Kyle
@darsnack.bsky.social
NeuroAI Scholar @ CSHL
https://www.darsnack.info
Previously maintaining FluxML to procrastinate Previously EE PhD at UW-Madison, comp. eng. / math at Rose-Hulman
https://www.darsnack.info
Previously maintaining FluxML to procrastinate Previously EE PhD at UW-Madison, comp. eng. / math at Rose-Hulman
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What's frustrating about LLM text is it almost short circuits your brain. It's optimized to convince a tired rater and so it is maximally convincing when scanning
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
What's frustrating about LLM text is it almost short circuits your brain. It's optimized to convince a tired rater and so it is maximally convincing when scanning
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You are not immune to propaganda!
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
You are not immune to propaganda!
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Fellow higher ed folks!
If you could scrap the current university system (i.e.- how universities work and are financed) how would you make a new system to cultivate and disseminate knowledge for the public good?
Give me your wildest dreams & ideas.
If you could scrap the current university system (i.e.- how universities work and are financed) how would you make a new system to cultivate and disseminate knowledge for the public good?
Give me your wildest dreams & ideas.
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Fellow higher ed folks!
If you could scrap the current university system (i.e.- how universities work and are financed) how would you make a new system to cultivate and disseminate knowledge for the public good?
Give me your wildest dreams & ideas.
If you could scrap the current university system (i.e.- how universities work and are financed) how would you make a new system to cultivate and disseminate knowledge for the public good?
Give me your wildest dreams & ideas.
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As a longtime fan of cool papers in @currentbiology.bsky.social, I am really thrilled to see this out!
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
Great @currentbiology.bsky.social study by @xmikezheng20.bsky.social @cliffscience.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social 🧪🧠🐭🎶
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
Zheng and Harpole et al. show that singing mice produce two major vocal modes: ancestral
USVs and novel songs that follow a linearly decelerating rhythm. Although acoustically
distinct, songs and USVs...
www.cell.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As a longtime fan of cool papers in @currentbiology.bsky.social, I am really thrilled to see this out!
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
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It is absolutely wild what you can get AI to serve up
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It is absolutely wild what you can get AI to serve up
In the privacy of my own mind, I like to believe this is all an elaborate plot to reinvigorate civic responsibility in the public. Because acknowledging the level of stupidity is too much for my brain.
A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.
Where are my Originalists at?
Where are my Originalists at?
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
In the privacy of my own mind, I like to believe this is all an elaborate plot to reinvigorate civic responsibility in the public. Because acknowledging the level of stupidity is too much for my brain.
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if the internet makes me stop using the em dash, i'll repay the favor by replacing every em dash in my writing with "absolutely"
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
if the internet makes me stop using the em dash, i'll repay the favor by replacing every em dash in my writing with "absolutely"
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as the saying goes, if you outlaw llms' ability to generate good writing, only criminal llms will write well
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
as the saying goes, if you outlaw llms' ability to generate good writing, only criminal llms will write well
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If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
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Me: High five, me! 👋
Old Me: Way to go, me! 👋
Shout out to the #julialang Discourse for being a treasure trove of info -- check it out if you have not!
Link: discourse.julialang.org
Anyhow, back to automating everything with my #raspberrypi
#meme #programming #academicsky
Old Me: Way to go, me! 👋
Shout out to the #julialang Discourse for being a treasure trove of info -- check it out if you have not!
Link: discourse.julialang.org
Anyhow, back to automating everything with my #raspberrypi
#meme #programming #academicsky
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Me: High five, me! 👋
Old Me: Way to go, me! 👋
Shout out to the #julialang Discourse for being a treasure trove of info -- check it out if you have not!
Link: discourse.julialang.org
Anyhow, back to automating everything with my #raspberrypi
#meme #programming #academicsky
Old Me: Way to go, me! 👋
Shout out to the #julialang Discourse for being a treasure trove of info -- check it out if you have not!
Link: discourse.julialang.org
Anyhow, back to automating everything with my #raspberrypi
#meme #programming #academicsky
Personal bias but I liked this transmitter article: www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
“You won’t catch an engineer trying to formulate a grand unified theory of the brain”
“Engineers know how to make things work […] This is what makes engineering closer to biology than to other […] sciences”
“You won’t catch an engineer trying to formulate a grand unified theory of the brain”
“Engineers know how to make things work […] This is what makes engineering closer to biology than to other […] sciences”
Neuroscience needs engineers—for more reasons than you think
Adopting an engineering mindset will help the field focus its research priorities.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Personal bias but I liked this transmitter article: www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
“You won’t catch an engineer trying to formulate a grand unified theory of the brain”
“Engineers know how to make things work […] This is what makes engineering closer to biology than to other […] sciences”
“You won’t catch an engineer trying to formulate a grand unified theory of the brain”
“Engineers know how to make things work […] This is what makes engineering closer to biology than to other […] sciences”
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After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.
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I wish the whole unicode set was available from every emoji picker.
October 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I wish the whole unicode set was available from every emoji picker.
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We're hiring in Seattle! HMU if you're affected by Amazon layoffs and have #julialang experience
October 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We're hiring in Seattle! HMU if you're affected by Amazon layoffs and have #julialang experience
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Is this what Cuo-mentum looks like? How close is this race? And how can we even predict an unprecedented competitive general election mayoral race when New York City hasn't had one since 2009?
Dear reader, we have the answers at this week's edition of MAYORAL SPEW.
hellgatenyc.com/oh-god-elect...
Dear reader, we have the answers at this week's edition of MAYORAL SPEW.
hellgatenyc.com/oh-god-elect...
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Is this what Cuo-mentum looks like? How close is this race? And how can we even predict an unprecedented competitive general election mayoral race when New York City hasn't had one since 2009?
Dear reader, we have the answers at this week's edition of MAYORAL SPEW.
hellgatenyc.com/oh-god-elect...
Dear reader, we have the answers at this week's edition of MAYORAL SPEW.
hellgatenyc.com/oh-god-elect...
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Apply to the new CSHL grad program in BioAI/neuroAI!
(Masters degree or equivalent required in a quantitative area such as computer science, physics, mathematics, or engineering)
www.cshl.edu/phd-program/...
(Masters degree or equivalent required in a quantitative area such as computer science, physics, mathematics, or engineering)
www.cshl.edu/phd-program/...
October 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Apply to the new CSHL grad program in BioAI/neuroAI!
(Masters degree or equivalent required in a quantitative area such as computer science, physics, mathematics, or engineering)
www.cshl.edu/phd-program/...
(Masters degree or equivalent required in a quantitative area such as computer science, physics, mathematics, or engineering)
www.cshl.edu/phd-program/...
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Moves as many people as every other transit agency in America put together! Twice as many people every day as the entire federal aviation system!
October 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Moves as many people as every other transit agency in America put together! Twice as many people every day as the entire federal aviation system!
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This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.
He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks
Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.
www.rollingstone.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.
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really neat clear explainer for the new on “centralizing flows” to theoretically model learning dynamics
Understanding Optimization in Deep Learning with Central Flows
centralflows.github.io
October 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
really neat clear explainer for the new on “centralizing flows” to theoretically model learning dynamics
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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
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🚨Our NeurIPS 2025 competition Mouse vs. AI is LIVE!
We combine a visual navigation task + large-scale mouse neural data to test what makes visual RL agents robust and brain-like.
Top teams: featured at NeurIPS + co-author our summary paper. Join the challenge!
Whitepaper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.14446
We combine a visual navigation task + large-scale mouse neural data to test what makes visual RL agents robust and brain-like.
Top teams: featured at NeurIPS + co-author our summary paper. Join the challenge!
Whitepaper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.14446
Mouse vs. AI: A Neuroethological Benchmark for Visual Robustness and Neural Alignment
Visual robustness under real-world conditions remains a critical bottleneck for modern reinforcement learning agents. In contrast, biological systems such as mice show remarkable resilience to environ...
arxiv.org
September 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
🚨Our NeurIPS 2025 competition Mouse vs. AI is LIVE!
We combine a visual navigation task + large-scale mouse neural data to test what makes visual RL agents robust and brain-like.
Top teams: featured at NeurIPS + co-author our summary paper. Join the challenge!
Whitepaper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.14446
We combine a visual navigation task + large-scale mouse neural data to test what makes visual RL agents robust and brain-like.
Top teams: featured at NeurIPS + co-author our summary paper. Join the challenge!
Whitepaper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.14446
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Do you plot transcriptomic data, coloring each cell by its cell type? ~ Don't use a default colormap! ~
Instead, use colormaps that capture biological meaning. If two cell types are very similar, their colors should be similar too. Read on 🧵
🧬💻
Instead, use colormaps that capture biological meaning. If two cell types are very similar, their colors should be similar too. Read on 🧵
🧬💻
September 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Do you plot transcriptomic data, coloring each cell by its cell type? ~ Don't use a default colormap! ~
Instead, use colormaps that capture biological meaning. If two cell types are very similar, their colors should be similar too. Read on 🧵
🧬💻
Instead, use colormaps that capture biological meaning. If two cell types are very similar, their colors should be similar too. Read on 🧵
🧬💻
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🚫TOMORROW'S FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY POSTPONED🚫
We would like all our rallygoers to be safe and are postponing due to inclement weather!
Fret not — we will let you know the next opportunity to join us in the fight for health and science for the people!
We would like all our rallygoers to be safe and are postponing due to inclement weather!
Fret not — we will let you know the next opportunity to join us in the fight for health and science for the people!
September 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🚫TOMORROW'S FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY POSTPONED🚫
We would like all our rallygoers to be safe and are postponing due to inclement weather!
Fret not — we will let you know the next opportunity to join us in the fight for health and science for the people!
We would like all our rallygoers to be safe and are postponing due to inclement weather!
Fret not — we will let you know the next opportunity to join us in the fight for health and science for the people!
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Understanding the "why" of biology requires knowing a fair amount of what could rightly just be called history. Like, a specific thing happened a certain way at a certain time. This is not how people usually like to think about the study of biology...
September 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Understanding the "why" of biology requires knowing a fair amount of what could rightly just be called history. Like, a specific thing happened a certain way at a certain time. This is not how people usually like to think about the study of biology...
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"evolutionary process is opportunistic, working with whatever variations arise, and it cannot be meaningfully equated with engineering toward an ideal."
It is funny how anyone who has worked with evolutionary algorithms knows they're not so great, yet we assume real evolution is a perfect optimizer
It is funny how anyone who has worked with evolutionary algorithms knows they're not so great, yet we assume real evolution is a perfect optimizer
September 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
"evolutionary process is opportunistic, working with whatever variations arise, and it cannot be meaningfully equated with engineering toward an ideal."
It is funny how anyone who has worked with evolutionary algorithms knows they're not so great, yet we assume real evolution is a perfect optimizer
It is funny how anyone who has worked with evolutionary algorithms knows they're not so great, yet we assume real evolution is a perfect optimizer