Skyler St. Pierre (he/they)
@skylerstpierre.bsky.social
PhD candidate @Stanford 🏳️⚧️| Ellen Kuhl's Living Matter Lab | Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Fellow | Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance Fellow | @WPI '19 | soft matter biomechanics modeling and testing
It's important to keep questioning if the tools we are using, or the problems we are working on, are causing more harm than good. Research does not happen in a box!
November 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM
It's important to keep questioning if the tools we are using, or the problems we are working on, are causing more harm than good. Research does not happen in a box!
My last thought is that nothing is intelligent about "AI" hence the quotes. It is simply statistics and optimization repackaged in a new way. It is a tool, like linear regression but for more complicated data.
November 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM
My last thought is that nothing is intelligent about "AI" hence the quotes. It is simply statistics and optimization repackaged in a new way. It is a tool, like linear regression but for more complicated data.
Not all "AI" is the same though. I do think that narrowly scoped applications like discovering the best formulations for plant based meat and that use very specific training data can and will benefit from "AI" without the same massive energy costs as an LLM.
November 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Not all "AI" is the same though. I do think that narrowly scoped applications like discovering the best formulations for plant based meat and that use very specific training data can and will benefit from "AI" without the same massive energy costs as an LLM.
The underlying question is: can we use "AI" in an ethical way? For me, when it comes to LLMs like chatgpt the answer is no because of both lack of consent for the training data and extreme energy/water usage.
November 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM
The underlying question is: can we use "AI" in an ethical way? For me, when it comes to LLMs like chatgpt the answer is no because of both lack of consent for the training data and extreme energy/water usage.
If you're interested in a more detailed overview of our paper I've written it up here: go.nature.com/4eWcNh8
The mechanical and sensory signature of plant-based and animal meat
The health of our planet and our bodies depends on us shifting away from the over-consumption of meat. By combining 3D experimental testing and sensory evaluation, we investigate the similarities and ...
go.nature.com
November 15, 2024 at 5:54 PM
If you're interested in a more detailed overview of our paper I've written it up here: go.nature.com/4eWcNh8