eyes robson
@eyesrobson.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley // y = mx + biology // bioethics, algorithmic fairness, and genomic AI // they/she 🏳️⚧️
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The aesthetics here are so spot on that I almost didn't read it --- not wanting to deal with any doomerish crap so early in the morning. But this is hilarious and it keeps on going.
Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We align the aligners
alignmentalignment.ai
September 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The aesthetics here are so spot on that I almost didn't read it --- not wanting to deal with any doomerish crap so early in the morning. But this is hilarious and it keeps on going.
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#MLCB2025 is tomorrow & Thursday with a fantastic lineup of keynotes & contributed talks www.mlcb.org/schedule. We'll be livestreaming through our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@mlcbconf. Thanks to www.corteva.com, instadeep.com, the Simons Center at CSHL & NYGC for generous support!
MLCB - Schedule
The in-person component will be held at the New York Genome Center, 101 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013.
www.mlcb.org
September 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
#MLCB2025 is tomorrow & Thursday with a fantastic lineup of keynotes & contributed talks www.mlcb.org/schedule. We'll be livestreaming through our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@mlcbconf. Thanks to www.corteva.com, instadeep.com, the Simons Center at CSHL & NYGC for generous support!
breaking: ExxonMobil announces "it's actually carbon-neutral" after adjusting for factors in the petroleum refinement process "outside of its control"
![Screenshot from Andrew Ng's The Batch Newsletter, which reads "Gemini's Environmental Impact Measured" before stating Google's claim that its "environmental footprint [is smaller] than previous estimates had led it to expect.
Not show is that the "research" ignored most of the actual necessary training & infrastructure to produce such models, which is known to increase the carbon emissions by two orders of magnitude (i.e. The Verge's 2023 analysis, which is mentioned briefly in The Batch's newsletter)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ae5us6rrnymxs7wm5rms3djf/bafkreidw2ajjeha5tl5ajtxrqm2re7fiig64fegbp6ugdf2u6x2npjlfua@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
breaking: ExxonMobil announces "it's actually carbon-neutral" after adjusting for factors in the petroleum refinement process "outside of its control"
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Public Access > Open Access
Researchers paid $9 billion over 5 years for their findings to be freely accessible.
This is based on a study of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
This is based on a study of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023
This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...
arxiv.org
May 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Public Access > Open Access
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For the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, @alexhanna.bsky.social and I are looking forward to discussing border and immigration technologies with @petramolnar.com
Join us as we navigate these heavy issues with our ridicule as praxis:
Monday, May 5, noon Pacific
www.twitch.tv/dair_institute
Join us as we navigate these heavy issues with our ridicule as praxis:
Monday, May 5, noon Pacific
www.twitch.tv/dair_institute
dair_institute - Twitch
Twitch account for The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).
www.twitch.tv
May 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, @alexhanna.bsky.social and I are looking forward to discussing border and immigration technologies with @petramolnar.com
Join us as we navigate these heavy issues with our ridicule as praxis:
Monday, May 5, noon Pacific
www.twitch.tv/dair_institute
Join us as we navigate these heavy issues with our ridicule as praxis:
Monday, May 5, noon Pacific
www.twitch.tv/dair_institute
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Deeply honored to receive the 2025 NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award. The fight for rights, opportunity, and equity in AI and tech is critical. AI's promise isn't inevitable - it must be actively stewarded to build a digital future that is just and sustainable.
naacp.org/articles/naa...
naacp.org/articles/naa...
NAACP Announces Dr. Alondra Nelson as the Recipient of the 2025 NAACP – Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award
naacp.org
February 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Deeply honored to receive the 2025 NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award. The fight for rights, opportunity, and equity in AI and tech is critical. AI's promise isn't inevitable - it must be actively stewarded to build a digital future that is just and sustainable.
naacp.org/articles/naa...
naacp.org/articles/naa...
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I feel moved to write about one of my technological heroes, possibly the most influential on my youth as an 8-bit hacker: a trans woman named Sophie Wilson. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_...
Sophie Wilson - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
January 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I feel moved to write about one of my technological heroes, possibly the most influential on my youth as an 8-bit hacker: a trans woman named Sophie Wilson. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_...
updated preprint of Enformation Theory out this week!
we propose a technique benchmarking deep sequence-to-function models in genomics using Enformer and Borzoi on the large-scale GUANinE benchmark
tl;dr -- Borzoi is good, yes, but far from the best at everything
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
we propose a technique benchmarking deep sequence-to-function models in genomics using Enformer and Borzoi on the large-scale GUANinE benchmark
tl;dr -- Borzoi is good, yes, but far from the best at everything
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Enformation Theory: A Blueprint for Evaluating Deep Learning Models in Genomics
The nascent field of genomic AI is rapidly expanding with new models, benchmarks, and findings. As the field diversifies, there is an increased need for a common set of measurement tools and perspecti...
www.biorxiv.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
updated preprint of Enformation Theory out this week!
we propose a technique benchmarking deep sequence-to-function models in genomics using Enformer and Borzoi on the large-scale GUANinE benchmark
tl;dr -- Borzoi is good, yes, but far from the best at everything
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
we propose a technique benchmarking deep sequence-to-function models in genomics using Enformer and Borzoi on the large-scale GUANinE benchmark
tl;dr -- Borzoi is good, yes, but far from the best at everything
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
uc berkeley represent
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May 24, 2024 at 1:12 AM
uc berkeley represent
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reminded today of the ever-increasing difficulty of creating new medicines, as this 2019 article states --
"the drugs that are easiest to find... have all been found; what is left is hunting for drugs that address problems with complex and elusive solutions..."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"the drugs that are easiest to find... have all been found; what is left is hunting for drugs that address problems with complex and elusive solutions..."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hunting for New Drugs with AI
The pharmaceutical industry is in a drug-discovery slump. How much can AI help? The pharmaceutical industry is in a drug-discovery slump. How much can AI help?
www.nature.com
May 23, 2024 at 6:25 PM
reminded today of the ever-increasing difficulty of creating new medicines, as this 2019 article states --
"the drugs that are easiest to find... have all been found; what is left is hunting for drugs that address problems with complex and elusive solutions..."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"the drugs that are easiest to find... have all been found; what is left is hunting for drugs that address problems with complex and elusive solutions..."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
walkable city?? this code ain't walkable!!
February 15, 2024 at 10:51 PM
walkable city?? this code ain't walkable!!