Ezekiel Williams
@ezekielwilliams.bsky.social
Math, Neuroscience, AI. PhD candidate at Mila and University of Montreal; also writes music and dreams of post-growth economies 🧠🪴🇵🇸 Website: https://computationalcognition.ca/author/
*also note that I'm not at the conference given the current situation in the States. But please DM me or my coauthors if you have any questions about our paper:)
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
*also note that I'm not at the conference given the current situation in the States. But please DM me or my coauthors if you have any questions about our paper:)
4/4: read the paper on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.03077
check out the workshop website: acaworkshop.github.io
...and consider visiting our poster today, at 11:15am pacific time, if you're in San Diego!
check out the workshop website: acaworkshop.github.io
...and consider visiting our poster today, at 11:15am pacific time, if you're in San Diego!
Irresponsible AI: big tech's influence on AI research and associated impacts
The accelerated development, deployment and adoption of artificial intelligence systems has been fuelled by the increasing involvement of big tech. This has been accompanied by increasing ethical conc...
arxiv.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
4/4: read the paper on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.03077
check out the workshop website: acaworkshop.github.io
...and consider visiting our poster today, at 11:15am pacific time, if you're in San Diego!
check out the workshop website: acaworkshop.github.io
...and consider visiting our poster today, at 11:15am pacific time, if you're in San Diego!
3/4: it was inspired by how the value of Big Tech's presence is often not questioned in mainstream AI research circles. It is my first time working on a paper that does not fall in the realm of applied/computational mathematics, and I'm psyched to have been part of it!
December 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
3/4: it was inspired by how the value of Big Tech's presence is often not questioned in mainstream AI research circles. It is my first time working on a paper that does not fall in the realm of applied/computational mathematics, and I'm psyched to have been part of it!
2/4: this paper reviews literature on Big Tech's influence on the AI research community, and the downstream societal effects of the relationship. We discuss some of the outcomes of this influence, what forces motivate it, and potential solutions...
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
2/4: this paper reviews literature on Big Tech's influence on the AI research community, and the downstream societal effects of the relationship. We discuss some of the outcomes of this influence, what forces motivate it, and potential solutions...
Reposted by Ezekiel Williams
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
I wanted to share this because Minsky is heavily cited in AI/neuro-AI for his foundational work, so this context might be worth reflecting on from a citational politics perspective
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I wanted to share this because Minsky is heavily cited in AI/neuro-AI for his foundational work, so this context might be worth reflecting on from a citational politics perspective
Reposted by Ezekiel Williams
If Carney does not announce legislation to close this loophole and confirm that the sales have stopped under his leadership then his Remembrance Day isn’t worth the screen it’s shown on.
Canada’s Arms-to-Israel Scandal Explained
A timeline of Canada’s exports to Israel and the Liberal government’s attempts to make the scandal disappear.
www.readthemaple.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If Carney does not announce legislation to close this loophole and confirm that the sales have stopped under his leadership then his Remembrance Day isn’t worth the screen it’s shown on.