Fuzzy
@fuzzyzki.bsky.social
AI/NLP for positive computational social sciences, mitigating multilingual online toxicity, researching harmful content moderation to make the world just a little bit kinder. @Brunel University, London. @IDABrunel, #NLP, #EndOnlineHarm.
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Most large language models today speak only a handful of the world’s 7,000+ languages.
Across Africa, researchers & technologists are tackling this imbalance head-on — collecting ethically sourced, high-quality speech data & building AI that understands African languages.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3689x8bu
Across Africa, researchers & technologists are tackling this imbalance head-on — collecting ethically sourced, high-quality speech data & building AI that understands African languages.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3689x8bu
African languages for AI: the project that’s gathering a huge new dataset
When a language isn’t in the data, its speakers aren’t in the product – and AI cannot be safe, useful, or fair for them.
tinyurl.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Most large language models today speak only a handful of the world’s 7,000+ languages.
Across Africa, researchers & technologists are tackling this imbalance head-on — collecting ethically sourced, high-quality speech data & building AI that understands African languages.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3689x8bu
Across Africa, researchers & technologists are tackling this imbalance head-on — collecting ethically sourced, high-quality speech data & building AI that understands African languages.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3689x8bu
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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Zeteo’s newsletter: ‘First Draft’. Your go-to morning source for politics, especially from a progressive perspective.
'First Draft' will be authored by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @petertwinklage.bsky.social. Read the first edition: zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...
'First Draft' will be authored by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @petertwinklage.bsky.social. Read the first edition: zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...
October 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Zeteo’s newsletter: ‘First Draft’. Your go-to morning source for politics, especially from a progressive perspective.
'First Draft' will be authored by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @petertwinklage.bsky.social. Read the first edition: zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...
'First Draft' will be authored by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @petertwinklage.bsky.social. Read the first edition: zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...
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Check out our massive work on #NLP for Social Good: a position paper on how modern #NLP can be quite useful for positive social goals!
arxiv.org/abs/2505.22327
thanks to @antoniakrm.bsky.social for leading efforts and @zhijingjin.bsky.social for building during the years the foundation of #NLP4PI
arxiv.org/abs/2505.22327
thanks to @antoniakrm.bsky.social for leading efforts and @zhijingjin.bsky.social for building during the years the foundation of #NLP4PI
June 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Check out our massive work on #NLP for Social Good: a position paper on how modern #NLP can be quite useful for positive social goals!
arxiv.org/abs/2505.22327
thanks to @antoniakrm.bsky.social for leading efforts and @zhijingjin.bsky.social for building during the years the foundation of #NLP4PI
arxiv.org/abs/2505.22327
thanks to @antoniakrm.bsky.social for leading efforts and @zhijingjin.bsky.social for building during the years the foundation of #NLP4PI
Hey Lovely NLP peeps!
Throw me a crumb please. Cheers!
Throw me a crumb please. Cheers!
June 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Hey Lovely NLP peeps!
Throw me a crumb please. Cheers!
Throw me a crumb please. Cheers!
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“We can't sit around waiting for a country that is an illegal occupier, that is on trial for genocide, to decide if and when and what kind of aid it's going to let into a people that they are actively exterminating." - @huwaida.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“We can't sit around waiting for a country that is an illegal occupier, that is on trial for genocide, to decide if and when and what kind of aid it's going to let into a people that they are actively exterminating." - @huwaida.bsky.social
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Yuck. Meta apps listen on localhost on Android so that tracking scripts can talk to apps, and Meta can monitor your browsing and tie it to identity. Why is that allowed? www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/m...
Meta Pixel halts Android localhost tracking after disclosure
: Zuckercorp and Yandex used localhost loophole to tie browser data to app users, say boffins
www.theregister.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Yuck. Meta apps listen on localhost on Android so that tracking scripts can talk to apps, and Meta can monitor your browsing and tie it to identity. Why is that allowed? www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/m...
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Zeteo correspondent @premthakker.bsky.social tells you why you should watch our new documentary about Shireen Abu Akleh.
"It's a movie that every single person in the United States, regardless of your politics, should watch."
Watch 'Who Killed Shireen?' here: zeteo.com/s/who-killed...
"It's a movie that every single person in the United States, regardless of your politics, should watch."
Watch 'Who Killed Shireen?' here: zeteo.com/s/who-killed...
June 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Zeteo correspondent @premthakker.bsky.social tells you why you should watch our new documentary about Shireen Abu Akleh.
"It's a movie that every single person in the United States, regardless of your politics, should watch."
Watch 'Who Killed Shireen?' here: zeteo.com/s/who-killed...
"It's a movie that every single person in the United States, regardless of your politics, should watch."
Watch 'Who Killed Shireen?' here: zeteo.com/s/who-killed...
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“We are watching a systematic starvation of 2 million people. A live-streamed genocide & the world's silence is deadly. That is why we have to keep trying everything we can, even if the odds are against us.”
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg shares moments from the Madleen.
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg shares moments from the Madleen.
May 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“We are watching a systematic starvation of 2 million people. A live-streamed genocide & the world's silence is deadly. That is why we have to keep trying everything we can, even if the odds are against us.”
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg shares moments from the Madleen.
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg shares moments from the Madleen.
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“This is like a slaughter house. People are just being wiped out. Whole families are being wiped out.”
From a hospital in Gaza, British surgeon Tom Potokar tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the horrors he's witnessed.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/televised-...
From a hospital in Gaza, British surgeon Tom Potokar tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the horrors he's witnessed.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/televised-...
May 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“This is like a slaughter house. People are just being wiped out. Whole families are being wiped out.”
From a hospital in Gaza, British surgeon Tom Potokar tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the horrors he's witnessed.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/televised-...
From a hospital in Gaza, British surgeon Tom Potokar tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the horrors he's witnessed.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/televised-...
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This animation shows how temperatures have changed over the last 100 years for each February-April period. On each map, red shading indicates warmer than average conditions, and blue shading shows the opposite. Note the trend.
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
May 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This animation shows how temperatures have changed over the last 100 years for each February-April period. On each map, red shading indicates warmer than average conditions, and blue shading shows the opposite. Note the trend.
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
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this queen
May 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
this queen
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Will AI Kill Creativity?
This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J wrestle with creativity in the age of generative AI. Are there aesthetic or moral reasons to avoid AI art? Can copyright law protect artists from being displaced by AI slop?
prostheticgods.podbean.com/e/creativity/
This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J wrestle with creativity in the age of generative AI. Are there aesthetic or moral reasons to avoid AI art? Can copyright law protect artists from being displaced by AI slop?
prostheticgods.podbean.com/e/creativity/
Will AI Kill Creativity? | Prosthetic Gods
Episode 19 - Will AI Kill Creativity?
This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J wrestle with creativity in the age of generative AI. Are there aesthetic or moral reasons to avoid AI art? Can copyright l...
prostheticgods.podbean.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Will AI Kill Creativity?
This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J wrestle with creativity in the age of generative AI. Are there aesthetic or moral reasons to avoid AI art? Can copyright law protect artists from being displaced by AI slop?
prostheticgods.podbean.com/e/creativity/
This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J wrestle with creativity in the age of generative AI. Are there aesthetic or moral reasons to avoid AI art? Can copyright law protect artists from being displaced by AI slop?
prostheticgods.podbean.com/e/creativity/
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Stop calling kidnapping and trafficking people to countries they’ve never been to “deporting.” It’s criminal behavior by a country with no conscience. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US ‘illegally deported’ Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan
Immigrant rights advocates say White House violated court order and ask judge to order nearly a dozen people’s return
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Stop calling kidnapping and trafficking people to countries they’ve never been to “deporting.” It’s criminal behavior by a country with no conscience. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Expert + LLM = Better Sexism Detection? ✨
Paper:
𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘮: 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵-𝘓𝘓𝘔 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰-𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘰-𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
w: @indiiigo.bsky.social, @matteo-mls.bsky.social y.social & @gabriellalapesa.bsky.social
@ Findings #NAACL2025 !🤩
Paper:
𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘮: 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵-𝘓𝘓𝘔 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰-𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘰-𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
w: @indiiigo.bsky.social, @matteo-mls.bsky.social y.social & @gabriellalapesa.bsky.social
@ Findings #NAACL2025 !🤩
April 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Expert + LLM = Better Sexism Detection? ✨
Paper:
𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘮: 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵-𝘓𝘓𝘔 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰-𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘰-𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
w: @indiiigo.bsky.social, @matteo-mls.bsky.social y.social & @gabriellalapesa.bsky.social
@ Findings #NAACL2025 !🤩
Paper:
𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘮: 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵-𝘓𝘓𝘔 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰-𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘰-𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
w: @indiiigo.bsky.social, @matteo-mls.bsky.social y.social & @gabriellalapesa.bsky.social
@ Findings #NAACL2025 !🤩
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If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.
March 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.
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Y'all see why I can't stand these horrific men going off about the so-called "existential risks of AI" while simultaneously telling us everyone should be replaced by "AI"? One of the best grifts of the 21st century.
www.wsj.com/video/elon-m...
www.wsj.com/video/elon-m...
Elon Musk Pushes to Regulate AI's 'Existential Threat'
Elon Musk warned a gathering of U.S. governors about several worst-case scenarios for AI, saying that the technology "is the biggest risk that we face as a civilization." The Wall Street Journal'...
www.wsj.com
March 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Y'all see why I can't stand these horrific men going off about the so-called "existential risks of AI" while simultaneously telling us everyone should be replaced by "AI"? One of the best grifts of the 21st century.
www.wsj.com/video/elon-m...
www.wsj.com/video/elon-m...
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Is it starting to make sense? 👇
1/ Elon Musk’s influence just got a lot clearer. Errol Musk—Elon’s father—confirmed that the Musk and Netanyahu families have been tight for years. Even before Trump became president, Netanyahu was calling Elon the “Defacto President of the United States”
1/ Elon Musk’s influence just got a lot clearer. Errol Musk—Elon’s father—confirmed that the Musk and Netanyahu families have been tight for years. Even before Trump became president, Netanyahu was calling Elon the “Defacto President of the United States”
March 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Is it starting to make sense? 👇
1/ Elon Musk’s influence just got a lot clearer. Errol Musk—Elon’s father—confirmed that the Musk and Netanyahu families have been tight for years. Even before Trump became president, Netanyahu was calling Elon the “Defacto President of the United States”
1/ Elon Musk’s influence just got a lot clearer. Errol Musk—Elon’s father—confirmed that the Musk and Netanyahu families have been tight for years. Even before Trump became president, Netanyahu was calling Elon the “Defacto President of the United States”
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There are certain types of tech critics who avoid any mention of racism, sexism, colonialism, genocide & eugenics. If they do it is to attack those of us who expose these threads.
Watch out for those discussing "polarization" rather than "white supremacy"
Or "racial tensions" rather than racism 🙄
Watch out for those discussing "polarization" rather than "white supremacy"
Or "racial tensions" rather than racism 🙄
March 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There are certain types of tech critics who avoid any mention of racism, sexism, colonialism, genocide & eugenics. If they do it is to attack those of us who expose these threads.
Watch out for those discussing "polarization" rather than "white supremacy"
Or "racial tensions" rather than racism 🙄
Watch out for those discussing "polarization" rather than "white supremacy"
Or "racial tensions" rather than racism 🙄
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This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed by amateur astronomers for its vivid colors and eerie resemblance to a giant eye.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Ariz.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Ariz.
January 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed by amateur astronomers for its vivid colors and eerie resemblance to a giant eye.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Ariz.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Ariz.
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Gotta love ppl who work in book shops
January 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Gotta love ppl who work in book shops
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why aren't 3.5" floppy disk SD card adapters a thing? they should be a thing
January 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
why aren't 3.5" floppy disk SD card adapters a thing? they should be a thing
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For those interested in research around #AIpolicy and #AIaccountability, @theaial.bsky.social are currently hiring PostDoc and PhD positions in these areas 👇🏼
aial.ie/pages/hiring/
aial.ie/pages/hiring/
Hiring
Post-doctoral research fellow x2 The AIAL is seeking two full-time post-doctoral fellows to work with Dr. Abeba Birhane and other lab members in 1) policy translation and 2) AI evaluation, both under ...
aial.ie
November 29, 2024 at 8:53 PM
For those interested in research around #AIpolicy and #AIaccountability, @theaial.bsky.social are currently hiring PostDoc and PhD positions in these areas 👇🏼
aial.ie/pages/hiring/
aial.ie/pages/hiring/
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You are not "too old," you don't "just not get it." Things have stopped being made intuitively by default. You are the victim, you are being gaslit into believing you are deficient when using software made by companies that have failed you.
November 29, 2024 at 7:36 PM
You are not "too old," you don't "just not get it." Things have stopped being made intuitively by default. You are the victim, you are being gaslit into believing you are deficient when using software made by companies that have failed you.