Tim Miller

The School of Computer Science at The University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia) invites applications for several academic positions at all levels with demonstrable strong research experience in, but not limited to, the following areas, with particular focus on science, medical and societal applications: - Computer Systems and Computing Infrastructures - Cybersecurity and Trustworthy Digital Systems - Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence - Robotics and Autonomous Systems

The School of #ComputerScience at #USyd is hiring! Multiple continuing (≡ tenure-track) positions in all areas, with particular focus on the ones listed below.

Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

⏰ Apply by Dec 1: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

#JOB: We’re hiring a Full Stack Developer! Design, develop & maintain innovative web applications that empower UQ’s research community.
Join a collaborative team.
Apply by COB 9 October.
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcare...
#UQ

The deadline for my postdoc on scalable clinical decision support is closing in 1 week: 4 October (Australian Eastern standard Time). Please share with anyone that you think would be interested

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Official petition to the 🇦🇺 govt: make part-time PhD students' stipends tax-exempt!
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

Stipends are low but at least tax-exempt. Unless they go part time, then it becomes taxable. This disproportionately affects PhD students w/ care duties, health issues, young children..

They should've hired @markriedl.bsky.social and his consultancy "That Won't Work" before they got this far

The threat of analytic flexibility in using large language models to simulate human data: A call to attention Social scientists are now using large language models to create "silicon samples" - synthetic datasets intended to stand in for human respondents, aimed at revolutionising human subjects research. How...

Can large language models stand in for human participants?
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.

One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.

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Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour - Nature People cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by introducing prohibitive, task-specific guardrails.

Nature research paper: Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour

go.nature.com/3KsDgbG

Yep, I agree on evaluation. Also, execution. Ideas are cheap, testing them is not.

But if everyone starts using these tools to brainstorm ideas, studies will all start focussing on the same problems and we lose diversity. To be honest, I don't find that coming up with ideas is the bottleneck in research.

I am a senior PC. I found them so detailed and focused on technical content to be not at all helpful. The ones I could understand found some real technical issues that could be helpful for authors. My suggestion to AAAI was to have an earlier pre-deadline to provide this feedback before submission

大规模攻击将音乐会变成面部识别监控实验 Massive Attack turns concert into facial recognition surveillance experiment (www.gadgetreview.com) 05:51  ↑ 104 HN Points

Massive Attack Turns Concert Into Facial Recognition Surveillance Experiment. Bristol band uses live facial recognition on concertgoers to create uncomfortable art about surveillance culture.
https://www.gadgetreview.com/massive-attack-turns-concert-into-facial-recognition-surveillance-experiment

✅ Work in wonderful Brisbane—unbeatable lifestyle
✅ Collaborate on cross-disciplinary AI projects
✅ Be part of an exciting and unique set of projects tackling the foundations of real-world problems
✅ Visa sponsorship & relocation support available
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I'm hiring again! Please share. I'm recruiting a postdoc research fellow in human-centred AI for scalable decision support. Join us to investigate how to balance scalability and human control in medical decision support. Closing date: 4 October (AEST).
uqtmiller.github.io/recruitment/

I wrote a response to Thomas Friedman's "magical thinking" on AI here: aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th...

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Brilliant! 😄

Very clever!

Anyone who plans to submit for an ARC grant should be giving feedback via this survey.

Here's the link to their "stakeholder survey on the use of AI in grant assessment":

www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL

Application Application; application procedure; FAQs; handbook

Fully funded PhD scholarships at the Max Planck School of Cognition (Deadline Dec 1st)

You can apply to work with me or one of the many amazing school faculty.

Apply here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application

45 signatures on the official government petition already! We need at least 50: let's make it happen!

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/... #Australia #PhD #HigherEducation

Signed! Thanks for your leadership on this

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My petition to the 🇦🇺 Australian government: make part-time PhD students' stipends tax exempt!

📋 Read and sign here: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
⏰ Deadline: October 1

I could have confused that post for a headline from The Onion. This is insanity....

How to Apply

It supports researchers who have been displaced, or are at risk of displacement, due to war or natural disasters, and who currently have limited access to resources and institutional support.

Apply here: www.maxminds.mpg.de/3630/apply

The deadline to apply is September 15.

If you know a 🚨 Scholar at Risk 🚨 please share!

I am delighted to share that applications are now open for the MAXMINDS mentoring program.

Screenshot of tweet from the ARC stating that they’ll announce Discovery Indigenous outcomes tomorrow.

ARC says they’ll announced Discovery Indigenous outcomes tomorrow.

Recently, announcements have been made around 11am (Canberra time). But even more recently ARC’s comms have been at weird hours, so we’ll see what happens.

How Europe Can Win The War On Big Tech Someone light me a cigar, I'm going all Churchill on big tech.

My latest newsletter is about the excesses of big tech, why Europe should declare war on Silicon Valley, and how it can win.

whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-europe...

Good point - highly interdependent.