Moses Namara, Ph.D
@namzo098.bsky.social
MIT TR35 Global | Research Scientist @Meta | Phd'22 @ClemsonUniv
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“Opinions are my own”
I don’t how true this is but the grapevine shows it’s 4rm a Buzzfeed investors call https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1658912200797429768?s=46
As a practitioner in the field,I can categorically state that AI & “authentic” don’t go together in the same line.This seems to be more of a marketing ploy.
As a practitioner in the field,I can categorically state that AI & “authentic” don’t go together in the same line.This seems to be more of a marketing ploy.
May 18, 2023 at 10:38 PM
I don’t how true this is but the grapevine shows it’s 4rm a Buzzfeed investors call https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1658912200797429768?s=46
As a practitioner in the field,I can categorically state that AI & “authentic” don’t go together in the same line.This seems to be more of a marketing ploy.
As a practitioner in the field,I can categorically state that AI & “authentic” don’t go together in the same line.This seems to be more of a marketing ploy.
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We have some new research out! We took an in-depth look at tools for *personalizing content moderation*, such as those nifty content filtering settings for nudity, etc. here in Bluesky. In one paper, we interviewed social media users about their perceptions of these: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10374
arxiv.org
May 18, 2023 at 5:41 AM
We have some new research out! We took an in-depth look at tools for *personalizing content moderation*, such as those nifty content filtering settings for nudity, etc. here in Bluesky. In one paper, we interviewed social media users about their perceptions of these: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.10374
No break’s even if on paper it’s say’s you supposed to be on break. There seems to always be something pending or waiting to be worked on.
Being an academic is seriously like drinking from a firehouse all day everyday for the rest of your life
May 18, 2023 at 12:44 AM
No break’s even if on paper it’s say’s you supposed to be on break. There seems to always be something pending or waiting to be worked on.
Y’all jock too much on this app 😆. I submit that you let @jack.bsky.social be. Can’t one change their pfp in peace.
I'm sorry!! go back to your old pfp. I can't deal with the eye contact
May 17, 2023 at 7:59 AM
Y’all jock too much on this app 😆. I submit that you let @jack.bsky.social be. Can’t one change their pfp in peace.
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This opinion is unnecessary.
It’s microblogging, not Sethabramsonville.
It’s microblogging, not Sethabramsonville.
May 17, 2023 at 7:52 AM
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I like Sen. Kennedy’s straight forwardness. “This was not unprecedented. This was bone deep down to the marrow stupid!” How do you comeback from that assessment.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zs7IzVtPRb0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zs7IzVtPRb0
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May 17, 2023 at 7:50 AM
I like Sen. Kennedy’s straight forwardness. “This was not unprecedented. This was bone deep down to the marrow stupid!” How do you comeback from that assessment.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zs7IzVtPRb0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zs7IzVtPRb0
“as a way to say textbooks are written by people “ - how timely.
Now imagine reading this in the year 3000. I guess the conversation will go as follows:
“Hey, did you know before the year 2023, textbooks were largely written by people.” Reaally 🙀
It will be like talking about pre-internet years.
Now imagine reading this in the year 3000. I guess the conversation will go as follows:
“Hey, did you know before the year 2023, textbooks were largely written by people.” Reaally 🙀
It will be like talking about pre-internet years.
linear algebra legend gilbert strang just taught his last lecture at MIT
he is also the author of the best acknowledgments section in a math textbook ever
he is also the author of the best acknowledgments section in a math textbook ever
May 16, 2023 at 9:45 AM
“as a way to say textbooks are written by people “ - how timely.
Now imagine reading this in the year 3000. I guess the conversation will go as follows:
“Hey, did you know before the year 2023, textbooks were largely written by people.” Reaally 🙀
It will be like talking about pre-internet years.
Now imagine reading this in the year 3000. I guess the conversation will go as follows:
“Hey, did you know before the year 2023, textbooks were largely written by people.” Reaally 🙀
It will be like talking about pre-internet years.
The more things change , the more they remain the same.
The world's oldest underground station, Baker Street, England. 157 years apart.
May 16, 2023 at 9:30 AM
The more things change , the more they remain the same.
Reposted by Moses Namara, Ph.D
A lovely evening walk around home
May 9, 2023 at 9:07 PM
A lovely evening walk around home
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The pressure & responsibility that comes with having bluesky invite codes. It’s like you have keys to the kingdom. 1 rule: don’t mess this up 😆
April 29, 2023 at 7:08 PM
The pressure & responsibility that comes with having bluesky invite codes. It’s like you have keys to the kingdom. 1 rule: don’t mess this up 😆
This is one hell of a responsible use of an invite code. Whoever found it compelling to invite the aquarium, job well done 👏👏
Now @montereyaq.bsky.social how are the sharks 🦈 doing? They feed good today?🤗
Now @montereyaq.bsky.social how are the sharks 🦈 doing? They feed good today?🤗
how do you do fellow squids are we doing this right ?
May 9, 2023 at 12:58 AM
This is one hell of a responsible use of an invite code. Whoever found it compelling to invite the aquarium, job well done 👏👏
Now @montereyaq.bsky.social how are the sharks 🦈 doing? They feed good today?🤗
Now @montereyaq.bsky.social how are the sharks 🦈 doing? They feed good today?🤗
Right to have a healthy dose of skepticism both on the extent of possibilities & risks as well. What is not in doubt is that yes, AI will bring along changes. To what extent those be good or bad remains largely a question that we are yet to answer but largely trying to skew towards positive outcome.
What does “good” coverage of AI mean to you? I wrote about how the disparate views that very smart people have about existential risk are making it hard to calibrate how to cover advancements in artificial intelligence.
https://www.platformer.news/p/why-im-having-trouble-covering-ai
https://www.platformer.news/p/why-im-having-trouble-covering-ai
May 9, 2023 at 12:52 AM
Right to have a healthy dose of skepticism both on the extent of possibilities & risks as well. What is not in doubt is that yes, AI will bring along changes. To what extent those be good or bad remains largely a question that we are yet to answer but largely trying to skew towards positive outcome.
A lot of people don’t want to critically think and even write. With AI-lad systems this is likely to get worse with that being offloaded to ChatGPT or similar. So this advice is handy not only for thinking but writing as well. Trust your writing and say things how you want to say them.
One thing I can't reiterate enough: when it comes to jumping on board trends, technologies, and approaches: avoid following the crowd *until* you know why you do it. Find *your* reasons. Or play around until you find those reasons (or not!)
From
https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/critical-thinking/
From
https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/critical-thinking/
May 8, 2023 at 7:42 PM
A lot of people don’t want to critically think and even write. With AI-lad systems this is likely to get worse with that being offloaded to ChatGPT or similar. So this advice is handy not only for thinking but writing as well. Trust your writing and say things how you want to say them.
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The BSKY book club reading list has just started with ReCoding America
Does Bluesky like books?
We're honored to host—before her book comes out—
@pahlkadot.bsky.social who’s written on remaking government to work better, by way of her stint as Deputy CTO of the United States, and more.
If you'd like to request to join…
https://tinyurl.com/pahlkabook
We're honored to host—before her book comes out—
@pahlkadot.bsky.social who’s written on remaking government to work better, by way of her stint as Deputy CTO of the United States, and more.
If you'd like to request to join…
https://tinyurl.com/pahlkabook
Book Debut: “Recoding America” by Jen Pahlka
Request to join Bloomberg Beta for a conversation on Friday, May 12th with Jen Pahlka to talk about her first book Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better. Jen’s the founder of Code for America, the former Deputy CTO for the United States, and a friend to Bloomberg Beta. She knows how things actually work in the government as well as anybody who understands technology deeply, and challenges us to rethink outdated government structures and embrace a new approach that keeps pace with the rapidly changing world around us.
When: Friday, May 12 at 12:00p PT
Where: Zoom
Request to join and we will be back to you.
Thank you,
The team at Bloomberg Beta
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May 7, 2023 at 7:29 AM
The BSKY book club reading list has just started with ReCoding America
Plausible theorem but as humans we also tend to be afraid of what we cannot control.
I can't stop thinking about Ezra Klein's conjecture (on his latest show) that perhaps the reason we are so scared of super-human intelligence in AI is that we have treated creatures with lower intelligence (or different intelligence) so horribly. If turn around is fair play...
May 7, 2023 at 7:33 AM
Plausible theorem but as humans we also tend to be afraid of what we cannot control.
Daily reminder, to go out touch some grass, enjoy and live your life the way you see fit!
May 7, 2023 at 12:11 AM
Daily reminder, to go out touch some grass, enjoy and live your life the way you see fit!
The right option to select would have been “I am not ready for the internet”, so hold it up 😆
May 6, 2023 at 7:23 PM
The right option to select would have been “I am not ready for the internet”, so hold it up 😆
User retention is the biggest issue that subscription services sooner / later run into.That’s why for instance subscriptions services make users just through hoops just to unsubscribe but much easier to sign up for subscription. Every month, the service has to constantly live up to its billing otw 👎
new from me: More than half of Twitter Blue's earliest subscribers are no longer subscribed to the service
over 54% of the 150,000 users who subscribed when Twitter Blue launched in November no longer sub
https://mashable.com/article/half-of-twitter-blue-earliest-subscribers-no-longer-subscribed
over 54% of the 150,000 users who subscribed when Twitter Blue launched in November no longer sub
https://mashable.com/article/half-of-twitter-blue-earliest-subscribers-no-longer-subscribed
May 5, 2023 at 9:45 PM
User retention is the biggest issue that subscription services sooner / later run into.That’s why for instance subscriptions services make users just through hoops just to unsubscribe but much easier to sign up for subscription. Every month, the service has to constantly live up to its billing otw 👎
@yoyoel.com could it be that the troll farms just weren’t good at it at the time. But now with passage of time, have gotten better and even have LLMs to help fine tune their content. So now what happens if humans can also no longer tell the differences? I bet we will start to see some differences.
Research about Russian influence operations in 2016 largely found that the troll farm’s social media activity totally failed at changing anyone’s mind.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s book Cyberwar chronicles this comprehensively.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s book Cyberwar chronicles this comprehensively.
May 5, 2023 at 4:17 PM
@yoyoel.com could it be that the troll farms just weren’t good at it at the time. But now with passage of time, have gotten better and even have LLMs to help fine tune their content. So now what happens if humans can also no longer tell the differences? I bet we will start to see some differences.
Reposted by Moses Namara, Ph.D
Ok, here goes my first ever Blue Sky radio astronomy thread! 🧵 📡
Today is 90 years, to the day, that the NYTimes reported that this guy called Karl Jansky detected this weird ‘hissing’ coming from the sky.
This small serendipitous find, would become an entire field of astronomy and astrophysics.
Today is 90 years, to the day, that the NYTimes reported that this guy called Karl Jansky detected this weird ‘hissing’ coming from the sky.
This small serendipitous find, would become an entire field of astronomy and astrophysics.
May 5, 2023 at 12:30 AM
Ok, here goes my first ever Blue Sky radio astronomy thread! 🧵 📡
Today is 90 years, to the day, that the NYTimes reported that this guy called Karl Jansky detected this weird ‘hissing’ coming from the sky.
This small serendipitous find, would become an entire field of astronomy and astrophysics.
Today is 90 years, to the day, that the NYTimes reported that this guy called Karl Jansky detected this weird ‘hissing’ coming from the sky.
This small serendipitous find, would become an entire field of astronomy and astrophysics.
Enlightening article by @mmasnick.bsky.social on the murky waters of content moderation on the intawebs. Sticking out for me was that even at the protocol level while (more open) to enable use by many, there will still have to be some form of moderation otw the gov’t might come calling.
May 4, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Enlightening article by @mmasnick.bsky.social on the murky waters of content moderation on the intawebs. Sticking out for me was that even at the protocol level while (more open) to enable use by many, there will still have to be some form of moderation otw the gov’t might come calling.
Reposted by Moses Namara, Ph.D
Lots of discussion of moderation here and the pros and cons of personal settings vs instance/platform bans vs middleware/composable moderation. IMO these all have their role to play in a decentralized social media. I have a talk on this from last yr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-jLuOP-u7k&t=3s
www.youtube.com
May 4, 2023 at 9:02 PM
Lots of discussion of moderation here and the pros and cons of personal settings vs instance/platform bans vs middleware/composable moderation. IMO these all have their role to play in a decentralized social media. I have a talk on this from last yr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-jLuOP-u7k&t=3s
I think this is what they call “trickle down economics.”
hollywood studios:
Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
CEO bonuses $700 million
Utility $150
someone who is good at economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
CEO bonuses $700 million
Utility $150
someone who is good at economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
May 2, 2023 at 7:50 PM
I think this is what they call “trickle down economics.”
Love the fact that people on bluesky tend to credit the images they use/post. Keep the tradition 👍
He worked in the wheatfields for days at a time under the burning sun.
Van Gogh considered it one of his most successful paintings, writing to his brother Theo that the ‘canvas absolutely kills all the rest’.
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Van Gogh considered it one of his most successful paintings, writing to his brother Theo that the ‘canvas absolutely kills all the rest’.
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
May 2, 2023 at 11:25 AM
Love the fact that people on bluesky tend to credit the images they use/post. Keep the tradition 👍