Shadab Choudhury
@namer.bsky.social
(He/Him). Previously at LARA Lab @UMBC, Mohsin Lab @BRACU | Accessibility, Explainability and Multimodal DL. My opinions are mine.
I'm on the PhD application cycle for Fall '26!
www.shadabchy.com
I'm on the PhD application cycle for Fall '26!
www.shadabchy.com
There's a reviewer at ICLR who apparently always writes *exactly* 40 weaknesses and comments no matter what paper he's reviewing.
Exhibit A: openreview.net/forum?id=8qk...
Exhibit B: openreview.net/forum?id=GlX...
Exhibit C: openreview.net/forum?id=kDh...
Exhibit A: openreview.net/forum?id=8qk...
Exhibit B: openreview.net/forum?id=GlX...
Exhibit C: openreview.net/forum?id=kDh...
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
There's a reviewer at ICLR who apparently always writes *exactly* 40 weaknesses and comments no matter what paper he's reviewing.
Exhibit A: openreview.net/forum?id=8qk...
Exhibit B: openreview.net/forum?id=GlX...
Exhibit C: openreview.net/forum?id=kDh...
Exhibit A: openreview.net/forum?id=8qk...
Exhibit B: openreview.net/forum?id=GlX...
Exhibit C: openreview.net/forum?id=kDh...
Saw an insanely cool paper (Weihao Tan @ NTU (sg) plus Bytedance and PekingU collabs) on the other site: a VLM agent pretrained on human gameplay videos + action primitives can fully play video games.
Very impressive work, esp. the inference process.
www.lumine-ai.org
arxiv.org/abs/2511.08892
Very impressive work, esp. the inference process.
www.lumine-ai.org
arxiv.org/abs/2511.08892
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Saw an insanely cool paper (Weihao Tan @ NTU (sg) plus Bytedance and PekingU collabs) on the other site: a VLM agent pretrained on human gameplay videos + action primitives can fully play video games.
Very impressive work, esp. the inference process.
www.lumine-ai.org
arxiv.org/abs/2511.08892
Very impressive work, esp. the inference process.
www.lumine-ai.org
arxiv.org/abs/2511.08892
Reposted by Shadab Choudhury
*Urgently* looking for emergency reviewers for the ARR October Interpretability track 🙏🙏
ReSkies much appreciated
ReSkies much appreciated
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
*Urgently* looking for emergency reviewers for the ARR October Interpretability track 🙏🙏
ReSkies much appreciated
ReSkies much appreciated
It feels funny that publishing in NeurIPS has become such a mild signal of quality that people are now promoting the exact percentile ranking of their papers instead.
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
It feels funny that publishing in NeurIPS has become such a mild signal of quality that people are now promoting the exact percentile ranking of their papers instead.
Is OpenReview gonna go down for 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 major conference from now on?
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Is OpenReview gonna go down for 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 major conference from now on?
How much do instruction-tuning datasets (e.g. Alpaca, Dolly) resemble everyday LLM usage?
It's a bit of a weirdly basic question, but I'm not up to date with instruction tuning. (I'm looking at model-agnostic single-turn Prompt-Response paired data, and ShareGPT is really messy and multi-turn)
It's a bit of a weirdly basic question, but I'm not up to date with instruction tuning. (I'm looking at model-agnostic single-turn Prompt-Response paired data, and ShareGPT is really messy and multi-turn)
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
How much do instruction-tuning datasets (e.g. Alpaca, Dolly) resemble everyday LLM usage?
It's a bit of a weirdly basic question, but I'm not up to date with instruction tuning. (I'm looking at model-agnostic single-turn Prompt-Response paired data, and ShareGPT is really messy and multi-turn)
It's a bit of a weirdly basic question, but I'm not up to date with instruction tuning. (I'm looking at model-agnostic single-turn Prompt-Response paired data, and ShareGPT is really messy and multi-turn)
Folks on ML socials these past few weeks.
October 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Folks on ML socials these past few weeks.
My dad's been watching instructional car videos and every other video he opens is utter slop.
I'm in the room and it's SO obvious to me that a video with generated images/panning stock photos and a steady, droning narration in numbered list format is slop. Even he can tell
But for how much longer?
I'm in the room and it's SO obvious to me that a video with generated images/panning stock photos and a steady, droning narration in numbered list format is slop. Even he can tell
But for how much longer?
October 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
My dad's been watching instructional car videos and every other video he opens is utter slop.
I'm in the room and it's SO obvious to me that a video with generated images/panning stock photos and a steady, droning narration in numbered list format is slop. Even he can tell
But for how much longer?
I'm in the room and it's SO obvious to me that a video with generated images/panning stock photos and a steady, droning narration in numbered list format is slop. Even he can tell
But for how much longer?
Recommender systems have quite literally broken younger folks' ability to search. I'm not kidding you, the average user is utterly incapable of finding content without a recommender feeding them things. That's why forums died but reddit survived as a social platform, because forums don't use recsys.
It’s frustrating LLMs are the epicenter of this because if you’re looking for a piece of tech to hate, social media recommender algorithms were *right there* and have done far, far more to break society
Tearing those down to the studs and rebuilding wouldn’t suck
Tearing those down to the studs and rebuilding wouldn’t suck
antivax movement but it’s left coded and targets machine learning, artificial intelligence, and engineering fields
October 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Recommender systems have quite literally broken younger folks' ability to search. I'm not kidding you, the average user is utterly incapable of finding content without a recommender feeding them things. That's why forums died but reddit survived as a social platform, because forums don't use recsys.
Nobody seems to have mentioned the blog post yet that dropped yesterday that 'debunks' K2-Think. Turns out, it's guilty of the classic sins of train-on-test and sketchy-comparisons.
www.sri.inf.ethz.ch/blog/k2think
www.sri.inf.ethz.ch/blog/k2think
September 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Nobody seems to have mentioned the blog post yet that dropped yesterday that 'debunks' K2-Think. Turns out, it's guilty of the classic sins of train-on-test and sketchy-comparisons.
www.sri.inf.ethz.ch/blog/k2think
www.sri.inf.ethz.ch/blog/k2think
Still boggles the mind how one of the dullest and most uninspiring pieces of Harry Potter fanfiction led to where we are today.
tpot/rationalism/effective altruism family tree in case anyone is confused
September 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Still boggles the mind how one of the dullest and most uninspiring pieces of Harry Potter fanfiction led to where we are today.
absolutely incredible
credits: u/showermusicc on reddit
credits: u/showermusicc on reddit
September 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
absolutely incredible
credits: u/showermusicc on reddit
credits: u/showermusicc on reddit
Thinking that any more than 10% of machine learning and AI research counts as 'science' is the real cope here.
the entire field of machine learning and AI research is basically verboten here due to the maniac behavior of large swathes of the left, this article feels like cope
NEW: Bluesky is becoming place to discuss scientific research - it gets more proper engagement & attention, new study finds.
For all the talk of decline - borne out by several metrics - the science community seems to have adopted Bluesky more than others.
Story: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
For all the talk of decline - borne out by several metrics - the science community seems to have adopted Bluesky more than others.
Story: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Thinking that any more than 10% of machine learning and AI research counts as 'science' is the real cope here.
rip openreview
Apparently 60k+ reviews was too much to handle. Hope no one's getting desk rejected at AAAI over non-submission of revieiws.
Apparently 60k+ reviews was too much to handle. Hope no one's getting desk rejected at AAAI over non-submission of revieiws.
September 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
rip openreview
Apparently 60k+ reviews was too much to handle. Hope no one's getting desk rejected at AAAI over non-submission of revieiws.
Apparently 60k+ reviews was too much to handle. Hope no one's getting desk rejected at AAAI over non-submission of revieiws.
All these citation managers and notetaking apps and somehow I managed to fall back on a word document with my references as
<short note on where/why I'm citing this>
<url>
😮💨
Zotero's great, but at this stage of writing, adding things as I find them seems to interrupt my stream of consciousness
<short note on where/why I'm citing this>
<url>
😮💨
Zotero's great, but at this stage of writing, adding things as I find them seems to interrupt my stream of consciousness
August 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
All these citation managers and notetaking apps and somehow I managed to fall back on a word document with my references as
<short note on where/why I'm citing this>
<url>
😮💨
Zotero's great, but at this stage of writing, adding things as I find them seems to interrupt my stream of consciousness
<short note on where/why I'm citing this>
<url>
😮💨
Zotero's great, but at this stage of writing, adding things as I find them seems to interrupt my stream of consciousness
Wait, so #NeurIPS is at three different locations simultaneously this year? Well, technically two plus a semi-official satellite location.
I love the inclusivity but I'm concerned about how sustainable this is.
I love the inclusivity but I'm concerned about how sustainable this is.
July 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Wait, so #NeurIPS is at three different locations simultaneously this year? Well, technically two plus a semi-official satellite location.
I love the inclusivity but I'm concerned about how sustainable this is.
I love the inclusivity but I'm concerned about how sustainable this is.
this exists.
This is called an API.
This is called an API.
If agents actually catch on we will eventually reach a crossover point where UX is designed more for agents than humans, and humans find it unusable.
May 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
this exists.
This is called an API.
This is called an API.
Honestly Bsky is so lefty that when I see the occasional fascism supporter I have to do a double-take to make sure they're not doing A Bit.
And it's kind of refreshing because it's what the internet used to be like 10-ish years ago.
And it's kind of refreshing because it's what the internet used to be like 10-ish years ago.
May 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Honestly Bsky is so lefty that when I see the occasional fascism supporter I have to do a double-take to make sure they're not doing A Bit.
And it's kind of refreshing because it's what the internet used to be like 10-ish years ago.
And it's kind of refreshing because it's what the internet used to be like 10-ish years ago.
Reposted by Shadab Choudhury
Oliver Suchanek and @katta.bsky.social at #CHI2025. Refreshing to see a good deaf-hearing collaborator dynamic: both presenters signed, and interpreters did the voicing. So much more respectful than the typical scenario of the deaf presenter signing and the hearing presenter talking up a storm.
May 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Oliver Suchanek and @katta.bsky.social at #CHI2025. Refreshing to see a good deaf-hearing collaborator dynamic: both presenters signed, and interpreters did the voicing. So much more respectful than the typical scenario of the deaf presenter signing and the hearing presenter talking up a storm.
I hate to say it but it needs to be said.
The "center of AI discourse" no longer exists. r/MachineLearning had solid discourse killed by the API boycott. AI Twitter got swamped by grifters and then killed by algorithm changes and fascist takeovers. On Bsky it was obviously stifled in the cradle.
The "center of AI discourse" no longer exists. r/MachineLearning had solid discourse killed by the API boycott. AI Twitter got swamped by grifters and then killed by algorithm changes and fascist takeovers. On Bsky it was obviously stifled in the cradle.
What will move the center of AI discourse off X?
Moral awakening among tech people? Nope. Bluesky deciding to be nicer to AI people? Nope.
What will eventually change things, I suspect, is OAI &/or Google deciding that it's a mistake to let public AI discourse be hosted by a direct competitor. +
Moral awakening among tech people? Nope. Bluesky deciding to be nicer to AI people? Nope.
What will eventually change things, I suspect, is OAI &/or Google deciding that it's a mistake to let public AI discourse be hosted by a direct competitor. +
April 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I hate to say it but it needs to be said.
The "center of AI discourse" no longer exists. r/MachineLearning had solid discourse killed by the API boycott. AI Twitter got swamped by grifters and then killed by algorithm changes and fascist takeovers. On Bsky it was obviously stifled in the cradle.
The "center of AI discourse" no longer exists. r/MachineLearning had solid discourse killed by the API boycott. AI Twitter got swamped by grifters and then killed by algorithm changes and fascist takeovers. On Bsky it was obviously stifled in the cradle.
As awful as this is, travelers from the global south are treated like this at all times 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 we go.
I'd never even dare to show up at immigration without a full, precise itinerary, proof of purpose of visit, and even letters of leave of absence from my job/school.
I'd never even dare to show up at immigration without a full, precise itinerary, proof of purpose of visit, and even letters of leave of absence from my job/school.
Two young German travelers expected their Hawaii trip to be a highlight. Instead, their visit ended in handcuffs, jail time, and deportation — a stark reminder of the risks some international visitors face at US borders.
https://beatofhawaii.com/why-these-hawaii-travelers-were-jailed-and-deported/
https://beatofhawaii.com/why-these-hawaii-travelers-were-jailed-and-deported/
Why These Hawaii Travelers Were Jailed And Deported
Two young travelers expected their Hawaii trip to be the highlight of a long awaited world adventure. Instead, their arrival in Honolulu ended in handcuffs, jail, and deportation.
beatofhawaii.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
As awful as this is, travelers from the global south are treated like this at all times 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 we go.
I'd never even dare to show up at immigration without a full, precise itinerary, proof of purpose of visit, and even letters of leave of absence from my job/school.
I'd never even dare to show up at immigration without a full, precise itinerary, proof of purpose of visit, and even letters of leave of absence from my job/school.
I think it's noteworthy how spoiled we in ML/NLP/CV are for venues. Miss a deadline or get rejected? The next deadline for a relevant venue of equal prestige is just a month or two away!
(and this is honestly contributing a lot to the over abundance of papers in the field)
(and this is honestly contributing a lot to the over abundance of papers in the field)
April 20, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I think it's noteworthy how spoiled we in ML/NLP/CV are for venues. Miss a deadline or get rejected? The next deadline for a relevant venue of equal prestige is just a month or two away!
(and this is honestly contributing a lot to the over abundance of papers in the field)
(and this is honestly contributing a lot to the over abundance of papers in the field)
oh.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 why people complain so much about the review process
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 why people complain so much about the review process
April 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
oh.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 why people complain so much about the review process
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 why people complain so much about the review process
Reposted by Shadab Choudhury
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
for those out of the ICLR drama popping off (again) suddenly
openreview.net/forum?id=et5...
@kempelab.bsky.social refused to cite Schaeffer and Gerstgrasser's (no Bsky @) prior paper on Model Collapse at COLM on grounds of ethical and quality concerns.
AC rejects. PCs override and accept.
openreview.net/forum?id=et5...
@kempelab.bsky.social refused to cite Schaeffer and Gerstgrasser's (no Bsky @) prior paper on Model Collapse at COLM on grounds of ethical and quality concerns.
AC rejects. PCs override and accept.
Strong Model Collapse
Within the scaling laws paradigm, which underpins the training of large neural networks like ChatGPT and Llama, we consider a supervised regression setting and establish a strong form of the model...
openreview.net
April 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
for those out of the ICLR drama popping off (again) suddenly
openreview.net/forum?id=et5...
@kempelab.bsky.social refused to cite Schaeffer and Gerstgrasser's (no Bsky @) prior paper on Model Collapse at COLM on grounds of ethical and quality concerns.
AC rejects. PCs override and accept.
openreview.net/forum?id=et5...
@kempelab.bsky.social refused to cite Schaeffer and Gerstgrasser's (no Bsky @) prior paper on Model Collapse at COLM on grounds of ethical and quality concerns.
AC rejects. PCs override and accept.