Ted Harris
@tedharris.bsky.social
Maker, science enthusiast, husband, cat lover and dad.
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This weekend see HipMonsters.com live at the Bay Area Maker Faire, Sept 26-28, 2025. See our robots in action, learn about the dangers of AI and how you can protect yourself.
#makerfaire #MFBA25 #AI #robotics #LLM
@makerfaire
#makerfaire #MFBA25 #AI #robotics #LLM
@makerfaire
Baye Area Maker Faire 2025, Hip Monsters
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September 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This weekend see HipMonsters.com live at the Bay Area Maker Faire, Sept 26-28, 2025. See our robots in action, learn about the dangers of AI and how you can protect yourself.
#makerfaire #MFBA25 #AI #robotics #LLM
@makerfaire
#makerfaire #MFBA25 #AI #robotics #LLM
@makerfaire
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Join us for the unveiling of R-EVOLUTION Thursday, April 10 for food, drinks, music, and a breathtaking light show. The festivities begin at 5pm, the light show is best enjoyed after sunset. Don’t miss this unforgettable night of art, community, and illumination.
@sfrecpark.bsky.social
@sfrecpark.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Join us for the unveiling of R-EVOLUTION Thursday, April 10 for food, drinks, music, and a breathtaking light show. The festivities begin at 5pm, the light show is best enjoyed after sunset. Don’t miss this unforgettable night of art, community, and illumination.
@sfrecpark.bsky.social
@sfrecpark.bsky.social
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The Civic Center Soundtrack series continues tomorrow w/ free live music!
Tomorrow's lineup:
12pm-Three Flower Jam
1pm-Stephanie Woodford
2pm-Aireene Espiritu
📍Details
Date: Thu 4/10
Time: 12-3pm
Location: Fulton Plaza
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Tomorrow's lineup:
12pm-Three Flower Jam
1pm-Stephanie Woodford
2pm-Aireene Espiritu
📍Details
Date: Thu 4/10
Time: 12-3pm
Location: Fulton Plaza
@sfrecpark.bsky.social @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social @sfciviccenter.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Civic Center Soundtrack series continues tomorrow w/ free live music!
Tomorrow's lineup:
12pm-Three Flower Jam
1pm-Stephanie Woodford
2pm-Aireene Espiritu
📍Details
Date: Thu 4/10
Time: 12-3pm
Location: Fulton Plaza
@sfrecpark.bsky.social @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social @sfciviccenter.bsky.social
Tomorrow's lineup:
12pm-Three Flower Jam
1pm-Stephanie Woodford
2pm-Aireene Espiritu
📍Details
Date: Thu 4/10
Time: 12-3pm
Location: Fulton Plaza
@sfrecpark.bsky.social @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social @sfciviccenter.bsky.social
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This week Number Two and Number Three wonder why humans sing.
#llm #artificialintelligence #ai #steampunk
#llm #artificialintelligence #ai #steampunk
Autonomous Robots Discuss Why Humans Sing
YouTube video by Robot Freedom
www.youtube.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This week Number Two and Number Three wonder why humans sing.
#llm #artificialintelligence #ai #steampunk
#llm #artificialintelligence #ai #steampunk
It is great to see ML being more commonly used in biology and psychology research papers. ML enables a level of reproducibility and control which is difficult to achieve using other methodologies.
Brain-inspired neural networks reveal insights into biological basis of relational learning
Humans and certain animals appear to have an innate capacity to learn relationships between different objects or events in the world. This ability, known as "relational learning," is widely regarded a...
medicalxpress.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
It is great to see ML being more commonly used in biology and psychology research papers. ML enables a level of reproducibility and control which is difficult to achieve using other methodologies.
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We just posted a video tour of our workshop and give a quick overview of how we train our autonomous robots while we work.
#robotics #AI #LLM #Maker
#robotics #AI #LLM #Maker
Intro to Our Workshop!, Hip Monsters
In this video Ted from the HipMonster's team shows our workshop and describes how we train our robots.
www.hipmonsters.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Chinese New Year opening ceremony celebrations in San Francisco. 🐉🧧
January 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Chinese New Year opening ceremony celebrations in San Francisco. 🐉🧧
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Major BART delays after vehicle crashes onto tracks, killing driver
Major BART delays after vehicle crashes onto tracks, killing driver
Transit agency staff were working to set up a bus bridge between affected stations Thursday morning.
sfstandard.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Major BART delays after vehicle crashes onto tracks, killing driver
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Are you storm ready?
We have free sandbags available for SF residents and businesses for added protection.
Our Operations Yard distribution center is open 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Monday - Saturday, at Kansas and Marin streets.
Learn more (and check the website for updates): sfpublicworks.org/sandbags
We have free sandbags available for SF residents and businesses for added protection.
Our Operations Yard distribution center is open 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Monday - Saturday, at Kansas and Marin streets.
Learn more (and check the website for updates): sfpublicworks.org/sandbags
December 20, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Are you storm ready?
We have free sandbags available for SF residents and businesses for added protection.
Our Operations Yard distribution center is open 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Monday - Saturday, at Kansas and Marin streets.
Learn more (and check the website for updates): sfpublicworks.org/sandbags
We have free sandbags available for SF residents and businesses for added protection.
Our Operations Yard distribution center is open 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Monday - Saturday, at Kansas and Marin streets.
Learn more (and check the website for updates): sfpublicworks.org/sandbags
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The first textbook on multi-agent reinforcement learning is out - a landmark for the field, the first textbook covering game-theoretic foundations with state-of-the-art deep learning! Congrats to its authors Stefano Albrecht , LukasSchaefer and Filippos Christianos
More details: www.marl-book.com
More details: www.marl-book.com
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Modern Approaches
Textbook published by MIT Press (2024)
www.marl-book.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:05 PM
The first textbook on multi-agent reinforcement learning is out - a landmark for the field, the first textbook covering game-theoretic foundations with state-of-the-art deep learning! Congrats to its authors Stefano Albrecht , LukasSchaefer and Filippos Christianos
More details: www.marl-book.com
More details: www.marl-book.com
I cut my index finger. First step, put a Band-Aid on it. Next step, try to remember the password to my computer.
December 18, 2024 at 10:51 PM
I cut my index finger. First step, put a Band-Aid on it. Next step, try to remember the password to my computer.
Just started playing An Album Of Outstanding Arrangements by Glenn Miller.
80 years later, Glenn Miller's sudden disappearance remains unsolved
Glenn Miller was the swing era's biggest star. Then, he vanished without a trace.
www.npr.org
December 14, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Just started playing An Album Of Outstanding Arrangements by Glenn Miller.
Glad we have weather alerts but can’t get back to sleep. This is probably the earliest everyone in SF has woken up on a Saturday.
December 14, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Glad we have weather alerts but can’t get back to sleep. This is probably the earliest everyone in SF has woken up on a Saturday.
Tornado warning in SF? Crazy weather.
December 14, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Tornado warning in SF? Crazy weather.
I so want this for my voicemail. Honeypots for scammers.
A phone company developed an AI 'granny' to beat scammers at their own game
The company behind the scam-baiting granny said the AI technology can keep scammers on the phone for 40 minutes at a time, keeping them away from real people.
www.npr.org
December 11, 2024 at 10:12 PM
I so want this for my voicemail. Honeypots for scammers.
Is it just me or does it seem like the context is now far more important than the prompts in llama 3.x verse llama 2?
#llm #artificalintelligence
#llm #artificalintelligence
December 11, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Is it just me or does it seem like the context is now far more important than the prompts in llama 3.x verse llama 2?
#llm #artificalintelligence
#llm #artificalintelligence
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Allowing a certain name or phrase to always break ChatGPT outputs could cause a lot of trouble down the line for certain ChatGPT users, opening them up for adversarial attacks and limiting the usefulness of the system. #ML #AI #ChatGPT
Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why
Filter resulting from subject of settled defamation lawsuit could cause trouble down the road.
arstechnica.com
December 8, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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Added this provocative note to my Llama 3.3 post concerning the CO2 impact of training the model, which Meta calculated as 11,390 tons CO2eq
"I believe that's equivalent to around 20 fully loaded passenger flights from New York to London (at ~550 tons per flight)." simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/l...
"I believe that's equivalent to around 20 fully loaded passenger flights from New York to London (at ~550 tons per flight)." simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/l...
Meta AI release Llama 3.3
This new [Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct model](https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct) from Meta AI makes some bold claims: > This model delivers similar performance to Llama 3.1 405B with ...
simonwillison.net
December 6, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Added this provocative note to my Llama 3.3 post concerning the CO2 impact of training the model, which Meta calculated as 11,390 tons CO2eq
"I believe that's equivalent to around 20 fully loaded passenger flights from New York to London (at ~550 tons per flight)." simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/l...
"I believe that's equivalent to around 20 fully loaded passenger flights from New York to London (at ~550 tons per flight)." simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/l...
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This is a neat new variant on RAG - no vectors, not even full-text search, instead showing the model a header hierarchy and giving it a tool to read the relevant sections
My notes here: simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/r...
My notes here: simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/r...
December 6, 2024 at 3:04 AM
This is a neat new variant on RAG - no vectors, not even full-text search, instead showing the model a header hierarchy and giving it a tool to read the relevant sections
My notes here: simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/r...
My notes here: simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/r...
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Experiment confirms quantum theory weirdness; proves reality does not exist until measured <a href="http://phy.so/351940527" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://phy.so/351940527 <a href="http://t.co/BjOhcGrwTs" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/BjOhcGrwTs
November 14, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Experiment confirms quantum theory weirdness; proves reality does not exist until measured <a href="http://phy.so/351940527" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://phy.so/351940527 <a href="http://t.co/BjOhcGrwTs" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/BjOhcGrwTs
Watching @karaswisher.bsky.social interview Yuval Harari about his new book helped me nail down my top concern about LLMs (beyond creating hordes of minions for nefarious uses). For me, it is that although LLMs mimic empathy, empathy has no sway over them. How about you? #AI #LLM
December 2, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Watching @karaswisher.bsky.social interview Yuval Harari about his new book helped me nail down my top concern about LLMs (beyond creating hordes of minions for nefarious uses). For me, it is that although LLMs mimic empathy, empathy has no sway over them. How about you? #AI #LLM