Ken Forbus
@kforbus.bsky.social
Northwestern professor, AI & Cognitive Science
I would never ship something with error rates like these. Have the vendors no pride?
October 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I would never ship something with error rates like these. Have the vendors no pride?
Ditto. But at 70 you will feel better for having done it
October 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Ditto. But at 70 you will feel better for having done it
Because, given their track record, very likely the only violence was in ICE fantasies. Trib just finally posted the real story about an unprovoked attack where a woman was shot multiple times. Video exonerated her.
October 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Because, given their track record, very likely the only violence was in ICE fantasies. Trib just finally posted the real story about an unprovoked attack where a woman was shot multiple times. Video exonerated her.
Public pressure. Lawsuits. Government shutdown. Not much, but better than nothing.
September 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Public pressure. Lawsuits. Government shutdown. Not much, but better than nothing.
What is happening with this? No IGs left to police the government?
September 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What is happening with this? No IGs left to police the government?
I'm told by Star Wars fans that if the executives had watched one of their own shows, Andor, they might have shown some spine.
September 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I'm told by Star Wars fans that if the executives had watched one of their own shows, Andor, they might have shown some spine.
X aside, the Findings hack sounds like a good one
August 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
X aside, the Findings hack sounds like a good one
Wish you’d posted your note here I hate to use X even as a visitor…
August 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Wish you’d posted your note here I hate to use X even as a visitor…
Nice. One tactic I use is to look puzzled and quietly ask “you can see me?”. Plenty of time to move on.
August 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Nice. One tactic I use is to look puzzled and quietly ask “you can see me?”. Plenty of time to move on.
Coming to an anthology soon, for non-subscribers?
August 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Coming to an anthology soon, for non-subscribers?
This is so counterproductive. More people, fewer hours, more creativity
July 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is so counterproductive. More people, fewer hours, more creativity
No chance to train on the test set, eh?
July 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No chance to train on the test set, eh?
Great essay. We’re far from the point where AI systems have sufficient agency that these become practical matters — our work on formalizing social and moral norms could be ultimately abused into something like a governor module — but I think it’s important to do better.
July 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Great essay. We’re far from the point where AI systems have sufficient agency that these become practical matters — our work on formalizing social and moral norms could be ultimately abused into something like a governor module — but I think it’s important to do better.
The lead author, Constantine Nakos, should be finishing his thesis this summer and will be job-hunting. A great opportunity for any research organization interested in novel cognitive architectures.
July 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The lead author, Constantine Nakos, should be finishing his thesis this summer and will be job-hunting. A great opportunity for any research organization interested in novel cognitive architectures.
It's been a great ride, hope there are subsequent seasons!
July 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's been a great ride, hope there are subsequent seasons!
One of my recently graduated students, Taylor Olson, has a nice paper on using moral norms to protect against adversarial training
July 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
One of my recently graduated students, Taylor Olson, has a nice paper on using moral norms to protect against adversarial training