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Tomasz Steifer

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mathematics, theoretical computer science, philosophy @ Universidad Católica de Chile & Polish Academy of Sciences | 'The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.'

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Maybe they just were not the one.

23.06.2025 07:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The abstract sounds promising! If only had I time to read it...

21.06.2025 06:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

theonion.com/this-war-wil...

17.06.2025 00:03 — 👍 12476    🔁 2295    💬 118    📌 61
Inkwell in the form of a foot. The mouth of the inkwell is painted to resemble a human mouth, with a human face, or mask, painted on top of the foot.

Inkwell in the form of a foot. The mouth of the inkwell is painted to resemble a human mouth, with a human face, or mask, painted on top of the foot.

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I can't say I understand why this inkwell from the 16th century was made, but it's well done.

26.05.2025 13:16 — 👍 38    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 3
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ZML - Zeitschrift für Mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik ZML: Zeitschrift für Mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik is an electronic Diamond Open Access research journal in mathematical logic publishing original research papers in all areas of m...

Yesterday, the editorial board of Mathematical Logic Quarterly resigned and announced creation of a new diamond open access journal: Zeitschrift für Mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik. Let's say I am just going to call it ZML.

08.04.2025 04:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Kingdom Come Deliverance and White Lotus s03, which is easy, since both have a guy trying to avenge his father.

06.04.2025 07:01 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Nora Belrose
@norabelrose
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3h
Neural networks don't have "representations"

They have embeddings, or meaningful patterns of neuron activation

They're meaningful in the sense of enabling us to do certain things

Differences that make a difference (to us)

They don't copy, reflect, or re-present the world
Liv
@livgorton
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1h
what does a "representation" mean here?

Nora Belrose @norabelrose · 3h Neural networks don't have "representations" They have embeddings, or meaningful patterns of neuron activation They're meaningful in the sense of enabling us to do certain things Differences that make a difference (to us) They don't copy, reflect, or re-present the world Liv @livgorton · 1h what does a "representation" mean here?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WELCOME TO HELL, AI INDUSTRY

01.04.2025 23:56 — 👍 66    🔁 11    💬 5    📌 3

Tak, w tym filmie jest słynna scena jak Pieczka mówi, że trzeba oszczędzać, bo ze wsi idzie Kozak, a zebrani w karczmie Żydzi zaczynają łkać i śpiewać "oj oj ojoj!"

02.04.2025 08:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Nie zapomnijmy, że zrobił to razem z sympatycznym kosmicznym stworkiem z filmu Stevena Spielberga, stąd pierwotna nazwa: teoria Auster-ET.

02.04.2025 06:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The disconnect between AI benchmarks and math research (Evaluating AI systems on their ability to be a mathematical copilot). ~ Ralph Furman. sugaku.net/content/ai-b... #AI #LLMs #Math

01.04.2025 10:11 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

This is 100% correct.

01.04.2025 06:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#MLsky #academicsky

01.04.2025 05:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Victor Cringeban.

31.03.2025 13:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah, sisu!

31.03.2025 13:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sorry to interrupt, but it seems that a lot of work in physics lacks the rigour one would usually require in mathematics. Arguably, it's not even a problem for physics but it might be for your definition.

30.03.2025 21:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A common remark from AI/ML conference reviewers is: "The paper lacks a clear message." This attitude goes opposite to how research is done. Sometimes, the message is the entire paper and it can't be compressed into 140 signs. Simplified messages mislead and are usually false. #academicsky #MLsky

30.03.2025 11:24 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Is this parody? The name 'Holodomor' is from 1930s.

30.03.2025 15:49 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

A common remark from AI/ML conference reviewers is: "The paper lacks a clear message." This attitude goes opposite to how research is done. Sometimes, the message is the entire paper and it can't be compressed into 140 signs. Simplified messages mislead and are usually false. #academicsky #MLsky

30.03.2025 11:24 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Possibly the dumbest of the many dumb plagiarism claims
nationalpost.com/news/mark-ca...

29.03.2025 15:45 — 👍 306    🔁 39    💬 16    📌 32

'Evolution made me do it!'

29.03.2025 20:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Yet another LLM-generated review. I knew something was off when they said our results were 'groundbreaking'. 🤨

29.03.2025 14:28 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This might be the best one yet!

26.03.2025 15:17 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Bluesky's gonna really take off once people discover joking

17.03.2025 23:34 — 👍 5788    🔁 537    💬 140    📌 37

#academicsky

17.03.2025 15:24 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I applied to a grant scheme for establishing a research team and lost due to a lack of experience in leading research teams. The scheme is called 'First Team'. 😂

17.03.2025 15:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
official museum photo of the object on white background: "A large spider-with an endearing face-looms over the shoulder of the jacket, where it hovers menacingly over an abandoned go board. The range of tonalities centers on indigo, white, black, and greyish-brown, with red accents on the fan; this color palette visually unites the work, creating parallels between the spider's eyes and the go pieces." 

“The oversized spider hovering over the go board alludes to Tsuchigumo ("Earth Spider"), the Noh drama that tells the story of the warrior Minamoto Yorimitsu fighting off the monstrous earth spider, who is disguised as a monk.”

“The jacket tells a story from the life of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948–1021), a warrior-hero. The story is as follows: Yorimitsu was sick, and was resting in bed. He was visited by a priest—but the priest was actually a giant spider (tsuchigumo) in disguise! Yorimitsu, being very clever, sees through the disguise, and attacks the spider with his sword, wounding him. Yorimitsu’s four attendants, called the Four Heavenly Kings, were playing a game of go while guarding him, and leapt up to track the spider back to his den.[2]

This narrative was popular in theatrical productions, and there was a song in Noh theatre specifically about tsuchigumo, the intimidating earth spider. The story appears frequently in woodblock prints in the nineteenth century as well. The jacket shows the moment when the go game was abandoned, with tsuchigumo retreating back to his web. So great was the hurried effort to find the spider that the attendants left behind their personal effects, scattering go pieces in their haste.”

official museum photo of the object on white background: "A large spider-with an endearing face-looms over the shoulder of the jacket, where it hovers menacingly over an abandoned go board. The range of tonalities centers on indigo, white, black, and greyish-brown, with red accents on the fan; this color palette visually unites the work, creating parallels between the spider's eyes and the go pieces." “The oversized spider hovering over the go board alludes to Tsuchigumo ("Earth Spider"), the Noh drama that tells the story of the warrior Minamoto Yorimitsu fighting off the monstrous earth spider, who is disguised as a monk.” “The jacket tells a story from the life of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948–1021), a warrior-hero. The story is as follows: Yorimitsu was sick, and was resting in bed. He was visited by a priest—but the priest was actually a giant spider (tsuchigumo) in disguise! Yorimitsu, being very clever, sees through the disguise, and attacks the spider with his sword, wounding him. Yorimitsu’s four attendants, called the Four Heavenly Kings, were playing a game of go while guarding him, and leapt up to track the spider back to his den.[2] This narrative was popular in theatrical productions, and there was a song in Noh theatre specifically about tsuchigumo, the intimidating earth spider. The story appears frequently in woodblock prints in the nineteenth century as well. The jacket shows the moment when the go game was abandoned, with tsuchigumo retreating back to his web. So great was the hurried effort to find the spider that the attendants left behind their personal effects, scattering go pieces in their haste.”

Another cool example:
Commoner's firefighting jacket (hikeshibanten)
Japan, 19th c.
Cotton cloth w/ indigo dye (sashiko & tsutsugaki), 98x 127cm
Seattle Art Museum
"The oversized #spider hovering over the go board alludes to Tsuchigumo (Earth Spider)…”
samblog.seattleartmuseum.org/2017/10/fire...

15.03.2025 02:10 — 👍 70    🔁 13    💬 3    📌 0

'My body is a temple' but it's Spain, 1936.

14.03.2025 10:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cheers from AAAI-25 in Philadelphia! Any of my mutuals here?

27.02.2025 15:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A huge "DO NOT INGEST" written on my wife's shampoo bottle, but no one will tell me how to live my life, glurp glurp glurp glurp.

24.02.2025 10:59 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

🫧

24.02.2025 11:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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