Marko Kallio

We are seeing multiple instances of reviewers doing manuscript reviews via use of AI/LLM.

If you don't want to do a review the old-fashioned way, better to decline the request.

Giving someone else's manuscript to AI is a violation of intellectual property rights/laws; the manuscript isn't yours...

In a world dominated by AI & disinformation, I expect we will see a major pendulum swing culturally. People will crave authenticity and reality over deep fakes and conspiracist lies

I'm here for it, sharing #RealArchaeology

Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]

Funny Numbers

xkcd.com/3184/

Niin paljon samoja lukuja nousuprosenteissa että en usko hetkeäkään tän paikkansapitävyyteen.

Kiitti tää näyttää loistavalta paperilta!

Tää vois mielellään olla konventio myös tieteellisessä kirjallisuudessa, eikä vain päätöksenteon kannalta kaikkein tärkeimpien mallien kohdalla. Aika monen julkaisun taika katoaisi kun sumu tempun edestä katoaisi. Voisin ehkä itsekin ottaa onkeeni ja tehdä tästä tavan. 😅

Mutta niin vakavammin ottaen, mallien tulosten tulkinta on hankalaa ja liian usein tulokset otetaan totena sen kummemmin pureksimatta. Pitäisi olla joku helppotajuinen kurssi jossa pohditaan filosofiaa mallien taustalla ja mitä johtopäätöksiä niiden perusteella voi oikeastaan tehdä.

Ainakaan näissä ei oteta huomioon sitä että etänä ollessani subventoin työnantajaa maksamalla itse omat kahvini. ☝️

Like some kind of grim Omen of things to come, #Hawaii ’s #Kilauea volcano just unleashed a MASSIVE WING SHAPED eruption with lava fountains soaring 1,500+ feet high

Ryan Moulton @moultano Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?

"We conducted a host of sensitivity analyses and found our model was robust to a variety of assumptions and alternative specifications."

Translation: "I released my imposter syndrome from its mental prison, dialed up my anxiety to max and imagined the ways I could be made to look like a fraud"

It looks like British Columbia is nice as well.

Ah, #ruska2026 route is out. Looks fantastic. Time to get in shape for this...

Mitä tapahtui 2023?

- Orpon hallitus.

Imagine choosing to model scenarios that implicitly assume a) terraforming-scale carbon capture and permanent sequestration is technically, politically and economically feasible, while e.g. b) shifting from car-dependent sprawl to denser cities with good public and active transit is impossible.

When an article says "some scientists think" then remember this: I, a scientist, once thought I could fit a whole orange in my mouth. I could, it turns out, get it in there, but I hadn't given sufficient thought to the reverse operation.

Same! ✌️

Everything not written down Science is a process. If we consider it merely for the purposes of momentary illumination as an animal, then it is an animal that blunders around somewhat blindly and clumsily, consuming things and…

Everything not written down

(to the tune of what shall we do with a drunken sailor)
What shall we do with a pocketful of PhDs

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Thick black line is the centerline of the Beni River in Bolivia. Circles that are tangent to the centerline represent the radius of curvature ag the location. Smaller circles = higher curvatures.

In this version the circles are colored according to the curvature; brighter colors = higher curvatures.

I have been experimenting with different ways of visualizing the curvature of meandering rivers. Plotting curvature in the context of the meanders themselves helps QC-ing the curvature data ⚒️🧪

This is a danger i'm willing to ignore. 😜 I do indeed plan the route(s) in advance and follow the navigator. Unless something super interesting pops up nearby.

Please also share your rides for us to enjoy!

Thanks, and I totally agree! This time the route was also a real sightseeing trip. I should design the routes around great sights more often.

The final 60km home was pretty tough. No wonder: 4,5km ascent and ~120km gravel roads over a total of 370km. I didn't quite break the 400km threshold I was aiming for, but considering everything I'm more than satisfied. There's always the next time! 😎😅

To finish this thread off: I had the next break at 312km visiting my friend's summer cabin. The whole trip started to grow on me and the final kms were pretty slow. But it was worth it.

The nights shift is done and what an adventure it was! Abandoned mines, creepy forests, moose, elk, bats, fox, Finland's most beautiful tree and forbidden places (🤡) to name a few things. 219/4xxkm.

109/4xxkm. Feeling great! Looking forward to the night. 🌕

Here we go again with another attempt at 350-400km ride. 🚲 let's see what's excuses for slow speed I come up with this time. 😎 0/400km

AI, peer review and the human activity of science When researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important.

New from me and @carlbergstrom.com in @nature.com on navigating LLMs in science, from the jumping off point of peer review.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What s miserable day. I beat the fatigue of the night, but immediately after our started raining. After 4 hours riding soaking wet I called it quits at 331/435km. Ah well. Next time!

208/435km. Last few hours have been rough but the breakfast place in the sun feels fantastic.

121/435km. It is 1am and still going strong. I've been missing night time riding.