Reposted by Huw DayEmily Hunt @emily.space · 20htranslation: "The world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of my personal fortune" 47213
Reposted by Huw DayDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026grant proposal: the prevalence of x on y is unknown and my proposal will explore this using method z reviewer: there is no empirical evidence that method z shows the prevalence of x on y 3421
Reposted by Huw DayAndreas Kirsch @blackhc.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Ever wondered why presenting more facts can sometimes *worsen* disagreements, even among rational people? 🤔 It turns out, Bayesian reasoning has some surprising answers - no cognitive biases needed! Let's explore this fascinating paradox quickly ☺️ 824283
Reposted by Huw DaySam Power @spmontecarlo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026nice to see it framed so clearly 1454
Reposted by Huw DayDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026unsolicited brag: dug into the data -> ai -> surveillance pipeline in class this morning and received a standing ovation at the end of class. genuinely did not expect it. now i’m in tears. first time for everything 1634042
Reposted by Huw DayTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/ 332878739
Reposted by Huw DayDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026well, today in a class of ~150 CS students, only a few raised hands when asked if they trust AI 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️ 18512
Reposted by Huw DayWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026what is 'Latent Space' and how do LLMs get answers from it? The Jargon can be confusing, but the exaplanation is actually relatively simple: It is Hell. The Machine is getting knowledge from demons. 3085995
Reposted by Huw DayShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Sorry, the harmful, unsafe things done *since the last Summit* 172
Reposted by Huw DayShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Truly astonishing that all any world leader can think to do is keep inviting the same guys into a room to give their considered advice on how we can protect ourselves from all the harmful, unsafe things deliberately done by the guys in the roombbc.co.ukKing Charles warns of 'existential danger' of AI falling into wrong handsThe comments were made at a summit in Ayrshire with participants from AI giants including Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic. 610627
Reposted by Huw DaySam Power @spmontecarlo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026(from www.its.caltech.edu/~matilde/AIm..., links to .pdf) 1136
Reposted by Huw DayTerence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 422054930
Reposted by Huw DayDavid Picard @davidpicard.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026Remember folks, if it leaves your computer, it's no longer "your data" 39820
Reposted by Huw DayLauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 25/08/2026After far too many AI-generated final projects, and my own uncertainty about what students really need to know about NLP these days, I decided to overhaul my Text as Data class so that it's structured around a single project: training up a C19 LLM from scratch. Here we go! github.com/laurenfklein...github.comGitHub - laurenfklein/dsci340-fall26: Notebooks and other course materials for Emory DSCI 340 (Fall 2026 - Klein)Notebooks and other course materials for Emory DSCI 340 (Fall 2026 - Klein) - laurenfklein/dsci340-fall26 28211
Reposted by Huw DayEvangelos Kazakos @ekazakos.bsky.social · 30/07/2026@iclr-conf.bsky.social There is a discrepancy/ ambiguity regarding the paper submission deadline. iclr.cc/Conferences/... and iclr.cc/Conferences/... say 25th of September while iclr.cc/Conferences/... says 16th of September. A clarification would be highly appreciated! 🙏iclr.cc2027 Dates and Deadlines 031
Reposted by Huw DayAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Don’t like this openai.com/index/huggin...openai.comOpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluationOpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders. 115617
Reposted by Huw DayChristian Wolf @chriswolfvision.bsky.social · 17/07/2026In 2026 the accepted papers are the ones which were reviewed by the same LLM which the authors had used to check the paper before submission. 1131
Reposted by Huw DayGary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Watch the documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6hb...youtube.comBritain’s Inequality Problem...And How I’d Solve It | How To Get Filthy Rich | Channel 4 DocsYouTube video by Channel 4 Documentaries 48428
Reposted by Huw DayBenn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I found a hot stock tip for you. 4740423
Reposted by Huw DayJean Golding Institute @jgibristol.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Job opportunity for Bristol Uni PhD students! We are recruiting a new team of PhD students for the Ask-JGI helpdesk to work from October 2026 until the end of September 2027! Find out more: jeangoldinginstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/07/06/a...jeangoldinginstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.ukAsk-JGI helpdesk is recruiting PhD students! – Jean Golding Institute News 133
Reposted by Huw DayAndrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 28/06/2026My daughter said to me on Thursday “this is the hottest day of my life” and honestly the Homer/Bart “so far” meme has never been so bitter 356765
Reposted by Huw DayKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 25/06/2026An analysis of 85 British news programmes during a May 2026 heatwave found only 4 mentioned fossil fuels as the cause explicitly. I suspect it'll be the same proportion for this current heatwave. What is the point, if the primary cause isn't stated clearly? climatenewstracker.org/during-the-h... 47526
Reposted by Huw DayEmily Hunt @emily.space · 25/06/2026as an astronomer, I can safely tell you that stars are really fucking hot, and we should be doing everything in our power to protect our planet from the star next to us 713323
Reposted by Huw DayTMLR Published Papers @tmlr-pub.bsky.social · 19/06/2026DINOv3 Oriane Siméoni, Huy V. Vo, Maximilian Seitzer et al. Action editor: Jingcai Guo openreview.net/forum?id=2NlGyqNjns #visual #features #supervised 0154
Reposted by Huw DayColeen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband 1041711907
Reposted by Huw DayProf Stephen Serjeant @stephenserjeant.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Don’t trust LLMs with your literature searches. Horrible gender biases as found in this paper (from later in the thread below) arxiv.org/abs/2508.02740 🧪🔭arxiv.orgWho Gets Cited? Gender- and Majority-Bias in LLM-Driven Reference SelectionLarge language models (LLMs) are rapidly being adopted as research assistants, particularly for literature review and reference recommendation, yet little is known about whether they introduce demogra... 19148
Reposted by Huw DayRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I did a roundtable with some PhD students yesterday on the current existential problem of UK tech policy: it doesn't matter how much evidence you take to the table, it doesn't matter how credible the research is, you will have no impact if you don't promise AI will deliver the moon on a stick 47421
Reposted by Huw DayRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 18/06/2026In the cold light of delay I feel quite distressed by the active in seriousness of this kind of grandstanding when taken side-by-side with the fact that the Home Office is rolling out technology that is not for for purpose www.wired.com/story/facial...wired.comThe UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is FlawedInternal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway. 24711
Reposted by Huw DayJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/ 7455231988
Reposted by Huw DayMel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars. 8153392302
Reposted by Huw DayDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 17/06/2026dead funny but also painfully accurate 28620
Reposted by Huw DayIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026A source on this: arxiv.org/abs/2508.02740arxiv.orgWho Gets Cited? Gender- and Majority-Bias in LLM-Driven Reference SelectionLarge language models (LLMs) are rapidly being adopted as research assistants, particularly for literature review and reference recommendation, yet little is known about whether they introduce demogra... 32613
Reposted by Huw DayEmily Hunt @emily.space · 05/06/2026I am SO sick of headlines like this. The public sees "AI" as being LLMs/ChatGPT, not an ML algorithm - and articles like this mislead the public into thinking that LLMs are discovering novel things. It's a cool thing! I'm excited! But it is lazy reporting to suddenly use "AI" as such a broad term 30507161
Reposted by Huw DayDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 08/07/2025a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes' 1/ 381446683
Huw Day @huwwday.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Chatting stats with @spmontecarlo.bsky.social is associated with airport queues moving faster (can't prove causality tho) 130
Reposted by Huw DaySam Power @spmontecarlo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026graphic design remains my passion sites.google.com/view/newcast... 0233
Reposted by Huw DayThe Onion @theonion.com · 20/05/2026OpenAI Announces Construction Of New Data Center On Top Of Sick Child 12197742141
Reposted by Huw DayKaren Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org 4525271122
Reposted by Huw DayDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 23/03/2026New paper from @aial.ie! @harshp.com, Dick Blankvoort, Adel Shaaban, @sashamtl.bsky.social & me We analysed 6 GenAI ToS--finding missing info, major power imbalances & user obligations that are impossible to meet without violating the terms arxiv.org/abs/2603.18964 & aial.ie/research/ter... 1/arxiv.orgTerms of (Ab)Use: An Analysis of GenAI ServicesGenerative AI services like ChatGPT and Gemini are some of the fastest-growing consumer services. Individuals using such services must accept their terms of use before access, and conform to these ter... 2193112
Reposted by Huw DayEmily Hunt @emily.space · 18/05/2026there is nothing more satisfying than starting the day with an O(n²) problem and finishing the day with it optimized into an O(n) problem 2883
Reposted by Huw DayDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 18/05/2026Not just lobbying! our new paper maps 27 mechanisms of regulatory capture used by Big AI + 11 narrative framings that rationalise capture. “Big AI’s Regulatory Capture: Mapping Industry Interference and Government Complicity” will be presented at #FAccT2026 next month arxiv.org/abs/2605.068... 1/ 7377221
Reposted by Huw DayPeoria Bummer @peoriabummer.bsky.social · 17/05/2026It would be VERY interesting to study what biases might be present when completing a list of authors. 091
Reposted by Huw DayDr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I've spent a LOT of time fixing .bib in LaTeX by hand. The most common issue is that BibTeX pulled from something like Google Scholar has missing information. The most common missing thing is author first names... and requests for fixes from an LLM *consistently* makes them up. 313018
Reposted by Huw DayDr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Particularly in the context of (appropriate) crackdowns on LLM-generated papers (e.g., on arXiv) and more and more tales of fabricated citations, two reminders: (1) LLMs do not "cite their sources" (2) Using an LLM to generate, complete, or fix LaTeX code can result in fabricated citations 6419125
Reposted by Huw DayJia-Bin Huang @jbhuang0604.bsky.social · 17/05/2026**Modern Transformer - Complete Guide** Interested in learning the recent advances in transformers? After 14 videos, I've finally completed this series! 🥳🥳🥳 Check out the course here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 0325