DrDanielGibbs
@drdanielgibbs.bsky.social
Data Scientist - Stanford PhD - Interest and experience in R&D, biotech, climate change projects that move the needle. AI, NLP, Deep Learning, Healthcare, Neuroscience
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Humans and animals can rapidly learn in new environments. What computations support this? We study the mechanisms of in-context reinforcement learning in transformers, and propose how episodic memory can support rapid learning. Work w/ @kanakarajanphd.bsky.social : arxiv.org/abs/2506.19686
From memories to maps: Mechanisms of in context reinforcement learning in transformers
Humans and animals show remarkable learning efficiency, adapting to new environments with minimal experience. This capability is not well captured by standard reinforcement learning algorithms that re...
arxiv.org
Humans and animals can rapidly learn in new environments. What computations support this? We study the mechanisms of in-context reinforcement learning in transformers, and propose how episodic memory can support rapid learning. Work w/ @kanakarajanphd.bsky.social : arxiv.org/abs/2506.19686
From memories to maps: Mechanisms of in context reinforcement learning in transformers
Humans and animals show remarkable learning efficiency, adapting to new environments with minimal experience. This capability is not well captured by standard reinforcement learning algorithms that re...
arxiv.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Humans and animals can rapidly learn in new environments. What computations support this? We study the mechanisms of in-context reinforcement learning in transformers, and propose how episodic memory can support rapid learning. Work w/ @kanakarajanphd.bsky.social : arxiv.org/abs/2506.19686
From memories to maps: Mechanisms of in context reinforcement learning in transformers
Humans and animals show remarkable learning efficiency, adapting to new environments with minimal experience. This capability is not well captured by standard reinforcement learning algorithms that re...
arxiv.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Dr Fei-Fei on the need for #AI #SpatialIntelligence
#LLMs are “wordsmiths in the dark”
Dr Fei-Fei on the need for #AI #SpatialIntelligence
#LLMs are “wordsmiths in the dark”
Fei-Fei Li on X: "“AI has never been more exciting. Generative AI models such as LLMs have moved from research labs to everyday life, becoming tools of creativity, productivity, and communication for billions of people. Yet they remain wordsmiths in the dark; eloquent but inexperienced," / X
“AI has never been more exciting. Generative AI models such as LLMs have moved from research labs to everyday life, becoming tools of creativity, productivity, and communication for billions of people. Yet they remain wordsmiths in the dark; eloquent but inexperienced,
x.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Dr Fei-Fei on the need for #AI #SpatialIntelligence
#LLMs are “wordsmiths in the dark”
Dr Fei-Fei on the need for #AI #SpatialIntelligence
#LLMs are “wordsmiths in the dark”
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Rochelle Walensky, former Director of #CDC, details current policy risks for U.S. #vaccines #vaccinations
Rochelle Walensky, former Director of #CDC, details current policy risks for U.S. #vaccines #vaccinations
I’m a former CDC director. I’m deeply concerned about the future of vaccines in the U.S. — STAT
When I assumed leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the height of the Covid pandemic in Jan. 2021, I inherited an institution that had struggled with chronic underfunding fo...
apple.news
September 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Rochelle Walensky, former Director of #CDC, details current policy risks for U.S. #vaccines #vaccinations
Rochelle Walensky, former Director of #CDC, details current policy risks for U.S. #vaccines #vaccinations
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Large cuts to U.S. public health #NIH #CDC #FDA #healthcare #research #vaccines #grants will take years to fix
Large cuts to U.S. public health #NIH #CDC #FDA #healthcare #research #vaccines #grants will take years to fix
How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies — ProPublica
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perfor...
apple.news
August 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Large cuts to U.S. public health #NIH #CDC #FDA #healthcare #research #vaccines #grants will take years to fix
Large cuts to U.S. public health #NIH #CDC #FDA #healthcare #research #vaccines #grants will take years to fix
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apple.news/AxvsT49YMTGy... Why a #NASA satellite measuring #CO2 may be destroyed #Earth #climatechange #NPR
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose — NPR
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
apple.news
August 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
apple.news/AxvsT49YMTGy... Why a #NASA satellite measuring #CO2 may be destroyed #Earth #climatechange #NPR
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This author has provided an informative, in-depth explainer on the details of the satellite data the public is about to lose access to right before the peak of hurricane season.
There are no current equivalent or viable data sources to compensate.
#HurricaneSeason2025 #SSMIS #NOAA #NHC
There are no current equivalent or viable data sources to compensate.
#HurricaneSeason2025 #SSMIS #NOAA #NHC
Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week
Abrupt termination of satellite data by U.S. Department of Defense sends forecasters scrambling for a fix on the brink of the busiest stretch of the hurricane season
open.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This author has provided an informative, in-depth explainer on the details of the satellite data the public is about to lose access to right before the peak of hurricane season.
There are no current equivalent or viable data sources to compensate.
#HurricaneSeason2025 #SSMIS #NOAA #NHC
There are no current equivalent or viable data sources to compensate.
#HurricaneSeason2025 #SSMIS #NOAA #NHC
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📣 HAPPENING TOMORROW: Know #NOAA and #FEMA budget cuts are bad and wanna do something about it? Join us! 🔗 bit.ly/41bwhtf
July 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
📣 HAPPENING TOMORROW: Know #NOAA and #FEMA budget cuts are bad and wanna do something about it? Join us! 🔗 bit.ly/41bwhtf
AI Just Achieved Its “Moon-Landing” Moment
Scientists thought this was impossible.
medium.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
apple.news/ARJHXPgQ4Q0q... #CDC #vaccine advisory committee removed. Very bad move by #HHS and RFK Jr which will weaken public health. #vaccination
RFK Jr. removes all current members of CDC vaccine advisory committee — CNN
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday dismissed an expert panel of vaccine advisers that has historically guided the federal government’s vaccine recommendations, sayi...
apple.news
June 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
apple.news/ARJHXPgQ4Q0q... #CDC #vaccine advisory committee removed. Very bad move by #HHS and RFK Jr which will weaken public health. #vaccination
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn’t warning the public like it was months ago. - NPR
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Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn’t warning the public like it was months ago — NPR
Some of the CDC’s main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
apple.news
May 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🔴 Importance: 78/100
#news #Featured #Science #noaa #climate #weather
NOAA to Discontinue Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster Database The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced...
#news #Featured #Science #noaa #climate #weather
NOAA to Discontinue Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster Database The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced...
NOAA ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980
NOAA to Discontinue Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster Database
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced the discontinuation of...
newsflash.one
May 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Trump admin ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980 - CNN #climatechange extreme #weather disaster cost database will no longer be updated #NOAA
May 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Trump admin ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980 - CNN #climatechange extreme #weather disaster cost database will no longer be updated #NOAA
I wonder if all the film studios who directly donated to this dumbass will rethink their lobbying strategies to Republicans from now on.
Probably not.
Probably not.
Trump says movies produced outside the U.S. are a national security threat. So he’s imposing a 100% tariff on all movies that are “produced in foreign lands.”
May 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
New drug candidates against #COVID19 show promise (currently blocked by #NIH defunding). #SARSCoV2 #NIAID #UCSF
Could this molecule be 'checkmate' for coronaviruses like #SARSCoV2? UC San Francisco & Gladstone Institutes, also in San Francisco, have developed new drug candidates that show great promise against the #Covid virus & potentially other coronaviruses that might cause future pandemics 👇
Could this molecule be 'checkmate' for coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2?
A team at UC San Francisco and Gladstone Institutes has developed new drug candidates that show great promise against the virus that causes COVID-19 and potentially other coronaviruses that could caus...
medicalxpress.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Good news on #mRNA #vaccine long-term antibody and memory B cell protection against #COVID19 after #vaccination
Good mRNA vaccine news: For those who received the full vaccine course, new research shows that the immunization induced long-term antibody & memory B cell responses www.pharmacytimes.com/view/full-co...
Full COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination Course Induces Long-Term Antibody, Memory B-Cell Response
New research highlights the long-lasting effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, showing sustained B-cell and antibody responses in health care workers over 3 years.
www.pharmacytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Good news on #mRNA #vaccine long-term antibody and memory B cell protection against #COVID19 after #vaccination