Tim Miller
@tmiller-uq.bsky.social
Professor in Artificial Intelligence, The University of Queensland, Australia
Human-Centred AI, Decision support, Human-agent interaction, Explainable AI
https://uqtmiller.github.io
Human-Centred AI, Decision support, Human-agent interaction, Explainable AI
https://uqtmiller.github.io
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The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring! Multiple continuing (≡ tenure-track) positions in all areas, with particular focus on the ones listed below.
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
October 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring! Multiple continuing (≡ tenure-track) positions in all areas, with particular focus on the ones listed below.
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
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#JOB: We’re hiring a Full Stack Developer! Design, develop & maintain innovative web applications that empower UQ’s research community.
Join a collaborative team.
Apply by COB 9 October.
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcare...
#UQ
Join a collaborative team.
Apply by COB 9 October.
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcare...
#UQ
September 29, 2025 at 3:57 AM
#JOB: We’re hiring a Full Stack Developer! Design, develop & maintain innovative web applications that empower UQ’s research community.
Join a collaborative team.
Apply by COB 9 October.
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcare...
#UQ
Join a collaborative team.
Apply by COB 9 October.
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcare...
#UQ
The deadline for my postdoc on scalable clinical decision support is closing in 1 week: 4 October (Australian Eastern standard Time). Please share with anyone that you think would be interested
I'm hiring again! Please share. I'm recruiting a postdoc research fellow in human-centred AI for scalable decision support. Join us to investigate how to balance scalability and human control in medical decision support. Closing date: 4 October (AEST).
uqtmiller.github.io/recruitment/
uqtmiller.github.io/recruitment/
Recruitment
uqtmiller.github.io
September 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The deadline for my postdoc on scalable clinical decision support is closing in 1 week: 4 October (Australian Eastern standard Time). Please share with anyone that you think would be interested
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Official petition to the 🇦🇺 govt: make part-time PhD students' stipends tax-exempt!
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Stipends are low but at least tax-exempt. Unless they go part time, then it becomes taxable. This disproportionately affects PhD students w/ care duties, health issues, young children..
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Stipends are low but at least tax-exempt. Unless they go part time, then it becomes taxable. This disproportionately affects PhD students w/ care duties, health issues, young children..
e-petitions
e-petitions
www.aph.gov.au
September 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Official petition to the 🇦🇺 govt: make part-time PhD students' stipends tax-exempt!
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Stipends are low but at least tax-exempt. Unless they go part time, then it becomes taxable. This disproportionately affects PhD students w/ care duties, health issues, young children..
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Stipends are low but at least tax-exempt. Unless they go part time, then it becomes taxable. This disproportionately affects PhD students w/ care duties, health issues, young children..
They should've hired @markriedl.bsky.social and his consultancy "That Won't Work" before they got this far
Meta rolls out Vibes, a platform where users can create and share short-form, AI-generated videos, in the Meta AI app and on the meta.ai website (Juby Babu/Reuters)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
September 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
They should've hired @markriedl.bsky.social and his consultancy "That Won't Work" before they got this far
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Can large language models stand in for human participants?
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.
One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.
THREAD 🧵
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.
One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.
THREAD 🧵
The threat of analytic flexibility in using large language models to simulate human data: A call to attention
Social scientists are now using large language models to create "silicon samples" - synthetic datasets intended to stand in for human respondents, aimed at revolutionising human subjects research. How...
arxiv.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Can large language models stand in for human participants?
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.
One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.
THREAD 🧵
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.
One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.
THREAD 🧵
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Nature research paper: Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour
go.nature.com/3KsDgbG
go.nature.com/3KsDgbG
Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour - Nature
People cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by introducing prohibitive, task-specific guardrails.
go.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Nature research paper: Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour
go.nature.com/3KsDgbG
go.nature.com/3KsDgbG
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Massive Attack Turns Concert Into Facial Recognition Surveillance Experiment. Bristol band uses live facial recognition on concertgoers to create uncomfortable art about surveillance culture.
https://www.gadgetreview.com/massive-attack-turns-concert-into-facial-recognition-surveillance-experiment
https://www.gadgetreview.com/massive-attack-turns-concert-into-facial-recognition-surveillance-experiment
大规模攻击将音乐会变成面部识别监控实验
Massive Attack turns concert into facial recognition surveillance experiment (www.gadgetreview.com)
05:51 ↑ 104 HN Points
www.gadgetreview.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Massive Attack Turns Concert Into Facial Recognition Surveillance Experiment. Bristol band uses live facial recognition on concertgoers to create uncomfortable art about surveillance culture.
https://www.gadgetreview.com/massive-attack-turns-concert-into-facial-recognition-surveillance-experiment
https://www.gadgetreview.com/massive-attack-turns-concert-into-facial-recognition-surveillance-experiment
I'm hiring again! Please share. I'm recruiting a postdoc research fellow in human-centred AI for scalable decision support. Join us to investigate how to balance scalability and human control in medical decision support. Closing date: 4 October (AEST).
uqtmiller.github.io/recruitment/
uqtmiller.github.io/recruitment/
Recruitment
uqtmiller.github.io
September 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I'm hiring again! Please share. I'm recruiting a postdoc research fellow in human-centred AI for scalable decision support. Join us to investigate how to balance scalability and human control in medical decision support. Closing date: 4 October (AEST).
uqtmiller.github.io/recruitment/
uqtmiller.github.io/recruitment/
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I wrote a response to Thomas Friedman's "magical thinking" on AI here: aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th...
September 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I wrote a response to Thomas Friedman's "magical thinking" on AI here: aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th...
Brilliant! 😄
This new center strikes the right tone in approaching the AI alignment problem. alignmentalignment.ai
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We align the aligners
alignmentalignment.ai
September 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Brilliant! 😄
Very clever!
September 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Very clever!
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Anyone who plans to submit for an ARC grant should be giving feedback via this survey.
Here's the link to their "stakeholder survey on the use of AI in grant assessment":
www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL
www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL
t.co
September 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Anyone who plans to submit for an ARC grant should be giving feedback via this survey.
Reposted by Tim Miller
Here's the link to their "stakeholder survey on the use of AI in grant assessment":
www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL
www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL
t.co
September 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Here's the link to their "stakeholder survey on the use of AI in grant assessment":
www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL
www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL
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Fully funded PhD scholarships at the Max Planck School of Cognition (Deadline Dec 1st)
You can apply to work with me or one of the many amazing school faculty.
Apply here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
You can apply to work with me or one of the many amazing school faculty.
Apply here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
Application
Application; application procedure; FAQs; handbook
cognition.maxplanckschools.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Fully funded PhD scholarships at the Max Planck School of Cognition (Deadline Dec 1st)
You can apply to work with me or one of the many amazing school faculty.
Apply here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
You can apply to work with me or one of the many amazing school faculty.
Apply here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
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45 signatures on the official government petition already! We need at least 50: let's make it happen!
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... #Australia #PhD #HigherEducation
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... #Australia #PhD #HigherEducation
September 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
45 signatures on the official government petition already! We need at least 50: let's make it happen!
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... #Australia #PhD #HigherEducation
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... #Australia #PhD #HigherEducation
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My petition to the 🇦🇺 Australian government: make part-time PhD students' stipends tax exempt!
📋 Read and sign here: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
⏰ Deadline: October 1
📋 Read and sign here: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
⏰ Deadline: October 1
e-petitions
e-petitions
www.aph.gov.au
September 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
My petition to the 🇦🇺 Australian government: make part-time PhD students' stipends tax exempt!
📋 Read and sign here: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
⏰ Deadline: October 1
📋 Read and sign here: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
⏰ Deadline: October 1
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It supports researchers who have been displaced, or are at risk of displacement, due to war or natural disasters, and who currently have limited access to resources and institutional support.
Apply here: www.maxminds.mpg.de/3630/apply
The deadline to apply is September 15.
Apply here: www.maxminds.mpg.de/3630/apply
The deadline to apply is September 15.
How to Apply
www.maxminds.mpg.de
September 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It supports researchers who have been displaced, or are at risk of displacement, due to war or natural disasters, and who currently have limited access to resources and institutional support.
Apply here: www.maxminds.mpg.de/3630/apply
The deadline to apply is September 15.
Apply here: www.maxminds.mpg.de/3630/apply
The deadline to apply is September 15.
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If you know a 🚨 Scholar at Risk 🚨 please share!
I am delighted to share that applications are now open for the MAXMINDS mentoring program.
I am delighted to share that applications are now open for the MAXMINDS mentoring program.
September 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you know a 🚨 Scholar at Risk 🚨 please share!
I am delighted to share that applications are now open for the MAXMINDS mentoring program.
I am delighted to share that applications are now open for the MAXMINDS mentoring program.
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ARC says they’ll announced Discovery Indigenous outcomes tomorrow.
Recently, announcements have been made around 11am (Canberra time). But even more recently ARC’s comms have been at weird hours, so we’ll see what happens.
Recently, announcements have been made around 11am (Canberra time). But even more recently ARC’s comms have been at weird hours, so we’ll see what happens.
September 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
ARC says they’ll announced Discovery Indigenous outcomes tomorrow.
Recently, announcements have been made around 11am (Canberra time). But even more recently ARC’s comms have been at weird hours, so we’ll see what happens.
Recently, announcements have been made around 11am (Canberra time). But even more recently ARC’s comms have been at weird hours, so we’ll see what happens.
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My latest newsletter is about the excesses of big tech, why Europe should declare war on Silicon Valley, and how it can win.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-europe...
whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-europe...
How Europe Can Win The War On Big Tech
Someone light me a cigar, I'm going all Churchill on big tech.
whatwelost.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
My latest newsletter is about the excesses of big tech, why Europe should declare war on Silicon Valley, and how it can win.
whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-europe...
whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-europe...
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New post on Optimally Irrational:
Everything you ever wanted to know about friendship: why it feels good, has its rituals, and sometimes brings anxiety. The puzzles of friendship make sense once we unpack its strategic layers.
www.optimallyirrational.com/p/friendship...
Everything you ever wanted to know about friendship: why it feels good, has its rituals, and sometimes brings anxiety. The puzzles of friendship make sense once we unpack its strategic layers.
www.optimallyirrational.com/p/friendship...
Friendship politics
Everything you have always wanted to know on friendship
www.optimallyirrational.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New post on Optimally Irrational:
Everything you ever wanted to know about friendship: why it feels good, has its rituals, and sometimes brings anxiety. The puzzles of friendship make sense once we unpack its strategic layers.
www.optimallyirrational.com/p/friendship...
Everything you ever wanted to know about friendship: why it feels good, has its rituals, and sometimes brings anxiety. The puzzles of friendship make sense once we unpack its strategic layers.
www.optimallyirrational.com/p/friendship...
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My video about how LLMs are not search engines has led to many, MANY comments telling me that I should be using Perplexity. Some insisting that Perplexity does not hallucinate.
Out of a list of 26 papers it just provided me (in "Research" mode) 4 were real. FOUR. 85% hallucination rate.
Out of a list of 26 papers it just provided me (in "Research" mode) 4 were real. FOUR. 85% hallucination rate.
August 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My video about how LLMs are not search engines has led to many, MANY comments telling me that I should be using Perplexity. Some insisting that Perplexity does not hallucinate.
Out of a list of 26 papers it just provided me (in "Research" mode) 4 were real. FOUR. 85% hallucination rate.
Out of a list of 26 papers it just provided me (in "Research" mode) 4 were real. FOUR. 85% hallucination rate.
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like so many products to come out of silicon valley in the last decade or so, AI is a legal innovation masquerading as a tech innovation. the legal theory seems to be that AI is entitled to everything but liable for nothing.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
like so many products to come out of silicon valley in the last decade or so, AI is a legal innovation masquerading as a tech innovation. the legal theory seems to be that AI is entitled to everything but liable for nothing.