Alice Schwarze
@aliceschwarze.bsky.social
Head of Research @ Utah AI Policy Office // math PhD // networks, complex systems, machine learning, and all things AI // mom & cat lady
The main thing that I am learning from my Spotify Wrapped this year is how my new passion for audiobooks has let audible and the SLC library app replace Spotify for me
December 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The main thing that I am learning from my Spotify Wrapped this year is how my new passion for audiobooks has let audible and the SLC library app replace Spotify for me
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AI dialogues shifted political support by 2 to 3 points in trials, eclipsing standard ads. Roughly one-third of this effect persisted for a month. However, models optimized for persuasion proved more factually error-prone.
#MLSky
#MLSky
AI chatbots can persuade voters to change their minds
Conversations with AI can sway people’s political views. Concerningly, a chatbot’s facts are not always accurate, especially when it supports right-wing positions.
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
AI dialogues shifted political support by 2 to 3 points in trials, eclipsing standard ads. Roughly one-third of this effect persisted for a month. However, models optimized for persuasion proved more factually error-prone.
#MLSky
#MLSky
Would have made for an excellent April fool's a decade or so ago
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Would have made for an excellent April fool's a decade or so ago
I just shook hands with Joseph Gordon Levitt and managed to be cool about it 😎
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I just shook hands with Joseph Gordon Levitt and managed to be cool about it 😎
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@andymasley.bsky.social you've written a about data center water usage, have you explored differences in water quality?
If data centers use potable drinking water (to avoid damaging their cooling equipment with mineral buildup-up) that means comparisons to agricultural water usage may be misleading
If data centers use potable drinking water (to avoid damaging their cooling equipment with mineral buildup-up) that means comparisons to agricultural water usage may be misleading
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
@andymasley.bsky.social you've written a about data center water usage, have you explored differences in water quality?
If data centers use potable drinking water (to avoid damaging their cooling equipment with mineral buildup-up) that means comparisons to agricultural water usage may be misleading
If data centers use potable drinking water (to avoid damaging their cooling equipment with mineral buildup-up) that means comparisons to agricultural water usage may be misleading
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Ilya Sutskever argues that we are shifting from the age of scaling to the age of research:
The interview highlights why future progress will depend on new learning principles, continual learning, and a deeper understanding of generalization, not just more compute.
#AIResearch #FutureOfAI
The interview highlights why future progress will depend on new learning principles, continual learning, and a deeper understanding of generalization, not just more compute.
#AIResearch #FutureOfAI
Ilya Sutskever – We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
www.dwarkesh.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Ilya Sutskever argues that we are shifting from the age of scaling to the age of research:
The interview highlights why future progress will depend on new learning principles, continual learning, and a deeper understanding of generalization, not just more compute.
#AIResearch #FutureOfAI
The interview highlights why future progress will depend on new learning principles, continual learning, and a deeper understanding of generalization, not just more compute.
#AIResearch #FutureOfAI
So here we are at the
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
So here we are at the
Super annoyed at how good Gemini 3 is at being a sounding board for policy implementation planning. Throws a wrench into my plan to be a ride-or-die Claude user until the end of my days
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Super annoyed at how good Gemini 3 is at being a sounding board for policy implementation planning. Throws a wrench into my plan to be a ride-or-die Claude user until the end of my days
Props to whoever came up with acronym. It makes my mom very happy
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Props to whoever came up with acronym. It makes my mom very happy
I really, really hate to admit it but in a world where everyone with $20 cash can vibe code a wonky product pilot for any app that they can think of, it takes Sam-Altman level ambitions to stand out in the crowd
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I really, really hate to admit it but in a world where everyone with $20 cash can vibe code a wonky product pilot for any app that they can think of, it takes Sam-Altman level ambitions to stand out in the crowd
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"A plan backed by Donald Trump to restrict US states from regulating AI companies has provoked a backlash from prominent Republicans and Maga supporters, and accusations that he has caved to Big Tech donors."
Donald Trump’s support for pro-AI proposal fuels Maga backlash
US president endorses move to restrict regulation by states after lobbying from Silicon Valley
www.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"A plan backed by Donald Trump to restrict US states from regulating AI companies has provoked a backlash from prominent Republicans and Maga supporters, and accusations that he has caved to Big Tech donors."
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The multimodal reasoning is very cool. Something I’ve been tracking with models for a while and Gemini 3 Pro was the first to produce a plausible response.
I’ve had a running test for multimodal models over the last ~year: extract the “Crss” values for each tick mark in this chart. GPT 5 makes up numbers, Claude 4.5 refuses to try, Qwen3 VL has a plausible guess. Gemini 3 pro pretty much nails it.
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The multimodal reasoning is very cool. Something I’ve been tracking with models for a while and Gemini 3 Pro was the first to produce a plausible response.
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I had access to Gemini 3. It is a very good, very fast model. It also demonstrates the change from chatbot to agent. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/three-year...
Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3
From chatbots to agents
www.oneusefulthing.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I had access to Gemini 3. It is a very good, very fast model. It also demonstrates the change from chatbot to agent. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/three-year...
My radical edu take: LLMs devalue knowledge retrieval, so the 3 most important skills to learn in school now are
1. identifying high-qualilty information from the rest,
2. making good decisions in an oversaturated information environment
3. understanding the difference between data and knowledge
1. identifying high-qualilty information from the rest,
2. making good decisions in an oversaturated information environment
3. understanding the difference between data and knowledge
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My radical edu take: LLMs devalue knowledge retrieval, so the 3 most important skills to learn in school now are
1. identifying high-qualilty information from the rest,
2. making good decisions in an oversaturated information environment
3. understanding the difference between data and knowledge
1. identifying high-qualilty information from the rest,
2. making good decisions in an oversaturated information environment
3. understanding the difference between data and knowledge
Currently watching GoT for the first time and pretty convinced that Daenarys Targaryen is an effective altruist
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Currently watching GoT for the first time and pretty convinced that Daenarys Targaryen is an effective altruist
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📣 New BBS preprint out now! 📣
"Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
"Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation
doi.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
📣 New BBS preprint out now! 📣
"Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
"Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
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We also have a review out in JNeuro on the topic with @neurosutras.bsky.social, Tom O'Dell, Anant Jain, @clopathlab.bsky.social and Mark Sheffield.
Physical copies available at @sfnjournals.bsky.social booth.
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Physical copies available at @sfnjournals.bsky.social booth.
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Behavioral Timescale Synaptic Plasticity: A Burst in the Field of Learning and Memory
Hebbian synaptic plasticity is currently the main framework to relate neuronal activity, network structure, and learning and memory. However, recent experimental and computational modeling studies hav...
www.jneurosci.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We also have a review out in JNeuro on the topic with @neurosutras.bsky.social, Tom O'Dell, Anant Jain, @clopathlab.bsky.social and Mark Sheffield.
Physical copies available at @sfnjournals.bsky.social booth.
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Physical copies available at @sfnjournals.bsky.social booth.
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
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🗃 A new study brings together evolution, complexity, and life history theory, proposing that teleonomic complexity—measured through life history strategies—offers a way to understand how organisms evolve and adapt over time. bit.ly/4nIPV8F #EvoSky #AcademicSky @robsalgo.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🗃 A new study brings together evolution, complexity, and life history theory, proposing that teleonomic complexity—measured through life history strategies—offers a way to understand how organisms evolve and adapt over time. bit.ly/4nIPV8F #EvoSky #AcademicSky @robsalgo.bsky.social
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NEW paper! 💭🖥️
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
NEW paper! 💭🖥️
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Yeah I am not going to click on that. Looks boring
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Yeah I am not going to click on that. Looks boring
I for one would love a world where almost all parking spots are shaded
South Korea has just introduced legislation that any car park over 80 spaces has to have solar.
#agsky #energysky
electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
#agsky #energysky
electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
electrek.co
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I for one would love a world where almost all parking spots are shaded
In less than 3 months this gem on github is going to have its 10 year anniversary
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
In less than 3 months this gem on github is going to have its 10 year anniversary