Romain Brette
@romainbrette.bsky.social
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Looking at protists with the eyes of a theoretical neuroscientist.
Looking at brains with the eyes of a protistologist.
(I also like axon initial segments)
Forthcoming book: The Brain, in Theory.
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Romain Brette
@romainbrette.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Notes on consciousness. (XI) Why large language models are not conscious
The current discussions about AI are plagued with anthropomorphism. Of course, the name “artificial intelligence” has probably something to do with the matter. A conscious artificial intelligence m…
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Romain Brette
@romainbrette.bsky.social
· Aug 19
"One of my chefs mentioned that if they could cook the steak on the grill they could get it right the first time. This is not an acceptable attitude in the microwave era."
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In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
As a restaurant owner – I’m astounded at the rate of progress since microwaves were released a few short years ago. Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s m…
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If I could change one thing about #ScientificPublishing I'd ask funding bodies to stipulate all work they fund be published in non-profit journals.
The knock-on effects would alleviate most of the strain on #AcademicSky.
This isn't hard. It's big, but actually, it's pretty easy.
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The knock-on effects would alleviate most of the strain on #AcademicSky.
This isn't hard. It's big, but actually, it's pretty easy.
1/n
The strain on scientific publishing
Abstract. Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being published. The total number of articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science has grown exponentially in recent years; ...
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Romain Brette
@romainbrette.bsky.social
· Jul 31