Tomas Nordström
@to3no7.bsky.social
Researcher in machine learning & AI, with a special focus on cooperative and intelligent embedded systems. Professor at Umeå University, Sweden
European, Swede, Ume’bo
European, Swede, Ume’bo
On a Mac, using the built in pbpaste and pbcopy, one can use @simonwillison.net’s llm to improve the text in the clipboard (in place). That is, I can now give the command “ie” in the terminal and get an improved text back into the clipboard.
August 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
On a Mac, using the built in pbpaste and pbcopy, one can use @simonwillison.net’s llm to improve the text in the clipboard (in place). That is, I can now give the command “ie” in the terminal and get an improved text back into the clipboard.
I have started to explore #Qwen-Image. Some early observations: on a Mac M4 with 128GB memory a 512x512 image takes ca 2 min, while a 1664x928 takes 30 min to generate. Its outstanding feature is the generation of English and Chinese text. The output is often really nice, but…
August 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I have started to explore #Qwen-Image. Some early observations: on a Mac M4 with 128GB memory a 512x512 image takes ca 2 min, while a 1664x928 takes 30 min to generate. Its outstanding feature is the generation of English and Chinese text. The output is often really nice, but…
For Mac users: now TextEdit can actually do math directly when you edit. For example if you on a line write “(4*3)+3*(4-1)-3” and then add “=” the editor will fill in “18”
Very handy!
Very handy!
June 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
For Mac users: now TextEdit can actually do math directly when you edit. For example if you on a line write “(4*3)+3*(4-1)-3” and then add “=” the editor will fill in “18”
Very handy!
Very handy!
Lite språknörderi inför kvällen med #Eurovision2025 och KAJ från Umeå Universitet:
Fyra fakta om finlandssvenska: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JecI...
Vill du låta mer som KAJ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsiQ...
Fyra fakta om finlandssvenska: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JecI...
Vill du låta mer som KAJ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsiQ...
Vill du veta mer om finlandssvenska? Fyra fakta du kanske inte visste
YouTube video by Umeå universitet
www.youtube.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Lite språknörderi inför kvällen med #Eurovision2025 och KAJ från Umeå Universitet:
Fyra fakta om finlandssvenska: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JecI...
Vill du låta mer som KAJ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsiQ...
Fyra fakta om finlandssvenska: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JecI...
Vill du låta mer som KAJ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsiQ...
Has anyone with a M4 Mac seen problems or at least performance differences when running Keras3 + (TF or JAX) compared to the same code running on NVIDIA hardware? #ML #MLSky
Keras on Mac (M4) is giving inconsistent results compared to running on NVIDIA GPUs · Issue #21108 · keras-team/keras
For a while now (at least a month or two) I have seen inconsistent results for my Colab notebooks running locally on a Mac M4, compared to running the same notebook code on either T4 (in colab) or ...
github.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I really like the publication of "negative" results, one can learn a lot from such "failures"! A (partially) failed attempt at improving the Transformer architecture. www.eloidereynal.com/p/a-partiall...
A (partially) failed attempt at improving the Transformer architecture.
Why it failed, explained at length. Nice cattle pictures as a bonus.
www.eloidereynal.com
March 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I really like the publication of "negative" results, one can learn a lot from such "failures"! A (partially) failed attempt at improving the Transformer architecture. www.eloidereynal.com/p/a-partiall...
What many have missed with the DeepSeek-R1 is that it is not the model in itself that is censored, but the App. That is, if I run the model locally (32B and 70B tested), I get a correct answer that even recognizes that this image is censored in China, as shown in these screenshots:
January 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
What many have missed with the DeepSeek-R1 is that it is not the model in itself that is censored, but the App. That is, if I run the model locally (32B and 70B tested), I get a correct answer that even recognizes that this image is censored in China, as shown in these screenshots:
Exciting news, even if we are far from AGI, the OpenAI’s o3 model has achieved a clear jump in reasoning capability. Eagerly waiting for more news about the inner architecture of this model, so we can implement this also in smaller models.
December 21, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Exciting news, even if we are far from AGI, the OpenAI’s o3 model has achieved a clear jump in reasoning capability. Eagerly waiting for more news about the inner architecture of this model, so we can implement this also in smaller models.
(arghhh) why is such things always happening a day before my paper deadline, and I haven't downloaded the source for a while?
December 3, 2024 at 2:34 PM
(arghhh) why is such things always happening a day before my paper deadline, and I haven't downloaded the source for a while?
Very interesting how OpenAI have censored their model to refuse some names.
Here is Gemini's take on it
Here is Gemini's take on it
December 2, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Very interesting how OpenAI have censored their model to refuse some names.
Here is Gemini's take on it
Here is Gemini's take on it
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Seriously, if you haven't read @marthawells.com MURDERBOT books yet, you have to read Martha Wells' MURDERBOT books. By @doktorzoom.bsky.social www.wonkette.com/p/science-fi...
Science Fiction's Best Character Is A Deadly Rogue Cyborg Who'd Rather Be Watching TV
Martha Wells's 'Murderbot Diaries' are a great escape.
www.wonkette.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Seriously, if you haven't read @marthawells.com MURDERBOT books yet, you have to read Martha Wells' MURDERBOT books. By @doktorzoom.bsky.social www.wonkette.com/p/science-fi...
Scary that we are using so much groundwater that we are tilting the earth by almost 80 cm. A clear indication that we are overusing our groundwater resources!
www.earth.com/news/our-eve...
Based on study is published in Geophysical Research Letters: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
www.earth.com/news/our-eve...
Based on study is published in Geophysical Research Letters: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Earth's rotation has tilted 31.5 inches, and humans are 100% to blame
Groundwater pumping tilts Earth’s rotation, raising sea levels and impacting climate change globally, according to a new study.
www.earth.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Scary that we are using so much groundwater that we are tilting the earth by almost 80 cm. A clear indication that we are overusing our groundwater resources!
www.earth.com/news/our-eve...
Based on study is published in Geophysical Research Letters: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
www.earth.com/news/our-eve...
Based on study is published in Geophysical Research Letters: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Excited to see an LLM that treats all European 🇪🇺 languages equally!
And larger models are forthcoming!
#eu #open #ai #ml #llm
interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/o...
And larger models are forthcoming!
#eu #open #ai #ml #llm
interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/o...
EuroLLM: Pioneering European Open Source AI
With the release of its first large language models (LLM), the EuroLLM project aims to offer a competitive multilingual and multimodal LLM for all 24 official European languages.
interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu
November 21, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Now we are 20 million here at 🦋!
November 19, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Now we are 20 million here at 🦋!
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Have you ever done a dense grid search over neural network hyperparameters? Like a *really dense* grid search? It looks like this (!!). Blueish colors correspond to hyperparameters for which training converges, redish to those for which training diverges.
Even better, a video: vimeo.com/903855670
Even better, a video: vimeo.com/903855670
February 12, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Have you ever done a dense grid search over neural network hyperparameters? Like a *really dense* grid search? It looks like this (!!). Blueish colors correspond to hyperparameters for which training converges, redish to those for which training diverges.
Even better, a video: vimeo.com/903855670
Even better, a video: vimeo.com/903855670
Såg just lite ansökningsnörderi från Stiftelsens för Strategisk Forskning, som funnit att 80/ 20 procentsregeln (Paretoprincipen) gäller för när bidragsansökningar lämnas in.
strategiska.se/80-20-procen...
Är du också en 80 procentare?
strategiska.se/80-20-procen...
Är du också en 80 procentare?
80/ 20 procentsregeln gäller även bidragsansökningar - Stiftelsen för strategisk forskning
Ansökningsmatematik eller Pareto-principiell byråkrati Man blir lätt lite ”nörd” efter att ha jobbat i forskningsfinansieringsbranschen i …
strategiska.se
November 8, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Såg just lite ansökningsnörderi från Stiftelsens för Strategisk Forskning, som funnit att 80/ 20 procentsregeln (Paretoprincipen) gäller för när bidragsansökningar lämnas in.
strategiska.se/80-20-procen...
Är du också en 80 procentare?
strategiska.se/80-20-procen...
Är du också en 80 procentare?
It now appears that the 2% inflation target many countries have including US-FED “...was really just a guess, which could be credible. But it was not very scientifically substantiated, says Thomas Franzén, Deputy Governor of the Riksbank 1989-1995.”
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri... [SV]
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri... [SV]
Hans inflationsmål har styrt våra räntor i 30 år – höftades fram
Sjunkande räntor under många år har varit ett resultat av Riksbankens strävan efter att uppnå en inflation på två procent. Nu berättar arkitekten bakom målet att det togs fram i all hast och att han ä...
www.svt.se
October 21, 2024 at 11:16 AM
It now appears that the 2% inflation target many countries have including US-FED “...was really just a guess, which could be credible. But it was not very scientifically substantiated, says Thomas Franzén, Deputy Governor of the Riksbank 1989-1995.”
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri... [SV]
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri... [SV]
This is a huge and important step for open and publicly funded #Science!
On Sep. 12, Lucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social and Justice Catalyst Law filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against six commercial publishers of academic journals.
www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/ac...
On Sep. 12, Lucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social and Justice Catalyst Law filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against six commercial publishers of academic journals.
www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/ac...
September 16, 2024 at 7:59 AM
This is a huge and important step for open and publicly funded #Science!
On Sep. 12, Lucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social and Justice Catalyst Law filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against six commercial publishers of academic journals.
www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/ac...
On Sep. 12, Lucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social and Justice Catalyst Law filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against six commercial publishers of academic journals.
www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/ac...
Reposted by Tomas Nordström
Otroligt vittnesmål från Martin Gelin om ett USA som inte går att leva i längre. Bara läs.
etidning.dn.se/shared/artic...
etidning.dn.se/shared/artic...
Jag älskar New York, men det går inte att leva i USA
Efter 23 år som journalist i USA flyttar Martin Gelin till Frankrike. ”I århundraden har familjer korsat Atlanten i hopp om att deras barn ska få ett bättre liv. Vi åker härifrån av samma anledn...
etidning.dn.se
August 10, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Otroligt vittnesmål från Martin Gelin om ett USA som inte går att leva i längre. Bara läs.
etidning.dn.se/shared/artic...
etidning.dn.se/shared/artic...
It is hopeless to be on social media today, as the only news one sees is about a convicted criminal being shot at.
July 14, 2024 at 9:53 AM
It is hopeless to be on social media today, as the only news one sees is about a convicted criminal being shot at.
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Krönika. Den akademiska friheten måste stärkas. www.vk.se/2024-07-06/a...
Jesper Ahlin Marceta: Den akademiska friheten måste stärkas
Många regeringar och statsråd har, oavsett partitillhörighet, över lång tid inskränkt den akademiska friheten. Svenska forskare, lärare och lärosäten har de senaste åren drabbats av krav på genus- och...
www.vk.se
July 6, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Krönika. Den akademiska friheten måste stärkas. www.vk.se/2024-07-06/a...
Reposted by Tomas Nordström
It’s #WorldOceanDay! UMF’s core belief is the need for #healthy and #sustainable oceans!
Our research directly contributes to the #WOD24 theme of Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate
Some examples in the thread below, and read more here: www.umu.se/en/umea-mari...
Our research directly contributes to the #WOD24 theme of Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate
Some examples in the thread below, and read more here: www.umu.se/en/umea-mari...
Umeå Marine Sciences Centre
UMF is a dynamic environment for marine research including a complete suite of analytical platforms.
www.umu.se
June 8, 2024 at 5:11 AM
It’s #WorldOceanDay! UMF’s core belief is the need for #healthy and #sustainable oceans!
Our research directly contributes to the #WOD24 theme of Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate
Some examples in the thread below, and read more here: www.umu.se/en/umea-mari...
Our research directly contributes to the #WOD24 theme of Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate
Some examples in the thread below, and read more here: www.umu.se/en/umea-mari...
Reposted by Tomas Nordström
Den här texten av Jonas Gardell var riktigt bra. Alla som röstat på något tidöparti borde få ångest om de läser den.
JONAS GARDELL: De släppte båda anden ur flaskan
SVT:s ”Smärtpunkten” gestaltar tragedin när Lars Norén trodde sig kunna tygla nazister genom teater. Jonas Gardell ser paralleller till Ulf Kristerssons samarbete med Sverigedemokraterna.
www.expressen.se
May 29, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Den här texten av Jonas Gardell var riktigt bra. Alla som röstat på något tidöparti borde få ångest om de läser den.
There is hope... "NASA knows what knocked Voyager 1 offline, but it will take a while to fix" arstechnica.com/space/2024/0...
April 6, 2024 at 8:30 AM
There is hope... "NASA knows what knocked Voyager 1 offline, but it will take a while to fix" arstechnica.com/space/2024/0...
Reposted by Tomas Nordström
