I had a fun chat with Curt Jaimungal about thermodynamics.
youtu.be/HIoviZe14pY
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I had a fun chat with Curt Jaimungal about thermodynamics.
youtu.be/HIoviZe14pY
Here’s a case where it would make sense to replace the phrase “Artificial Intelligence” with “not-very-well-understood computer programs prone to unpredictable errors.”
Thank you for these references.
Why is that? Does the language use here affect how we allocate resources (e.g. to drug development vs. prevention/detection) or something?
Here's the cover of my upcoming book, Cyborg Rights (Routledge), that explores how extension technologies like brain–computer interfaces challenge mental privacy, mental integrity, and the nature of personhood—through the lens of the Extended Mind Thesis.
#PhilosophyOfMind #ExtendedMind #Neuroethics
Official link (if you can't access and would like a pre-print, I'd be happy to share):
academic.oup.com/philmat/advanc…
#AlgorithmDefinition, #philosophy_of_mathematics, #real_computation #numericalAlgorithms #complexity
What is an "algorithm", and why is this basic notion in CS and math still so difficult to define? Do we use a consistent idea of algorithm in these fields? My paper on these issues and the conceptual dilemmas faced in trying to develop a definition is now out. Link below.
Great episode (as always). BTW, the case for geometry's origin in our embodied nature has wonderfully and lucidly been made by Poincaré (e.g. in his "Science and Hypothesis"). In his apt words "if there were no solid bodies in nature, there would be no geometry".
Dear #mathsky, if you repost this, it will let people see the article for free. Thanks!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Beyond that though, I have been doing this sci comm stuff for a long time, and I have NEVER before known a time when I've had to grapple with so many nonsensical claims from tech leaders. There's just a constant stream, which most of the media gobbles up. I'm frankly really tired of it. 9/9
Speaks for itself
A Brief History of Young People Today Don't Want to Work
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Palm Sunday images.
Hosanna!
Trump says "Russia made a mistake" bombing the Palm Sunday service. We were aiming for the local hospital instead which he's ok with.
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Here it is! My article for @aeon.co is now out and it is about what I currently work on in my Marie Curie project #CReaCaL. Hope you like it! aeon.co/essays/the-n...
Happy to announce, Smale@95, a conference to celebrate Steve Smale on his 95th birthday.
To be held at the Simons Institute in Berkeley, July 21-22, 2025. Registration is open to the public, see:
simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/sm...
Needless to say that it also has some tiny amount of consciousness, right?
Yes, everything. Including my pipe right now. (Too bad I have no clue how to use it to compute my share of the restaurant bill).
Now, that's one more reason for me to travel to Crete this summer.
Story about Russia's human rights commissioner (if you can imagine such a thing) talking about Prisoners or war in something they insist is not a war
2 points:
1 If you ever feel your job is completely pointless, consider that the Kremlin employs someone to be a "human rights commissioner"
2 POWs? Prisoners of War. WAR?? YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ADMIT IT'S A WAR YOU IDIOTS!!!
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I realized that there was no story in English that would explain what happened to my institute, so I decided to write up this blog entry, which shows how low-quality AI systems fail to assess research quality: marcinmilkowski.pl/2024/11/20/w...
ChatGPT. But only for language editing and condensing my paragraphs (when I'm facing a word limit). I have not found it very useful for other tasks.
Yes, please do! Your posts, and the "joy of why“ podcast are so much inspiring, especially for young researchers!
