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“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” Maya Angelou
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” Maya Angelou
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while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
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Ethical AI is an oxymoron, like automated science
December 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Ethical AI is an oxymoron, like automated science
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Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
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I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
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There’s zero trust in university Grievance procedures right now
Bullying & harassment are widespread
Bullies rarely self-reflect — confronting them usually triggers retaliation, putting victims in even more danger
HR normally joins in, supporting the harasser
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Bullying & harassment are widespread
Bullies rarely self-reflect — confronting them usually triggers retaliation, putting victims in even more danger
HR normally joins in, supporting the harasser
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Female Oxford students don’t feel safe, university leaders told
Staff at the Said Business School criticised a ‘troubling’ investigation into allegations against the faculty’s dean, saying women did not feel supported
www.thetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
There’s zero trust in university Grievance procedures right now
Bullying & harassment are widespread
Bullies rarely self-reflect — confronting them usually triggers retaliation, putting victims in even more danger
HR normally joins in, supporting the harasser
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Bullying & harassment are widespread
Bullies rarely self-reflect — confronting them usually triggers retaliation, putting victims in even more danger
HR normally joins in, supporting the harasser
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
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Private Eye notes mounting problems for University of Oxford
"The way this case has been managed is appalling" -- a phrase repeated in UK Universities time & time again
Notice the abuser is using Carter-Ruck ... who is paying?
Time & again, Oxbridge use fancy lawyers ... with public money
"The way this case has been managed is appalling" -- a phrase repeated in UK Universities time & time again
Notice the abuser is using Carter-Ruck ... who is paying?
Time & again, Oxbridge use fancy lawyers ... with public money
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Private Eye notes mounting problems for University of Oxford
"The way this case has been managed is appalling" -- a phrase repeated in UK Universities time & time again
Notice the abuser is using Carter-Ruck ... who is paying?
Time & again, Oxbridge use fancy lawyers ... with public money
"The way this case has been managed is appalling" -- a phrase repeated in UK Universities time & time again
Notice the abuser is using Carter-Ruck ... who is paying?
Time & again, Oxbridge use fancy lawyers ... with public money
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"Surveys of bullying in universities show that it is rife, but universities are chronically unable to identify any bullying behaviour"
From "Exited: Terminated from Higher Education", edited by Howson, Hughes & Tight, published Emerald Press
From "Exited: Terminated from Higher Education", edited by Howson, Hughes & Tight, published Emerald Press
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
"Surveys of bullying in universities show that it is rife, but universities are chronically unable to identify any bullying behaviour"
From "Exited: Terminated from Higher Education", edited by Howson, Hughes & Tight, published Emerald Press
From "Exited: Terminated from Higher Education", edited by Howson, Hughes & Tight, published Emerald Press
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Every accusation is a confession. Conservative groups release a proposal to destroy academic research and shape universities into indoctrination centers, with strict ideological gatekeeping.
This -- a model bill to effectively decimate non-STEM research by requiring 3-3 teaching loads outside of "STEM or Americanism and western civilization" -- seems...extremely bad but also quite plausible.
Proposed Model Bill Would Change College Tenure, Teaching, & Research
Three conservative groups have proposed model legislation that would dramatically change faculty tenure paths, teaching loads, research activities and hiring authority
www.forbes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Every accusation is a confession. Conservative groups release a proposal to destroy academic research and shape universities into indoctrination centers, with strict ideological gatekeeping.
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Proudly published with @andreaeyleen.bsky.social:
A metatheory of classical and modern connectionism. doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
We touch on what has been up with connectionism as a framework for computational modelling — & for everything it seems these days with AI and LLMs — pre-2010 vs post.
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A metatheory of classical and modern connectionism. doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
We touch on what has been up with connectionism as a framework for computational modelling — & for everything it seems these days with AI and LLMs — pre-2010 vs post.
1/n
October 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Proudly published with @andreaeyleen.bsky.social:
A metatheory of classical and modern connectionism. doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
We touch on what has been up with connectionism as a framework for computational modelling — & for everything it seems these days with AI and LLMs — pre-2010 vs post.
1/n
A metatheory of classical and modern connectionism. doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
We touch on what has been up with connectionism as a framework for computational modelling — & for everything it seems these days with AI and LLMs — pre-2010 vs post.
1/n
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📝 OPEN LETTER 📝
Are you based in NL 🇳🇱 ? Do you also want government to thoughtfully shape our digital future, with care for people and nature? Please share and sign 🖊️ this letter addressed to parties forming the new Dutch government and outgoing administration.
📝 openletter.earth/zorgvuldig-a...
Are you based in NL 🇳🇱 ? Do you also want government to thoughtfully shape our digital future, with care for people and nature? Please share and sign 🖊️ this letter addressed to parties forming the new Dutch government and outgoing administration.
📝 openletter.earth/zorgvuldig-a...
December 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
📝 OPEN LETTER 📝
Are you based in NL 🇳🇱 ? Do you also want government to thoughtfully shape our digital future, with care for people and nature? Please share and sign 🖊️ this letter addressed to parties forming the new Dutch government and outgoing administration.
📝 openletter.earth/zorgvuldig-a...
Are you based in NL 🇳🇱 ? Do you also want government to thoughtfully shape our digital future, with care for people and nature? Please share and sign 🖊️ this letter addressed to parties forming the new Dutch government and outgoing administration.
📝 openletter.earth/zorgvuldig-a...
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Academia has a problem in elevating terrible people into positions of power. "Sure, this person is a narcissist and sociopath, but they get things done! That's a bargain I'm willing to make."
It is indeed hard to get things done in academia, so I understand the temptation. But it often ends badly.
It is indeed hard to get things done in academia, so I understand the temptation. But it often ends badly.
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Academia has a problem in elevating terrible people into positions of power. "Sure, this person is a narcissist and sociopath, but they get things done! That's a bargain I'm willing to make."
It is indeed hard to get things done in academia, so I understand the temptation. But it often ends badly.
It is indeed hard to get things done in academia, so I understand the temptation. But it often ends badly.
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It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
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But I was told that the best way of dealing with bullies was to give them your lunch money so they wouldn't hit you any more.
Harvard gets its research funding back through defiance and lawsuits.
Majority of Harvard’s Research Funding Has Been Restored
As of Tuesday, Harvard University had recouped most of the federal research funding it lost when the Trump administration froze its access to grants earlier this year, multiple local news organization...
www.insidehighered.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
But I was told that the best way of dealing with bullies was to give them your lunch money so they wouldn't hit you any more.
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1988 interview with physicist Victor Weisskopf. We overlapped at MIT when he was emeritus and I was a postdoc, but I never really chatted with him (because I'm an idiot). In 1934 he and Wolfgang Pauli wrote the first paper insisting that everything is quantum fields!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=utZY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=utZY...
Conversations with History: Victor F. Weisskopf
YouTube video by University of California Television (UCTV)
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
1988 interview with physicist Victor Weisskopf. We overlapped at MIT when he was emeritus and I was a postdoc, but I never really chatted with him (because I'm an idiot). In 1934 he and Wolfgang Pauli wrote the first paper insisting that everything is quantum fields!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=utZY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=utZY...
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Mindscape 337 | Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com on Game Theory, Signals, and Meaning. #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Mindscape 337 | Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com on Game Theory, Signals, and Meaning. #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
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Join SciFri and @wnyc.org this Friday, Dec. 5 at 6:00 p.m. for an evening of physics, philosophy, and fun with podcast host @heyira.bsky.social and award-winning physicist and author @seanmcarroll.bsky.social. Use code “WNYC” for 50% off tickets here: buff.ly/ouCkqOi
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Join SciFri and @wnyc.org this Friday, Dec. 5 at 6:00 p.m. for an evening of physics, philosophy, and fun with podcast host @heyira.bsky.social and award-winning physicist and author @seanmcarroll.bsky.social. Use code “WNYC” for 50% off tickets here: buff.ly/ouCkqOi
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“Ultimately, the collective strategy of AI companies threatens to deskill precisely those people who are essential for society to function(…) automation of knowledge and culture by private companies is a worrying prospect – conjuring dystopian and outright fascistic scenarios.” — @olivia.science
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“Ultimately, the collective strategy of AI companies threatens to deskill precisely those people who are essential for society to function(…) automation of knowledge and culture by private companies is a worrying prospect – conjuring dystopian and outright fascistic scenarios.” — @olivia.science
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We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
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Further unreliable research from @qutech.bsky.social and @msftresearch.bsky.social covered by @averyorrall.bsky.social from @retractionwatch.com. I shared details which I wanted to share within a confidential investigation of @tudelft.nl but it was shut down...
www.science.org/content/arti... 1/n
www.science.org/content/arti... 1/n
‘Data manipulations’ alleged in study that paved the way for Microsoft’s quantum chip
Internal emails from 2021 reveal tensions among researchers hunting for elusive Majorana particle
www.science.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Further unreliable research from @qutech.bsky.social and @msftresearch.bsky.social covered by @averyorrall.bsky.social from @retractionwatch.com. I shared details which I wanted to share within a confidential investigation of @tudelft.nl but it was shut down...
www.science.org/content/arti... 1/n
www.science.org/content/arti... 1/n
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“the techno-fascist assault on universities increasingly comes from within. (…) Far from offering genuine solutions, these technologies exacerbate social injustices and corrode the ecosystem of human knowledge.”
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“the techno-fascist assault on universities increasingly comes from within. (…) Far from offering genuine solutions, these technologies exacerbate social injustices and corrode the ecosystem of human knowledge.”
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
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Next talk from the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium is Jennifer Nagel on The Natural Structure of Common Knowledge, with commentary by Steven Gross.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEiQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEiQ...
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Next talk from the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium is Jennifer Nagel on The Natural Structure of Common Knowledge, with commentary by Steven Gross.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEiQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEiQ...
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My book The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion is the Dec. selection for the @scifri.bsky.social Book Club!
www.sciencefriday.com/sf-books/big...
And if you happen to be in NYC on Dec 5, a small in-person event with Ira Flatow and me:
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/sea...
www.sciencefriday.com/sf-books/big...
And if you happen to be in NYC on Dec 5, a small in-person event with Ira Flatow and me:
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/sea...
An Evening Of Physics And Philosophy With Dr. Sean M. Carroll
Host Ira Flatow will be joined by award-winning physicist Dr. Sean M. Carroll to discuss his book, “The Biggest Ideas in the Universe.”
www.sciencefriday.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My book The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion is the Dec. selection for the @scifri.bsky.social Book Club!
www.sciencefriday.com/sf-books/big...
And if you happen to be in NYC on Dec 5, a small in-person event with Ira Flatow and me:
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/sea...
www.sciencefriday.com/sf-books/big...
And if you happen to be in NYC on Dec 5, a small in-person event with Ira Flatow and me:
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/sea...
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'He routinely disables them for every app he uses — a task becoming more complex as tech companies embrace AI.
“It feels like a con to me"'
“It feels like a con to me"'
November 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
'He routinely disables them for every app he uses — a task becoming more complex as tech companies embrace AI.
“It feels like a con to me"'
“It feels like a con to me"'