Mark Crowley

Mark Crowley

@compthink.bsky.social

Assoc Prof @UWaterloo Research: #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ReinforcementLearning #casual-learning, dimensionality reduction, #ethicalAI #aimorality #aialignment Domains: wildfires, driving, medical, lidar Diversity is Strength.

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Mark Crowley
@compthink.bsky.social

Oh good, more advice for what Canada should do based on not burning bridges, etc. In some ways Susan Collins is everything that is wrong with America. The rational, intelligent America so wary of burning bridges that they've allowed their country's soul to be desecrated. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

cbc.caRepublican senator warns Carney: Closer ties to EU hurts chance of trade deal with U.S. | CBC NewsA long-serving Republican senator from a border state is warning Prime Minister Mark Carney against strengthening Canada's economic and political ties to the European Union.
Mark Crowley
@compthink.bsky.social

Very nice update on how LLM based AI systems are being used to solve various open math problems. The big distinction I try to keep in mind is, why can they do this and programming so well, but can't do other kinds of complex reasoning? www.quantamagazine.org/why-the-lege...

quantamagazine.orgWhy the Legendary Erdős Problems Are Falling to AI | Quanta MagazineAI’s greatest mathematical successes have come from answers to problems posed by a mid-20th century iconoclast. By examining what makes the Erdős problems unique, mathematicians are trying to understa...

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Black Panther🍁💪🦫🇨🇦
@blackpanther25.bsky.social

🇨🇦 Kitchener teen wins innovation award at Canada-Wide Science Fair, fixes 35-year-old problem. #CanadaSky🇨🇦 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caKitchener teen wins innovation award at Canada-Wide Science Fair, fixes 35-year-old problem | CBC NewsGurnoor Kaur, a Grade 11 student at Cameron Height Collegiate Institute in Kitchener, has won the best project award for innovation at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Edmonton.

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Charlotte Clymer
@charlotteclymer.bsky.social

Replying to @charlotteclymer.bsky.social

I think ironic detachment is rotting our national soul, and it'd be really great for the adults in the room to stop this bullshit before it gets worse.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald
@soraya.press

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

Mark Crowley
@compthink.bsky.social

Not too long ago there were maps in malls that couldn't be out of order because they were just. paper. Even as someone who loves new technologies, sometimes the latest new way to do something isn't better than the old way.

Mark Crowley
@compthink.bsky.social

This is fantastic. In particular: "stop pretending Jesus is crucified because he preached Good vibes and personal growth" A lot of the Jesus-turning-over-tables-at-the-temple anger is needed right now.

Greg Olear@gregolear.bsky.social

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

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Mark Crowley
@compthink.bsky.social

We should say that this ability to extrapolate answers to questions you haven't quite seen before, really is one essential components for full intelligence and sentience. It's the ability to imagine, from what's in your own experience and context, what might happen next.

Mark Crowley
@compthink.bsky.social

The model abilities matter. Do we worry about reliability or truthful answers when we're encouraging a child to imagine new things? No. Do we find a way to make the child's imaginings more reliable so that we can get them to run nuclear power stations? Also no. That's what we have here LLMs.

Mark Crowley
@compthink.bsky.social

I agree with the authors of the paper being discussed here that hallucination can't be removed, it's how LLMs work, and reliability will always be an issue. But what if we think of hallucination more as really being like imagination?

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Mike Morrice
@morricemike.bsky.social

As masked agents increase their violence south of the border - including killing ICU nurse Alex Pretti yesterday - it's easy to feel powerless. But here’s something we all can do. ICE agents are patrolling in vehicles made in Canada. If you're sick of the horrifying videos, contact your MP. 1/2

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”. Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists. Name them, record them, and make it public.

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Bill Kristol
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

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la flaneuse 😷
@laflaneuse.bsky.social

As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.

Boycott Citizens@boycottcitizens.org

36-year-old Nicaraguan national Victor Manuel Diaz died in ICE custody on Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana in El Paso. The Texas Nicaraguan Community on FB reports that his mom last heard from him on Jan. 6, when he told her he was planning to go to Minneapolis to start work in a restaurant. 1/3

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Thomas Leeper
@thosjleeper.bsky.social

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

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Stacey Abrams
@staceyabrams.com

Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Let us demand a just society, inspired by his courage to resist, his vision of equality, and his unwavering belief that freedom is won through relentless action.

Mark Crowley
@compthink.bsky.social

To all the beautiful people protesting for freedom across Iran, America and elsewhere today against repressive regimes, our thoughts and support are with you. #TPUWNBD

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Mark Histed
@markhisted.org

The reason for us all to fight now is that Putin has ruled Russia as a dictator for 20 years. If we want a different path in America you should do everything you can to fight. Now. While it can still make a difference.

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Anita
@anita1956.bsky.social

My thoughts today are with the security people and police officers who defended the Capitol on January 6 and have been treated with such distain since by the GOP. For them and the Democratic leadership who lived through such chaos and no doubt continue to carry the scars within. We will not forget.