Claudia Müller-Birn

More praise for THE AI CON:

"A powerful and timely deep dive into what the AI hype cycle is REALLY about, why it’s bound to crash, and what we can all do to protect ourselves from it. An absolute must-read!"- @kortizart.bsky.social

Out on May 13, but you can preorder now!

thecon.ai

Wie steht es um die Gesundheitsreformen nach dem Ampel-Aus? Die Krankenhausreform kommt, andere Vorhaben wie die Notfall- und Pflegereform sind politisch tot. Was bedeutet das für die Zukunft des Gesundheitswesens?

Die #Krankenhausreform ist durch, aber was passiert mit den anderen #Gesundheitsgesetz|en nach dem Aus der #Ampel? Viele wichtige Gesetze bleiben auf der Strecke. Was heißt das für die Zukunft der #Gesundheitsversorgung? Ein Überblick von Silke Jäger:

Merke ich mir: „Probleme, die man in Berlin lösen kann, können überall gelöst werden“ sagt, Ina Czyborra beim Wissendchaft Spezial @tagesspiegel.de @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

„Der Berliner Senat sägt nicht nur am Ast der Wissenschaft mit ihrer Finanzpolitik, sondern gräbt an den Wurzeln“, sagt Günter Ziegler beim Abschluss-Event Wissenschaft Spezial @tagesspiegel.de @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

Hot take: Working another weekend this semester, I am left wondering: Why does the #NLProc publication process have so much artificial urgency baked into it? Requiring responses within 24h, emergency reviewers, everything urgent. Like, why?

Slow science can also be a community goal.

Getting started with AI: Good enough prompting Don't make this hard

People make prompting too hard. Most people would benefit from just using good enough prompting techniques. I outline some basic rules, including why “treat AI like an intern” is no longer the advice I would give new AI users. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/getting-st...

https://www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.1073/pnas.2315735121

How to write a grant?
1. The application is for the reviewer, not you, the applicant.
2. Communicate in stories.
3. Make your story cohesive—leave no puzzling gaps.
4. Make your story resonate to keep the reviewer reading.
5. Accept chance and noise in peer-review.
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

Period

YouTube video by Carnegie Mellon University Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

it's Randy Pausch Memorial Day at @scsatcmu.bsky.social -- if you haven't watched his Last Lecture, or haven't rewatched it recently, it's always a good watch, … advice on achieving your childhood dreams and enabling others to achieve their dreams!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_...

I always feel uneasy when companies offer „free“ educational resources related to their own service. What do you think-are these resources helpful?

GitHub - NannyML/The-Little-Book-of-ML-Metrics: The book every data scientist needs on their desk. The book every data scientist needs on their desk. - NannyML/The-Little-Book-of-ML-Metrics

I heard bluesky likes links.

So here is a link to a book I’m writing.

github.com/NannyML/The-...

Thinking Like an AI A little intuition can help

How to get an intuitive understanding of how to work with LLMs by drawing on a (not-very-technical) understanding of how they work, from my substack: www.oneusefulthing.org/p/thinking-l...

BMBF-Ausschreibung für freie Programmiererinnen und Programmierern! Es geht um gesellschaftlich relevante Lösungen in den Themenfeldern „Datensicherheit“ und „Softwarebausteine für Innovationen“. Link zur BMBF Ausschreibung shorturl.at/CgrGT
#OpenSource #Funding #PrototypFund #BMBF

signal, wikipedia, mozilla ff and bluesky - these are literally the last open internet orgs we can't let fail. they're keeping the decentralized and open-source dream alive. who else belongs on this survival list?

Discovering the Sweet Spot of Human-Computer Configurations: A Case Study in Information Extraction: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction: Vol 3, No CSCW Interactive intelligent systems, i.e., interactive systems that employ AI technologies, are currently present in many parts of our social, public and political life. An issue reoccurring often in the ...

Please also add me. Some papers are in review and an older one here dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... (already showing the problem of automation bias/overreliance)

I created a starter pack for human-AI collaboration in case that this would be helpful for some newcomers, which overlaps with several existing starter packs. Let me know if you would like to be added.

go.bsky.app/MRV1Wa1

EU AI Act: Everything you need to know The European Union’s risk-based rulebook for artificial intelligence — aka the EU AI Act — has been years in the making. But expect to hear a lot more about the regulation in the coming months (and years) as key compliance deadlines kick in. Meanwhile,…

EU AI Act: Everything you need to know

After closing my X account and not feeling home on Mastodon, I felt a bit lonely 🫥. I really missed the inspiration from my research community. However, @cfiesler.bsky.social mentioned that Bluesky might be the new home 🏡. So here I am, giving it a try! Hello, bsky community! 👋

🌟 Excited to share that I've been awarded as one of the "100 Minds of Science in the Capital City 2024" by Der Tagesspiegel Berlin! 🏆 Grateful for the recognition! A big thank to my team at the @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social ! #Science #Recognition #Gratitude

Our paper on the effect of ChatGPT on activity on @stackoverflow.com.web.brid.gy is out: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

@maria-drc.bsky.social, Nadzeya Laurentsyeva & I find a 25% decrease in activity on SO within 6 months of #ChatGPT 's release vs counterfactuals.

Why does it matter?

Also available as video on PeerTube:
peertube.dair-institute.org/w/gAAnkju7qj...