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Pranav Mahajan

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PhD candidate at University of Oxford. Engineer and a computational neuroscientist thinking about pain and safe AI. (Views are my own; he/his) https://www.pranavmahajan.info/

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How academics imagine their lives would look like if they decide to work in tech

11.04.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9035    πŸ” 1077    πŸ’¬ 320    πŸ“Œ 293

I'm fascinated by how machine learning is increasingly looking like traditional neuroscience (replacing prediction with explanation) while neuroscience is increasingly looking like traditional machine learning (replacing explanation with prediction).

10.04.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Well said!

28.03.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clinicians using "medical" LLMs are essentially playing roulette with their patients' lives.

22.03.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Strategic insights from simulation gaming of AI race dynamics We present insights from `Intelligence Rising’, a scenario exploration exercise about possible AI futures. Drawing on the experiences of facilitators …

Hi Konrad, you might want to check out - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

18.03.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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14.03.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats to Richard Sutton and Andrew Barto for winning the Turing Award 2024! Happy day for reinforcement learning :)

05.03.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ben Graham's words from 70s oddly relevant today (refering to post-covid inflation)

30.12.2024 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Re-reading your rejected manuscript

30.11.2024 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 250    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
Balancing safety and efficiency in human decision making

Our latest paper: how aversive systems such as pain help you learn safely but efficiently: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

14.11.2024 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Opponent control of reinforcement by striatal dopamine and serotonin - Nature Nature - Opponent control of reinforcement by striatal dopamine and serotonin

DA and 5HT are still battling it out after all these years :)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

26.11.2024 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could you please add me to the pack? Thank you!

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