @anthropic.com released PubMed integration for Claude. No hallucinations. Just real science, real data. As a beta tester, this has been game changing— a supercharged research tool. Here are 6 prompts that will transform how you search the literature. A 🧵
www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I'm not naive—I get that there have always been people who do their jobs badly, including researchers who do research badly. But I wasn't prepared for the extent to which "AI" has emboldened people to proudly proclaim that their professional judgment is so deeply and fundamentally compromised
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AWS outages are interesting because each time it affects more and more disparate things, each is a snapshot scan of the metastatic cancer infecting the internet.
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
AWS outages are interesting because each time it affects more and more disparate things, each is a snapshot scan of the metastatic cancer infecting the internet.
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Every AWS outage makes it extremely, painfully clear that consolidating the entire Internet in the hands of one fucked up billionaire is not a good idea.
And then it's resolved and everyone kind of forgets about it til the next time.
And the next time, their fridge stops working because of it.
And then it's resolved and everyone kind of forgets about it til the next time.
And the next time, their fridge stops working because of it.
October 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Every AWS outage makes it extremely, painfully clear that consolidating the entire Internet in the hands of one fucked up billionaire is not a good idea.
And then it's resolved and everyone kind of forgets about it til the next time.
And the next time, their fridge stops working because of it.
And then it's resolved and everyone kind of forgets about it til the next time.
And the next time, their fridge stops working because of it.