Tony Zador
@tonyzador.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at CSHL. Interests: neuroAI, molecular connectomics, & cortical circuits. Co-founder of Cosyne and NAISys meetings.
If the value of labor goes to zero because of AI, it’s not clear how we can continue to organize society around compensated work.
How will the majority of people who do not own AI factories get the money to buy the stuff that AI produces? Doesnt that lead to economic collapse?
How will the majority of people who do not own AI factories get the money to buy the stuff that AI produces? Doesnt that lead to economic collapse?
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If the value of labor goes to zero because of AI, it’s not clear how we can continue to organize society around compensated work.
How will the majority of people who do not own AI factories get the money to buy the stuff that AI produces? Doesnt that lead to economic collapse?
How will the majority of people who do not own AI factories get the money to buy the stuff that AI produces? Doesnt that lead to economic collapse?
hmm.
I wonder how to reconcile the invariant "∼15 to ∼150 ms" window they observe with the seconds-long context-dependent effects we reported in
Asari & Zador (2009), J Neurophysiol 102: 2638?
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
I wonder how to reconcile the invariant "∼15 to ∼150 ms" window they observe with the seconds-long context-dependent effects we reported in
Asari & Zador (2009), J Neurophysiol 102: 2638?
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
hmm.
I wonder how to reconcile the invariant "∼15 to ∼150 ms" window they observe with the seconds-long context-dependent effects we reported in
Asari & Zador (2009), J Neurophysiol 102: 2638?
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
I wonder how to reconcile the invariant "∼15 to ∼150 ms" window they observe with the seconds-long context-dependent effects we reported in
Asari & Zador (2009), J Neurophysiol 102: 2638?
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
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October 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Disney is ABC's parent company
September 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Disney is ABC's parent company
Interesting strategy for proposing democracy after 2026
September 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Interesting strategy for proposing democracy after 2026
Interesting proposal on how to preserve democracy in 2026
September 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Interesting proposal on how to preserve democracy in 2026
“But if we want to reduce indirect costs more seriously, we also need to reduce the federal regulatory burden that causes universities to hire so many administrators in the first place
February 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“But if we want to reduce indirect costs more seriously, we also need to reduce the federal regulatory burden that causes universities to hire so many administrators in the first place
Ah. That's not at all how I think about it. Here is a cartoon of a random gene regulatory network I googled. Lots of complex interactions among genes and environmental inputs
December 29, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Ah. That's not at all how I think about it. Here is a cartoon of a random gene regulatory network I googled. Lots of complex interactions among genes and environmental inputs
December 29, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Did S&B explain it by efficient learning?
I wonder how they explain web building, which baby spiders can do without ever having seen another spider much less another web
I wonder how they explain web building, which baby spiders can do without ever having seen another spider much less another web
December 29, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Did S&B explain it by efficient learning?
I wonder how they explain web building, which baby spiders can do without ever having seen another spider much less another web
I wonder how they explain web building, which baby spiders can do without ever having seen another spider much less another web
What terms do you use to describe (1) tree acorns beget trees and grass seeds beget grass; (2) growing plants adapt to their environment?
What is the stuff that tells the acorn to become a tree? And how does the growing tree "know" how to wrap its roots around the rock?
What is the stuff that tells the acorn to become a tree? And how does the growing tree "know" how to wrap its roots around the rock?
December 29, 2024 at 3:22 PM
What terms do you use to describe (1) tree acorns beget trees and grass seeds beget grass; (2) growing plants adapt to their environment?
What is the stuff that tells the acorn to become a tree? And how does the growing tree "know" how to wrap its roots around the rock?
What is the stuff that tells the acorn to become a tree? And how does the growing tree "know" how to wrap its roots around the rock?
"Fetishize"?
I mean, I like synapses as much as the next guy, perhaps more. But I never really thought of it a "fetish".
Something to bring up in therapy I guess.
(also, not quite sure why synaptic "connections" are in quotes)
I mean, I like synapses as much as the next guy, perhaps more. But I never really thought of it a "fetish".
Something to bring up in therapy I guess.
(also, not quite sure why synaptic "connections" are in quotes)
December 23, 2024 at 1:44 PM
"Fetishize"?
I mean, I like synapses as much as the next guy, perhaps more. But I never really thought of it a "fetish".
Something to bring up in therapy I guess.
(also, not quite sure why synaptic "connections" are in quotes)
I mean, I like synapses as much as the next guy, perhaps more. But I never really thought of it a "fetish".
Something to bring up in therapy I guess.
(also, not quite sure why synaptic "connections" are in quotes)
although I was a bit surprised at the alt text on the book's image...
"A stunning reimagining of Tristan and Isolde set in a dystopian world woven with magic"?
"An addictive debut YA enimies-to-lovers romantasy"?
"A stunning reimagining of Tristan and Isolde set in a dystopian world woven with magic"?
"An addictive debut YA enimies-to-lovers romantasy"?
December 15, 2024 at 2:06 PM
although I was a bit surprised at the alt text on the book's image...
"A stunning reimagining of Tristan and Isolde set in a dystopian world woven with magic"?
"An addictive debut YA enimies-to-lovers romantasy"?
"A stunning reimagining of Tristan and Isolde set in a dystopian world woven with magic"?
"An addictive debut YA enimies-to-lovers romantasy"?
@sanders.senate.gov argues in a podcast that Dems should call their bluff on eg defense cuts:
"I have legislation in to cut military spending by 10 percent. [...] We should be cutting military spending. How many Republicans will go along? "
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
"I have legislation in to cut military spending by 10 percent. [...] We should be cutting military spending. How many Republicans will go along? "
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
December 6, 2024 at 1:58 PM
@sanders.senate.gov argues in a podcast that Dems should call their bluff on eg defense cuts:
"I have legislation in to cut military spending by 10 percent. [...] We should be cutting military spending. How many Republicans will go along? "
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
"I have legislation in to cut military spending by 10 percent. [...] We should be cutting military spending. How many Republicans will go along? "
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
in addition to Kevin's books, which top my reading list, i highly recommend "A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains", an amazing synthesis full of new (new to me, anyway) insights
www.amazon.com/Brief-Histor...
www.amazon.com/Brief-Histor...
December 6, 2024 at 1:30 PM
in addition to Kevin's books, which top my reading list, i highly recommend "A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains", an amazing synthesis full of new (new to me, anyway) insights
www.amazon.com/Brief-Histor...
www.amazon.com/Brief-Histor...
There is nothing in the original thread to suggest that the donor was putting any pressure on the department to stray from the mission of pure science
It would be great if we lived in a world where science was funded completely through public funds. But alas, that's not the case.
It would be great if we lived in a world where science was funded completely through public funds. But alas, that's not the case.
December 4, 2024 at 2:07 PM
There is nothing in the original thread to suggest that the donor was putting any pressure on the department to stray from the mission of pure science
It would be great if we lived in a world where science was funded completely through public funds. But alas, that's not the case.
It would be great if we lived in a world where science was funded completely through public funds. But alas, that's not the case.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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Estimate from @mbeisen.bsky.social that about $1.5B (3%) of the $50B NIH budget goes to publishing fees.
If we are looking to cut government waste, this might be a good place to start.
If we are looking to cut government waste, this might be a good place to start.
December 3, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Estimate from @mbeisen.bsky.social that about $1.5B (3%) of the $50B NIH budget goes to publishing fees.
If we are looking to cut government waste, this might be a good place to start.
If we are looking to cut government waste, this might be a good place to start.
Grim times ahead for the NIH.
Plan to empower states to "do their own research."
I'm sure having 50 state bureaucracies making funding decisions about whom to fund will lead to better science than pointy headed "experts" at the NIH
Plan to empower states to "do their own research."
I'm sure having 50 state bureaucracies making funding decisions about whom to fund will lead to better science than pointy headed "experts" at the NIH
December 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Grim times ahead for the NIH.
Plan to empower states to "do their own research."
I'm sure having 50 state bureaucracies making funding decisions about whom to fund will lead to better science than pointy headed "experts" at the NIH
Plan to empower states to "do their own research."
I'm sure having 50 state bureaucracies making funding decisions about whom to fund will lead to better science than pointy headed "experts" at the NIH
Hardly flattering but ...
"Writing style: A delightful concoction of dense academic prose and casual banter, like if a neuroscientist and a comedian had a baby who just read "How to Win Friends and Influence People."
blueskyroast.com/roast/tonyza...
"Writing style: A delightful concoction of dense academic prose and casual banter, like if a neuroscientist and a comedian had a baby who just read "How to Win Friends and Influence People."
blueskyroast.com/roast/tonyza...
December 1, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Hardly flattering but ...
"Writing style: A delightful concoction of dense academic prose and casual banter, like if a neuroscientist and a comedian had a baby who just read "How to Win Friends and Influence People."
blueskyroast.com/roast/tonyza...
"Writing style: A delightful concoction of dense academic prose and casual banter, like if a neuroscientist and a comedian had a baby who just read "How to Win Friends and Influence People."
blueskyroast.com/roast/tonyza...
He speculates about that
November 29, 2024 at 4:36 PM
He speculates about that
i have no idea whether he will turn out OK since he really doesnt seem to have much of a track record for much of anything. In particular, there is little evidence that he has any understanding/appreciation of basic science as opposed to vanilla health outcome research. Eg see attached
November 27, 2024 at 6:27 PM
i have no idea whether he will turn out OK since he really doesnt seem to have much of a track record for much of anything. In particular, there is little evidence that he has any understanding/appreciation of basic science as opposed to vanilla health outcome research. Eg see attached
Looks like it was killed?
November 24, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Looks like it was killed?