Santiago New CAPTCHA format for the LLM era. Use a very well-worn riddle and modify it in a way that only a real human would spot.

This shows how difficult it is to trust these models. Sometimes, they make a mistake, and when you ask them to double-check, they correct it. Sometimes, they answer correctly, and when you ask them to double-check, they make a mistake. Remember: these models don't reason.

I don't know of anything with more potential than AI. Large Language Models are amazing, and they will get better, but building production applications with them is tough. We need to keep investing in evaluation techniques. Testing has haver been more important.

Die Sorge von B.C. Smith teile ich: Eine der wirkmächtigeren Folgen "von AI" sind vllt gar nicht die Produkte der AI-Industrie, sondern eine Verschiebung der Semantiken, hin zu einer (noch) reflexionsfeindlich(er)en, technisch-reduktionistischen Weltsicht. Gestell plus Gerechne.

Thread of historical photos you've (probably) never seen before 🧵 1. "A few seconds before happiness"

Loved the book "Literary theory for robots" by Dennis Yi Tenen a very different account to understanding AI. Thanks for a book sparking so many ideas! Reading recommendation.

AI will replace developers the same way microwaves replaced cooking.

Now available for ACM Members: "Awkward Intelligence: Where AI Goes Wrong, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do about It," by Prof. Dr. Katharina Zweig. The book explains how many levers computer/data scientists must pull for AI's supposedly objective decision making. share.percipio.com/cd/l906r4I-V

Darüber freue ich mich sehr, dass alle ACM-Mitglieder nun die englische Übersetzung von "Ein Algorithmus hat kein Taktgefühl" umsonst lesen können. Eine Mitgliedschaft bei der ACM lohnt sich übrigens für alle Informatiker:innen, weil es da sehr gute Weiterbildungsangebote gibt.

Prof. Dr. Katharina Zweig Falls jemand noch nie von Predatory Conferences gehört hat, hier ein Erfahrungsbericht: blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2021/08…

Merkt man, dass ich prokrastiniere? Immer noch mein liebster Zeitvertreib auf Twitter ;-)

Gute Initiative für verwaiste Fuchskinder in Berlin. fuchspflegestelle.de

PubMed has been down since yesterday. It's the largest database of biomedical literature in the world with 37M citations. If this is a result of Trump's NIH funding freeze, it's extremely bad news for scientific community not just in the US but across the world.

Hey Yann LeCun, I just noticed that your original MNIST data set seems to have vanished from your website. I tried multiple links but the directory it was part of seems to be empty. All other data sets seem to be there. Just to let you know.