caleb
@calebkendrick.bsky.social
post-doc in cogsci at Dartmouth, studying natural language semantics
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Boston is such an academic city that Stroop tasks are part of the public transportation system
May 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Boston is such an academic city that Stroop tasks are part of the public transportation system
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'many experts told me "no, that's stupid", but i ignored them' uh, okay, cool man
“Can ChatGPT experience joy or suffering? Does Gemini deserve human rights?” our tech columnist asks. “Many A.I. experts I know would say no, not yet, not even close. But I was intrigued.”
Should We Start Taking the Welfare of A.I. Seriously?
As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become conscious.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
'many experts told me "no, that's stupid", but i ignored them' uh, okay, cool man
blasting jimi hendrix writing about generalized quantifiers. feel like I'm richard montague in his prime
April 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
blasting jimi hendrix writing about generalized quantifiers. feel like I'm richard montague in his prime
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Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
April 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
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It's so nice to have an adult as Canadian PM after all those terrible years of Justin
It’s time your government got back in the business of building affordable homes.
April 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It's so nice to have an adult as Canadian PM after all those terrible years of Justin
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HD Cooke is an elementary school in northwest DC.
More details: ICE goons were turned away at HD Cooke. They tried to seize the school nurse in the parking lot without a warrant, but backed off after staff intervened.
March 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
HD Cooke is an elementary school in northwest DC.
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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So Columbia is basically saying, It’s interesting that you were trying to hit me, because it just so happens I was planning to fall down in the same direction.
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
So Columbia is basically saying, It’s interesting that you were trying to hit me, because it just so happens I was planning to fall down in the same direction.
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One thing I don't think people get is that Advanced Politics Knowers - people who read the NYT and listen to NPR - are probably more stupid than people who don't
March 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
One thing I don't think people get is that Advanced Politics Knowers - people who read the NYT and listen to NPR - are probably more stupid than people who don't
*actively destroying millions of people's livelihoods*
"why does everyone want me dead? I'm just a smol bean..."
"why does everyone want me dead? I'm just a smol bean..."
never seen someone sound so fundamentally insane as this person, who has elon's ear on layoffs and cuts
March 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
*actively destroying millions of people's livelihoods*
"why does everyone want me dead? I'm just a smol bean..."
"why does everyone want me dead? I'm just a smol bean..."
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Call me not impressed at all: if you keep feeding the lie that there is an antisemitism crisis on campus rather than the plain truth that some students are objecting to a genocide supported by their own government, you are conceding the game.
Today I'm filled with admiration for my university's president, Chris Eisgruber. He's standing up for Columbia and for universities as a home for freedom of ideas, debate, and thought - free of government attack. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia
American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.
www.theatlantic.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Call me not impressed at all: if you keep feeding the lie that there is an antisemitism crisis on campus rather than the plain truth that some students are objecting to a genocide supported by their own government, you are conceding the game.
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i take him at his word that he wants to win, the interesting thing to me is when his strategy fails — and it has failed, multiple times — he just pretends it was never tried
This is literally how Trump won both times
March 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
i take him at his word that he wants to win, the interesting thing to me is when his strategy fails — and it has failed, multiple times — he just pretends it was never tried
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The CR passed in the House will provide a blank check for Trump and Musk to continue their savage war against working families, the elderly, children, the sick and the poor in order to lay the groundwork for massive tax breaks for billionaires.
This is a bill I cannot support.
This is a bill I cannot support.
March 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The CR passed in the House will provide a blank check for Trump and Musk to continue their savage war against working families, the elderly, children, the sick and the poor in order to lay the groundwork for massive tax breaks for billionaires.
This is a bill I cannot support.
This is a bill I cannot support.
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1/🧵 Following up on our study featured in NYT today, this figure provides a macro-level view:
Dem vote shares rise with turnout parity (left) but fall with party-level ideological moderation (right). This suggests mobilizing base voters > persuading swing voters by moving to the center.
Dem vote shares rise with turnout parity (left) but fall with party-level ideological moderation (right). This suggests mobilizing base voters > persuading swing voters by moving to the center.
March 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
1/🧵 Following up on our study featured in NYT today, this figure provides a macro-level view:
Dem vote shares rise with turnout parity (left) but fall with party-level ideological moderation (right). This suggests mobilizing base voters > persuading swing voters by moving to the center.
Dem vote shares rise with turnout parity (left) but fall with party-level ideological moderation (right). This suggests mobilizing base voters > persuading swing voters by moving to the center.
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discovered that Little Caesar’s has an Apple Watch app and it’s just this image that you can’t interact with in any way
February 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
discovered that Little Caesar’s has an Apple Watch app and it’s just this image that you can’t interact with in any way
It is very funny that Trump is telling a 77-year old, term-limited governor that this will be the end of her political career.
TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
February 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It is very funny that Trump is telling a 77-year old, term-limited governor that this will be the end of her political career.
I think I should be able to have one binturong
February 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I think I should be able to have one binturong
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1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.”
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
February 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.”
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
Elon is about to stop a fifth of Social Security payments, because his Zoomer coders who've taken one web development class don't know how dates work in COBOL
February 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Elon is about to stop a fifth of Social Security payments, because his Zoomer coders who've taken one web development class don't know how dates work in COBOL
all these pricks got rich by profiting off ideas from the academy! if it wasn't for hinton, lecunn, etc. (all academics!), their precious AI bullshit wouldn't even exist
February 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
all these pricks got rich by profiting off ideas from the academy! if it wasn't for hinton, lecunn, etc. (all academics!), their precious AI bullshit wouldn't even exist
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I just had a chance to watch this fantastic talk. I really recommend it for anyone interested in how LLMs can help us understand language:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBor...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBor...
Finding linguistic structure in large language models
YouTube video by Chris Potts
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I just had a chance to watch this fantastic talk. I really recommend it for anyone interested in how LLMs can help us understand language:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBor...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBor...