Jointly lead with Roman Pogodin, they develop a theory of how a cost function attached to weight changes during learning creates weight distributions observed in biology. Work done in @tyrell_turing group!
Thanks for posting this! We are excited about this work, and believe that the field is ready to start thinking more deeply about what "synaptic weight space" really looks like in the brain.
At #CCN23 , Jonathan Cornford presented a super cool new #preprint :
Synaptic Weight Distributions Depend on the Geometry of Plasticity
arxiv.org/abs/2305.19394
Jointly lead with Roman Pogodin, they develop a theory of how a cost function attached to weight changes during learning creates weight distributions observed in biology. Work done in @tyrell_turing group!
Weds 8/30 - AMC Shareholder Update, Thiel Insider Trading Accusations, Big Win for Crypto, Proud Boys Sentencing, AI in Law School Exams and iFixIt Takes Aim at McDonald's Shake Machines
We have #AMC shareholder suit updates, Peter #Thiel potentially in hot water, big win for #crypto, #ProudBoys sentencing, #AI in law school and #iFixIt wants to repair #McDonalds shake machines.
Among the advisors to the #ABA#AI task force is Michael Chertoff -- co-author of the PATRIOT Act. I think this is going to work out beautifully:
"The task force aims to assess how AI will affect the practice of law, probe ethical questions, and focus on issues like risk management, AI governance, and AI in legal education.
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The average age among the team is about 70, they’re all lawyers, and none of them have any evident technical expertise.”
Tues 8/29 - Medicare Drug Negotiations Begin, "Opportunity Transparency" Gains Traction at State Level, ABA Announces AI Task Force, and US Judge to Decertify Google Play Class Action
We have the first 10 drugs to be negotiated under #Medicare, the rise of the “opportunity transparency” movement, #ABA announces #AI task force (of sorts), and US judge set to decertify #Google Play class.
He clarified that he means "textbook-free, not free textbooks." Hence #OpenTextbooks (#OER) won't satisfy him. But he encourages OER as if they would.
Faculty criticized him for “encouraging [them] to invest significant time” in creating “#OpenAccess materials" (OER) rather than using or improving materials from publishers.
@mguhlin In Bilingualism classes in Japan, I can require students to show what they have learned from this class, which is based on reliable research, and to discuss their own experiences in summary, reflection, and response papers. In such ways I can discern how much of students' writing is their own thinking and analyzing. Findings from the discipline of bilingualism are dwarfed by the amount of common misconceptions about bilingualism, which would presumably be reflected in AI databases, from blogs and such sources in Japanese, where students find mostly stereotypical, anecdotal, or prejudiced information for papers, despite my warnings to use reliable sources. I am wondering how applicable this approach could be for other subject matter areas.
Among the limitations are that the English is too much and too difficult for L2 learners in most academic sources, such as journals. When students use automatic translation, they have probably thought about the content in Japanese, but they can paste the auto-translated English into papers without fulfilling the language-driven mandate to balance the content-driven approach. I do not believe in content-based EFL as a pretext to mask a language-driven agenda, since the students are enriched by the transferable knowledge they gain in L1 as well as in L2.
Writing reflects thinking, so I discourage writing and speaking that relies on machine translation or AI. The result might be obvious, but we cannot accuse and police students.
The second Alternate Futures podcast episode is now live. I chat with Edwin Rydberg on the use of generative AI in the creative fields, and the importance of the poetic mind. We also discuss generational acceptance of AI, generative AI as a window into the human mind, and what should be considered in a test for self-awareness. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/... #scifi#novel@bookstadon#alternatefutures#ai#generativeAI
"Earth Species Project is a non-profit dedicated to using #artificialintelligence to decode non-human #communication.
We believe that an understanding of non-human languages will transform our relationship with the rest of nature."
"More than 8 million species share our planet. We only understand the language of one."
Maybe AI could help us to avoid excessive anthropomorphic bias in our attempts to learn what there is? After all, it just could be creative, couldn't it,
"How #Musk, #Thiel, #Zuckerberg, and #Andreessen—Four Billionaire Techno-Oligarchs—Are Creating an Alternate, Autocratic Reality" — book excerpt from "The End of Reality: How Four Billionaires are Selling a Fantasy Future of the #Metaverse, #Mars, and #Crypto," by Jonathan Taplin
So this just happened. I was watching a Battlestar Galactica reaction video on Youtube, and there's this scene where Leoben (a Cylon) tells Starbuck "Do you realize I could kill you before they came back in the room..." and my WATCH heard that, and responded with (roughly) "Here are some capsules that could help you with that." !!!! WTF Samsung ?! #ScaryAI is a fan of BSG's Cylons.
Very considered and thoughtful piece by @Carwil on banning AI-generated text from students.
'In the end, the two main things I’m looking for in class essays are self-reflection and research. And while I can get the appearance of both from large-language model the first is a lie and the second an uncertain and fragile illusion.'
@jeffjarvis This decision specifically covers works that have not been touched by human hands, and entirely crafted by #AI, which makes total sense to me. Not sure why this is controversial.
For works crafted by humans that use AI as a tool, copyright protection still holds, as it should.
⭐ "Investing in education and the development of critical thinking is more important than ever, as it will help to limit the risks of disinformation posed by the advent of technologies such as the internet and artificial intelligence."
You can't hit the breaks when you're going uphill.
After playing around with ChatGPT, I have decided to allow my history students to use AI. Working out ways to stop them from using it will only create more stress and work than it's worth. I have therefore included instructions in the syllabus about how they can and cannot use AI.
And so I set sail on uncharted waters towards the endless horizon, like generations of intrepid explorers before me.
45-min video on managing AI in Schools:
🤔 What are the Concerns?
❓ What is Cheating with AI?
🧭 Setting AI Guidelines
🎓 Educating Students about AI
✅ Using Alternate Assessments
🤖 Creating AI-integrated Assignments
📑 Encouraging Proper Citation
🔎 Monitoring AI Usage
👩 Engaging Parents and Guardians
📰 Staying Informed