Monica Tamariz
@onicatam.bsky.social
Cultural evolution, language evolution
Unpublished 2011 results rescued from oblivion!⏳ osf.io/preprints/ps.... Effects of systematicity and frequency distribution (uniform, skewed) on artificial language learning. With Barbora Skarabela, @andrewdmsmith.bsky.social and @simonkirby.bsky.social
OSF
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March 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Unpublished 2011 results rescued from oblivion!⏳ osf.io/preprints/ps.... Effects of systematicity and frequency distribution (uniform, skewed) on artificial language learning. With Barbora Skarabela, @andrewdmsmith.bsky.social and @simonkirby.bsky.social
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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
INTRODUCTION
thebullshitmachines.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Reposted by Monica Tamariz
Nicely done.
Also, this is a cool paper (by @mdrelichman.bsky.social, @jvoth.bsky.social, and J Vidal-Robert). www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
Also, this is a cool paper (by @mdrelichman.bsky.social, @jvoth.bsky.social, and J Vidal-Robert). www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
December 17, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Nicely done.
Also, this is a cool paper (by @mdrelichman.bsky.social, @jvoth.bsky.social, and J Vidal-Robert). www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
Also, this is a cool paper (by @mdrelichman.bsky.social, @jvoth.bsky.social, and J Vidal-Robert). www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
Reposted by Monica Tamariz
I have run a version of the drawing experiment from my paper with Monica Tamariz in class before. Transmitting an abstract drawing that is covered up before drawing versus not covered up. The “from memory” version evolves to be more compressible! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Culture: Copying, Compression, and Conventionality
Through cultural transmission, repeated learning by new individuals transforms cultural information, which tends to become increasingly compressible (Kirby, Cornish, & Smith, ; Smith, Tamariz, & Kirb...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:32 PM
I have run a version of the drawing experiment from my paper with Monica Tamariz in class before. Transmitting an abstract drawing that is covered up before drawing versus not covered up. The “from memory” version evolves to be more compressible! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Monica Tamariz
Historical moment as @peetertinits.bsky.social defends his PhD, on "Cultural Evolution in Language and Art".
Opponents/discussants @garicgymro.bsky.social & Monica Tamariz turned the public defense into a very interesting discussion too!
Thesis: www.ester.ee/record=b5702...
Opponents/discussants @garicgymro.bsky.social & Monica Tamariz turned the public defense into a very interesting discussion too!
Thesis: www.ester.ee/record=b5702...
November 26, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Historical moment as @peetertinits.bsky.social defends his PhD, on "Cultural Evolution in Language and Art".
Opponents/discussants @garicgymro.bsky.social & Monica Tamariz turned the public defense into a very interesting discussion too!
Thesis: www.ester.ee/record=b5702...
Opponents/discussants @garicgymro.bsky.social & Monica Tamariz turned the public defense into a very interesting discussion too!
Thesis: www.ester.ee/record=b5702...