Andrew D Wilson
@adw.bsky.social
Ecological psychologist just trying to make psychology better at explaining us. I study the perceptual control of action and get cranky about politics and AI technologies. He/him
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Incredible work by Drone #1 on this week’s episode of Pluribus. What a performance.
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Incredible work by Drone #1 on this week’s episode of Pluribus. What a performance.
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if you unlock all of them we delete your account
we are pleased to announce that we will be introducing profile achievements in the next update
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
if you unlock all of them we delete your account
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Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
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Springer-Nature statement
“Whilst the details of peer review are confidential, we can confirm that the article underwent two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers, supporting an accept decision.”
How am I now expected to believe that two people looked at the paper twice and DGAF?
“Whilst the details of peer review are confidential, we can confirm that the article underwent two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers, supporting an accept decision.”
How am I now expected to believe that two people looked at the paper twice and DGAF?
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Springer-Nature statement
“Whilst the details of peer review are confidential, we can confirm that the article underwent two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers, supporting an accept decision.”
How am I now expected to believe that two people looked at the paper twice and DGAF?
“Whilst the details of peer review are confidential, we can confirm that the article underwent two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers, supporting an accept decision.”
How am I now expected to believe that two people looked at the paper twice and DGAF?
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
I mean, if the economy shits itself the ways it’s shaping up to shit itself because of AI, this may be true
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean, if the economy shits itself the ways it’s shaping up to shit itself because of AI, this may be true
My son had finally chosen Highlander for movie night - I’m so excited
a man in a leather jacket is standing in a church with a priest .
Alt: Kurgan from Highlander in a church, saying “I have something to say! It’s better to burn in hell, than to fade away!”
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
My son had finally chosen Highlander for movie night - I’m so excited
Shame - RIP to a huge talent. I saw Arcadia live once, in Ireland maybe? Astonishingly good
Oof. He was truly a master, from Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern to Arcadia to Leopoldstadt—just a lifetime of tremendous, thought-provoking, hilarious work. RIP. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Shame - RIP to a huge talent. I saw Arcadia live once, in Ireland maybe? Astonishingly good
Having a stronk, call the Bondulance
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Having a stronk, call the Bondulance
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You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
This pattern is hilarious
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This pattern is hilarious
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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I think back of all of it is credentialism, the idea that the degree and the GPA are the point, the insistence on the shortest path to both for market reasons; at the upper end university is a Student Experience and at the lower end it certifies you for data entry. This corrodes the desire to learn.
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I think back of all of it is credentialism, the idea that the degree and the GPA are the point, the insistence on the shortest path to both for market reasons; at the upper end university is a Student Experience and at the lower end it certifies you for data entry. This corrodes the desire to learn.
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Our faculty just had a discussion about the catastrophic failure in performance we are seeing this year, even compared to last. I liken it to frontal lobe disorder. I do wonder if COVID infections are as much to blame. We are going to be in some trouble and we (faculty) won't be able to fix it
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Our faculty just had a discussion about the catastrophic failure in performance we are seeing this year, even compared to last. I liken it to frontal lobe disorder. I do wonder if COVID infections are as much to blame. We are going to be in some trouble and we (faculty) won't be able to fix it
I don’t want this to be true, but I’m actually almost entirely certain that this thread is entirely correct, in its framing and in what it’s pointing out
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I don’t want this to be true, but I’m actually almost entirely certain that this thread is entirely correct, in its framing and in what it’s pointing out
So, hmmm. This takes ‘embodied’ to its logical extreme, although it’s not currently very ‘embedded’ - the bounds of cognition still seem to be the body. And not all cells are equal here - there IS a difference between losing a toe and losing some brain.
Some big bold ideas here, but lots to do
Some big bold ideas here, but lots to do
What if thinking doesn’t begin in the brain, but in the ceaseless labour of our cells? Today’s essay rethinks the question of how we become minds, arguing that cognition begins not in the mind but in the collective processes that keep a body alive @annaciaunica.bsky.social
Why you need your whole body – from head to toes – to think | Aeon Essays
Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
So, hmmm. This takes ‘embodied’ to its logical extreme, although it’s not currently very ‘embedded’ - the bounds of cognition still seem to be the body. And not all cells are equal here - there IS a difference between losing a toe and losing some brain.
Some big bold ideas here, but lots to do
Some big bold ideas here, but lots to do
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
My colleagues started talking about using AI to produce summaries/podcasts of their slides the other day and boy did I have to rein myself in during that staff meeting
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My colleagues started talking about using AI to produce summaries/podcasts of their slides the other day and boy did I have to rein myself in during that staff meeting
The disconnect between the realities of AI and the money going into the idea of AI is endlessly confusing to me. There are clearly two very separate games afoot
Multiple surveys are telling the same story: AI adoption has stalled. Census data shows ~11% of workers use AI, with rates falling at 250+ employee firms. Surveys show usage spiked then plateaued.
Meanwhile Big Tech is planning $5T in AI spend by 2030 that needs $650B/year in revenue vs ~$50B today
Meanwhile Big Tech is planning $5T in AI spend by 2030 that needs $650B/year in revenue vs ~$50B today
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The disconnect between the realities of AI and the money going into the idea of AI is endlessly confusing to me. There are clearly two very separate games afoot
Some interesting thoughts in the Wilford & Anderson Radical Embodied Memory preprint
I've read this paper now and your blog. Interesting stuff. I think I largely agree with your take. This is an interesting theoretical position that broadly sets the stage and vocab for talking about memory from an RE perspective.
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Some interesting thoughts in the Wilford & Anderson Radical Embodied Memory preprint
So the dumb idea comes from the fact I have strong opinions about where to bite next and I’m curious about what’s driving that
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
So the dumb idea comes from the fact I have strong opinions about where to bite next and I’m curious about what’s driving that
Cool! I got all the recently released volumes, it’s such an odd idea but it’s amazing
New Adventures From The Trigan Empire: Book One is now available to Pre-Order!
For the first time since 1982, The Trigan Empire will rise once again with an all-new story from the team of Mike Carroll and Tom Foster - releasing next May! https://bit.ly/3MaP0k5
For the first time since 1982, The Trigan Empire will rise once again with an all-new story from the team of Mike Carroll and Tom Foster - releasing next May! https://bit.ly/3MaP0k5
New Adventures From The Trigan Empire: Book One is Now Available to Pre-Order! | 2000 AD
One of the most popular and influential British comic books of all time is to get its first new chapter in more than 40 years! Created by writer Mike Butterworth and artist Don Lawrence, and running f...
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Cool! I got all the recently released volumes, it’s such an odd idea but it’s amazing
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I had no idea our pornography was subject to Canadian content quotas to begin with and I have so many questions
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I had no idea our pornography was subject to Canadian content quotas to begin with and I have so many questions
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"Postdoc in the job market"
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Postdoc in the job market"
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts