Federico Adolfi
fedeadolfi.bsky.social
Federico Adolfi
@fedeadolfi.bsky.social
Computation & Complexity | AI Interpretability | Meta-theory | Computational Cognitive Science

https://fedeadolfi.github.io
Me: I developed a chemistry of lemon gooey butter cookies. It took many attempts but I managed to master the rationale, technique and execution, and today it is my pleasure to show you the result

Them: did you finally decide to just follow the recipe closely this time?

Me:

Me: to the letter
October 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Many character quirks make a lot more sense when you realize everyone in the show is playing ‘the floor is lava except for predefined marks’
October 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
**Me at a Halloween party**

Them, looking at my costume: what are you supposed to be?

Me: that’s a great question! Let’s think about it carefully step by step. You’re asking about my costu—

Them: no stop it
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Me writing a grant
June 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I’m sorry for any psychic damage this may cause but in fairness it’s your fault for being the professor of industrial design that asked the question and a bit my fault for winging it. It’s supposed to be a notebook
June 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Presented together without comment
June 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
You can point to my looming deadlines and I can point you to the multiple deadlines I just successfully met.

My point is there will be crafting and none of you can stop this
May 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is a figure on a preprint
May 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
OTOH
🧠🤖
April 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I’m easily overwhelmed by loud noises and big crowds so I’m presenting work at this conference
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I will be presenting this ✨ spotlight 💫 paper at #ICLR2025 with @martinagvilas.bsky.social. Come say hi if you're interested in DNN circuits, complexity and #interpretability

📆 Poster Session 4 (#530)
🕰️ Fri 25 Apr. 3:00-5:30 PM
📝 openreview.net/forum?id=Qog...
📊 iclr.cc/virtual/2025...
April 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Just gave a talk at Brown but I did it remotely so something something time zones and long story short it’s Negroni time and nobody can shame me so cheers
April 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Brain: the geometry of a sheet of paper is simple enough but the geometry of a potato chip is more saddle

Me: and what do we do when these puns pop up in our head?

Brain: we skeet them out of our system

Me: no wait
April 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I may or may not have spent a combined total of 24 almost uninterrupted hours in 4 different trains to bring this home from faraway lands
#jazzsky #jazzguitar
March 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Me as I walk from the living room to the bedroom to get [thing??]
March 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It does help, thanks!
And as somebody who has worked on segmentation in cognitive science, I salute you and offer this in return:
March 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Eurasian Magpies are skillful, cooperative and graceful. I should remember that.
March 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I think about this one a lot. Maybe because it’s useful personally but also for humanity as a whole
March 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Ok here’s a very general template people can build on. Some will use this as a meme template. Others will use it as a template to build careers out of extruding fields from cognitive science. There’s something for everyone!
February 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Me: oh cool our paper got accepted at ICLR and selected as a ✨spotlight✨!

Brain: um remember our last encounter with a ✨spotlight✨?
February 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Tag yourself. I’m person C
February 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My desk is actually a total mess but luckily I have an early photo of when I set it up 😬
January 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I’m not saying this is any good, as tastes vary etc, but I think it definitely shows I care to an embarrassing extent
January 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is NOT what they’re supposed to look like but the taste will be 🤌🏻
December 28, 2024 at 1:19 PM
They say it’s bad luck not to bake cookies on misty days. It’s me. I say that. I made it up so that I could have homemade cookies today
December 28, 2024 at 12:32 PM