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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 1d

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 1d

Explainable neuroAI is hard even in static ANNs...

But like all challenging research (see e.g. consciousness) we need to take small systematic steps.

I think RNNs can be understood by neuroscientists with the right combo of experiments (on RNNs) and theory. There are no shortcuts

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 1d

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 3d

That's what we're saying people should try to do here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Testing methods of neural systems understanding

Neuroscientists apply a range of analysis tools to recorded neural activity in order to glean insights into how neural circuits drive behavior in orga…

www.sciencedirect.com

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
#rose #bloomscrolling #thankful

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 5d

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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 5d

What is Steven Pinker’s expertise on systemic discrimination in the awarding of Canadian federal grants?

universityaffairs.ca/news/parliam...

Parliament reviews EDI for research grants - University Affairs

Witnesses testify for and against applying diversity criteria to scientific funding.

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · 5d

CDS Asst. Prof. @neurograce.bsky.social has launched a YouTube channel, “5 Minute Papers on AI for the Planet,” translating climate-AI research into short video explainers, inspired by her course at CDS, “Machine Learning for Climate Change.”

nyudatascience.medium.com/cds-grace-li...

CDS’ Grace Lindsay Launches YouTube Channel on “AI for the Planet”

Grace Lindsay’s new YouTube series turns climate-AI research into five-minute videos for a wide audience.

nyudatascience.medium.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 8d

Understand that the Reichstag Fire—the faked emergency Hitler used to seize power—is happening right now in America.

Trump and his goons are lying about crime and who they are arresting to provoke the violence they will justify martial law with.

It's the fascists' final maneuver to end democracy.

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 9d

Well, I think it's an important step forward. Human behaviour is dynamic, with interacting sensation, perception/cognition, planning and control.

This involves both parallel and serial processes. And we generate alternative plans with various predictive timescales...

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 9d

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A brain-inspired agentic architecture to improve planning with LLMs - Nature Communications

Multi-step planning is a challenge for LLMs. Here, the authors introduce a brain-inspired Modular Agentic Planner that decomposes planning into specialized LLM modules, improving performance across tasks and highlighting the value of cognitive neuroscience for LLM design.

www.nature.com

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 13d

Remember that as a professor you can be a member of @aaup.org

Zach Samalin @zachsamalin.bsky.social · 13d

Enormous victory for @aaup.org in aaup v Rubio
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Judge rules Trump policy to deport students over pro-Palestinian views is unconstitutional

Judge ruled that non-citizens have the same free speech rights as US citizens under the first amendment

www.theguardian.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d

She called it. The media blew it by letting a serial liar off the hook

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 12d

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How to find the papers you need to read — and avoid the ones you don’t

With thousands of papers being published everyday, it can be a task working out which matter. Here are some tips to help you decide.

www.nature.com

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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 13d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 12d

Message for participants of the #SNUFA 2025 spiking neural network workshop. We got almost 60 awesome abstract submissions, and we'd now like your help to select which ones should be offered talks. Follow the "abstract voting" link at snufa.net/2025/ to take part. It should take <15m. Thanks! ❤️

SNUFA 2025

Spiking Neural networks as Universal Function Approximators

snufa.net

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 12d

Amazing! Wishing you best success! 🤩

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 12d

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What a giant she was...

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 12d

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

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Guillaume Dumas @introspection.bsky.social · 15d

Honored to be awarded the FRQ–IVADO Research Chair in "Social Neuro-AI & Inter-Personalized Psychiatry"!

Grateful to my team & colleagues at @cra-chusj.bsky.social & @mila-quebec.bsky.social, and my family for their support 🙏

Excited to keep bridging social neuroscience, AI & precision psychiatry🚀

IVADO @ivado.bsky.social · 15d

🔷 IVADO announces 6 new #AI #research chairs with the support of the Fonds de recherche du Québec.
Awarded to professors from our 5 partner universities, they reflect the excellence and diversity of AI research in Québec.

👉 ivado.ca/en/2025/09/2...

@fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #R3AI

IVADO announces the creation of six new research chairs in artificial intelligence with the support of the Fonds de recherche du Québec | IVADO

ivado.ca

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 12d

Bravo Guillaume! 👏

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 14d

It’s coming up for vaccine season, and if you are over 50 why not opt for a shingles vax at the same time? It does more than what it says on the tin! medicalnewsbulletin.com/shingles-vac... #dementia 🩺📊 #immunosky medsky, 🩺,⚕️ #Neuroskyence #virology 🧪

Shingles Vaccine Protects Against Dementia | Medical News Bulletin

Getting a shingles vaccine to protect you from this painful condition should be a no-brainer, but what if we told you it could reduce your risk of dementia too?

medicalnewsbulletin.com

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 13d

🗣️THIS is the message!!

Brava, Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social!!

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 13d

If you think this is US-only, it's not.

If you think the GDPR protects you, it's doesn't.

If you hadn't realised privacy is a national security and corporate espionage issue, it is.

If you think politicians can't tackle this, they can.

If you believe that tech or business need this, they don't.

michael veale @michae.lv · 13d

Either real-time bidding data or app SDK data is being bought and used by ICE to seize people from the streets. If you didn’t believe that the adtech stack is a human rights concern, I’m not sure what more evidence you need. www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · 13d

⏰ Last call – we’re hiring!

Apply by Oct 3 to become an Impact Scholar Program Supervisor.

Paid + remote | ~10 hrs/month | Guide scholar teams in #neuroscience #AI or #ClimateScience

➡️ Apply now: buff.ly/c7vn0Fy

#Hiring #RemoteWork #PhDCommunity

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Andrew Pruszynski @andpru.bsky.social · 13d

We will have an NHP position open at @westernu.ca this year. Posting is coming soon. If you're interested about our setup and the opportunities here, feel free to get in touch.

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 15d

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 17d

Again: if you are attending a meeting and start coughing or sneezing in response to an oncoming cold, excuse yourself. Or at least wear a damned mask.

Respect your colleagues.

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