We present the discovery and first characterization of $\textit{Nāpōwawā`enakaulua}$: the most compact known quasar pair candidate in the Epoch of Reionization, with a projected separation of only $0....

Leif Weatherby & Mel Andrews in conversation on AI

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YouTube video by Remarque NYU

On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.

If you wanted a petri dish for understanding metaphors—how they emerge and evolve and jostle with each other—it would be hard to do better than the world of AI. We talk about AI systems variously as c...

npj Complexity - The case against efficiency: friction in social media

Abstract. The societal effects of children’s learning in cultural evolution have been underexplored. Here, we investigate using agent-based models how a pr

We can't see dark matter directly, so studying it pushes the boundaries of our creativity as scientists. How exciting, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

YouTube video by Hopkins Natural Philosophy Forum

This paper argues for a pluralist approach to representation in large language models. There are two parts to this pluralism, the first is that we should recognise more than one vehicle ...

The proliferation of methods for modeling of human meaning-making constitutes a powerful class of instruments for the analysis of complex semiotic systems. However, the field lacks a general theoretic...

Helen de Cruz (1978–2025): an academic and personal tribute

Naomi Saphra thinks that most research into language models focuses too much on the finished product. She’s mining the history of their training for insights into why these systems work the way they d...