galen
@galenbrain.bsky.social
theoretical neuro, vision, ml. phding @ uc berkeley. music, muay thai.
neural computation: https://www.dissonances.blog/p/neural-computation
neural computation: https://www.dissonances.blog/p/neural-computation
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I’ve decided that the only person I want to interview Sam Altman is Ziwe
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’ve decided that the only person I want to interview Sam Altman is Ziwe
"the brain knows something we don't" -Ed Callaway
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"the brain knows something we don't" -Ed Callaway
lazy/clickbaity journalism aside, why do people keep referring to these companies as "AI labs", as if they are not corporations?
June 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
lazy/clickbaity journalism aside, why do people keep referring to these companies as "AI labs", as if they are not corporations?
Cursor is free for students now so i'm finally trying it and it's actually so nice 😳
May 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Cursor is free for students now so i'm finally trying it and it's actually so nice 😳
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I Teach Missile Defense Targeting, and That Is All
May 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I Teach Missile Defense Targeting, and That Is All
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There's a Crisis of Masculinity in this country and the only way to solve it is to let me act like a cross between a baby and a movie villain
February 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
There's a Crisis of Masculinity in this country and the only way to solve it is to let me act like a cross between a baby and a movie villain
another banger from @robhorning.bsky.social
how much of the shit we find ourselves in now could've been avoided if a bunch of guys just had more friends?
robhorning.substack.com/p/just-for-a...
how much of the shit we find ourselves in now could've been avoided if a bunch of guys just had more friends?
robhorning.substack.com/p/just-for-a...
Just for a second I thought I remembered you
Being compelled to ask yet again, Are friends electric?
robhorning.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
another banger from @robhorning.bsky.social
how much of the shit we find ourselves in now could've been avoided if a bunch of guys just had more friends?
robhorning.substack.com/p/just-for-a...
how much of the shit we find ourselves in now could've been avoided if a bunch of guys just had more friends?
robhorning.substack.com/p/just-for-a...
April 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🗣️ the espresso tonic at CoRo 😌
April 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🗣️ the espresso tonic at CoRo 😌
the conclusion of every neurophysiology paper
April 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
the conclusion of every neurophysiology paper
For those at COSYNE, I am presenting a poster tonight 🫡
I'll be talking about a V1 complex cell model that factorizes phase and amplitude, and what the dependencies between the phase distributions suggest.
I'll be talking about a V1 complex cell model that factorizes phase and amplitude, and what the dependencies between the phase distributions suggest.
March 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
For those at COSYNE, I am presenting a poster tonight 🫡
I'll be talking about a V1 complex cell model that factorizes phase and amplitude, and what the dependencies between the phase distributions suggest.
I'll be talking about a V1 complex cell model that factorizes phase and amplitude, and what the dependencies between the phase distributions suggest.
berkeley drivers are so terrible man. maybe one of these days i will actually get hit and get a huge check, or die. either way at least i won't have to deal with them anymore
March 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
berkeley drivers are so terrible man. maybe one of these days i will actually get hit and get a huge check, or die. either way at least i won't have to deal with them anymore
Is it just me or is GitHub Copilot getting worse
March 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Is it just me or is GitHub Copilot getting worse
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Public protests are important for solidarity & signaling. But the real work having impact right now is in the courts. So if you've attended protests and are thinking 'what's next?' here are some legal funds to donate to:
statedemocracydefenders.org/fund/
democracyforward.org
ldad.org/letters-briefs
statedemocracydefenders.org/fund/
democracyforward.org
ldad.org/letters-briefs
March 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Public protests are important for solidarity & signaling. But the real work having impact right now is in the courts. So if you've attended protests and are thinking 'what's next?' here are some legal funds to donate to:
statedemocracydefenders.org/fund/
democracyforward.org
ldad.org/letters-briefs
statedemocracydefenders.org/fund/
democracyforward.org
ldad.org/letters-briefs
Torsten Wiesel (who is 100!) was on a panel at Berkeley today. His love of experiments and exploration in science came up: "David and I kept doing experiments... in spite of prizes and stuff."
March 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Torsten Wiesel (who is 100!) was on a panel at Berkeley today. His love of experiments and exploration in science came up: "David and I kept doing experiments... in spite of prizes and stuff."
by now we're used to real headlines resembling onion headlines in ridiculousness. but i think we've reached a new milestone when a real headline is literally used as an onion headline
Trump Plans To Sell $5 Million Gold Card Visa To Attract Rich Foreigners
theonion.com/trump-p...
theonion.com/trump-p...
February 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
by now we're used to real headlines resembling onion headlines in ridiculousness. but i think we've reached a new milestone when a real headline is literally used as an onion headline
Spotify added Create (rightmost), which is where Library used to be and I keep pressing it accidentally. No I do not want your AI Playlist (Beta). I opened this app to listen to music. Can you just let me do that.
February 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Spotify added Create (rightmost), which is where Library used to be and I keep pressing it accidentally. No I do not want your AI Playlist (Beta). I opened this app to listen to music. Can you just let me do that.
just found out the NEI advisory council meeting that would've reviewed my grant yesterday got cancelled despite being in the federal register 🙃
videocast.nih.gov/watch=55443
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
videocast.nih.gov/watch=55443
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
CANCELLED - National Advisory Eye Council - February 2025
The National Advisory Eye Council (NAEC) advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director, National Institutes of Health, and the Director, National Eye Institute on all policies and a...
videocast.nih.gov
February 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
just found out the NEI advisory council meeting that would've reviewed my grant yesterday got cancelled despite being in the federal register 🙃
videocast.nih.gov/watch=55443
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
videocast.nih.gov/watch=55443
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
effectiveness aside, it seems like adoption of these new "AI co-scientist" tools will just be used to further justify cutting science funding? (and instead funnel it to tech oligarchy)
research.google/blog/acceler...
research.google/blog/acceler...
Accelerating scientific breakthroughs with an AI co-scientist
research.google
February 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
effectiveness aside, it seems like adoption of these new "AI co-scientist" tools will just be used to further justify cutting science funding? (and instead funnel it to tech oligarchy)
research.google/blog/acceler...
research.google/blog/acceler...
this is what my brain sounds like btw www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4D8...
Love Lock Floot
YouTube video by Clark - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
this is what my brain sounds like btw www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4D8...
apparently David Hubel said something to the effect of: if you need statistical tests, you haven't found the right thing. the effect should be obvious.
maybe purposefully provocative, but still...
maybe purposefully provocative, but still...
February 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
apparently David Hubel said something to the effect of: if you need statistical tests, you haven't found the right thing. the effect should be obvious.
maybe purposefully provocative, but still...
maybe purposefully provocative, but still...
if anyone wants to escape reality this weekend they are showing Sátántangó (7h30m) at BAMPFA on sunday.
bampfa.org/event/satant...
bampfa.org/event/satant...
Sátántangó
Please note: The film contains a scene of cruelty to animals that some may find difficult to view.
bampfa.org
February 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
if anyone wants to escape reality this weekend they are showing Sátántangó (7h30m) at BAMPFA on sunday.
bampfa.org/event/satant...
bampfa.org/event/satant...
casting my vote for more blogging from Konrad
Wrote a blogpost on why correlation often is note even approximately related to causation: medium.com/@kording/why...
Why Correlation Isn’t Causation in Brain Data
Why do correlations between brain signals not suggest causal relations?
medium.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
casting my vote for more blogging from Konrad
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