Sebastiaan Mathôt
@sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social
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cogsci.nl/smathot Cognitive psychologist interested in perception, attention, and pupillometry. Developer of OpenSesame and other open-source scientific software. Writer of short stories (suchwasnot.com) and non-fiction (Een wereld vol denkers).
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Als een 🦚 zo trots om *Een wereld vol denkers* door heel Nederland in de boekhandels te zien liggen! Een ontdekkingsreis door de gedachtewerelden van mens, dier, plant en #AI! #boeken #wetenschap #psychologie #biologie
sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social
Clearly, AI is at best a mixed blessing for education. Many people have strong negative feelings about AI, and in part I agree. But let's not overgeneralize! Whenever AI can be used to improve education, we should take that opportunity! 🧵4/4
sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social
The second is grading of highly constrained open-ended exams. This is more high-stakes, because it means using AI (though monitored by humans) to give grades. This requires a careful and well-considered approach, and I'm happy that the article does a pretty good job at explaining it. 🧵3/4
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The first are formative quizzes in which students answer, through dialogue, questions that Heymans asks based on a section from (typically) a textbook. This gets students engaged earlier (not two days before an exam) and more deeply with the material than they typically do. 🧵2/4
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An interview with @ukrant.bsky.social about Heymans #AI, an #openaccess #AI #education tool that we're developing in-house at @rug.nl. Currently, we're focusing on two types of functionality. 👇https://ukrant.nl/magazine/your-exam-checked-by-a-bot-is-heymans-ai-the-future/?lang=en 🧵1/4
Your exam checked by a bot: Is Heymans AI the future?
Sebastiaan Mathôt and Wouter Kruijne developed Heymans AI, a programme that can check exams better than lecturers can.
ukrant.nl
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ent3c.bsky.social
In 2018, Charles Murray challenged me to a bet: "We will understand IQ genetically—I think most of the picture will have been filled in by 2025—there will still be blanks—but we’ll know basically what’s going on." It's now 2025, and I claim a win. I write about it in The Atlantic.
Your Genes Are Simply Not Enough to Explain How Smart You Are
Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.
www.theatlantic.com
sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social
... actually it's insightful and well-informed, and manages to link concepts together in interesting ways. I do wish that people would stop using the term intelligence in ways that don't match the normal meaning of the word at all, though! 2/2
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A few chapters into What is Intelligence? by @blaiseaguera.bsky.social. So far a pretty interesting read. I was afraid it would ooze the hubris and lack of knowledge of psychology and neurosci that #AI technologists tend to suffer from. But ... #OpenAccess 👉 whatisintelligence.antikythera.org 1/2
What is Intelligence? | Antikythera
whatisintelligence.antikythera.org
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theodanes.bsky.social
Vredes-/Bezettingsplan #vrede #trump #israel #palestijnen
Vredes-/Bezettingsplan

Trump heeft voldaan de Knesset toegesproken 
De gijzelaars zijn eindelijk bevrijd
(Van Israël althans). De vredestijd
(Voor Israël althans) is aangebroken 

De Palestijn weet slechts dat hij of zij
Eén vorm van vrij zal kennen: vogelvrij 


Theo Danes
sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social
Being a writer takes a lot of effort and dedication 💪😅 Because you need to personally inspect every bookstore to make sure your book is on prominent display. It's a difficult quest, but sometimes brings you to beautiful places, such as this church-turned-bookstore in #Zwolle. #booksky #writing
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bartoszradomski.bsky.social
The conference was a blast! Thanks to everyone participating in-person and online and to our wonderful speakers for their amazing contributions!

Here are the abstracts of talks from the first edition: basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com/abstracts/

#cognition #philosophy #biology #psychology
1st Basic Principles of Cognition (BPC) Conference
1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.
basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com
sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social
The #AI #chatbot market is crowded with tech giants (mainly #chatgpt and #claude) and really hard to enter as a small player. That's why I'm extra proud that there are currently 1000+ accounts and 30 000+ conversations on sigmundai.eu! Apparently people do care about privacy and #opensource! 💪😍
sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social
Today is the second and final day of the Basic Principles of Cognition mini-conference! Join for free online: basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com/programme/ Organized by @bartoszradomski.bsky.social @ahoelken.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy and Caroline Stankozi
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Herman Koch! Geen serieuze kanshebber, dat weet ik. Maar wat een artiest en vakman.
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I set out to write the book that I would want to read. The result is Een Wereld vol Denkers (A World of Thinkers) Here’s how and why the book came to be! 🤩✍️ cogsci.nl/blog/my-expe... #booksky #popularscience #psychology #ai #eenwereldvoldenkers @theodanes.bsky.social @uitgeverijbalans.bsky.social
My experiences writing and publishing popular science // Cogsci
cogsci.nl
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social
I set out to write the book that I would want to read. The result is Een Wereld vol Denkers (A World of Thinkers) Here’s how and why the book came to be! 🤩✍️ cogsci.nl/blog/my-expe... #booksky #popularscience #psychology #ai #eenwereldvoldenkers @theodanes.bsky.social @uitgeverijbalans.bsky.social
My experiences writing and publishing popular science // Cogsci
cogsci.nl
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sebastiaanmathot.bsky.social
Vanavond 20:00 🕗 Een wereld vol denkers bij @sggroningen.bsky.social! 🌿🌍🧠🤖 Bijna uitverkocht (!) maar nog enkele kaartjes beschikbaar via: sggroningen.stager.co/shop/default. Of volg online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHP4... #wetenschap #biologie #psychologie #filosofie #boeken #groningen
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sggroningen.bsky.social
O nee! Onze website is down. Mocht je tickets willen kopen, dan kan dat via sggroningen.stager.co/web/tickets/

Voor InScience Film Festival on Tour en ERN ga je naar www.forum.nl

Onze excuses voor het ongemak!