Jaimie Murdock
@jamram.net
Computational discovery, digital humanities, history & philosophy of science, information retrieval.
PhD, Indiana '19, Cognitive Science & Complex Systems
Prev: archive.org, arxiv.org, hathitrust.org, inphoproject.org
📸 @exploringthefrontier.com
PhD, Indiana '19, Cognitive Science & Complex Systems
Prev: archive.org, arxiv.org, hathitrust.org, inphoproject.org
📸 @exploringthefrontier.com
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Jaimie Murdock
@jamram.net
· Nov 21
Hi 👋 I work on computational scientific discovery and model credibility at Sandia National Labs.
Previously, I worked at archive.org & arxiv.org. I have a joint PhD in Cognitive Science and Complex Systems from Indiana University, doing #digitalhumanities and history of science with the HathiTrust.
Previously, I worked at archive.org & arxiv.org. I have a joint PhD in Cognitive Science and Complex Systems from Indiana University, doing #digitalhumanities and history of science with the HathiTrust.
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The Echoes in AI paper showed quite the opposite with also a story continuation setup.
Additionally, we present evidence that both *syntactic* and *discourse* diversity measures show strong homogenization that lexical and cosine used in this paper do not capture.
Additionally, we present evidence that both *syntactic* and *discourse* diversity measures show strong homogenization that lexical and cosine used in this paper do not capture.
August 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Echoes in AI paper showed quite the opposite with also a story continuation setup.
Additionally, we present evidence that both *syntactic* and *discourse* diversity measures show strong homogenization that lexical and cosine used in this paper do not capture.
Additionally, we present evidence that both *syntactic* and *discourse* diversity measures show strong homogenization that lexical and cosine used in this paper do not capture.
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This is a fun genera and it is worthwhile testing to see what LLMs can’t do well. But I think Bluesky could use more posts on what the LLMs are suddenly able to do really well. For history , they can transcribe handwriting and produce historiographical overviews better than most research assistants.
I tested AI chatbots with history facts. They spewed a lot of bullshit.
Why AI Shouldn't Replace Historians Anytime Soon
A recent study found that AI has put a target on historians' backs. We put several chatbots to the test.
gizmodo.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is a fun genera and it is worthwhile testing to see what LLMs can’t do well. But I think Bluesky could use more posts on what the LLMs are suddenly able to do really well. For history , they can transcribe handwriting and produce historiographical overviews better than most research assistants.
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Discussions this weekend made it clear that folks don't necessarily realize that our existing "scientific pipeline" of federal funding for basic research didn't just happen. The entire approach was deliberately designed to work this way, on purpose
Meet Vannevar Bush
Meet Vannevar Bush
February 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Discussions this weekend made it clear that folks don't necessarily realize that our existing "scientific pipeline" of federal funding for basic research didn't just happen. The entire approach was deliberately designed to work this way, on purpose
Meet Vannevar Bush
Meet Vannevar Bush
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Meta??? Gaming a metric??? To make itself look good??? Impossible www.theverge.com/meta/645012/...
Meta got caught gaming AI benchmarks
Meta released Llama 4, but the announcement was eclipsed by benchmark drama.
www.theverge.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Meta??? Gaming a metric??? To make itself look good??? Impossible www.theverge.com/meta/645012/...
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some more congestion pricing Ws:
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
March 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
some more congestion pricing Ws:
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
Today, I was reminded of all the joys of maintaining a Linux box: graphics card has horrid performance, possibly fixed by either upgrading the kernel (introducing a WiFi regression) or by manually updating the graphics driver, as the newest version hasn't made it to repos yet.
April 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Today, I was reminded of all the joys of maintaining a Linux box: graphics card has horrid performance, possibly fixed by either upgrading the kernel (introducing a WiFi regression) or by manually updating the graphics driver, as the newest version hasn't made it to repos yet.
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Things considered harmful that should not be attempted:
- Quote Posting
- Reposting
- Reply Posting
- Posting
- Quote Posting
- Reposting
- Reply Posting
- Posting
April 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Things considered harmful that should not be attempted:
- Quote Posting
- Reposting
- Reply Posting
- Posting
- Quote Posting
- Reposting
- Reply Posting
- Posting
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At Perseus, the vast majority of hits have always been from non .edu addresses. NEH means the Greek and Roman world is available to everyone, not just academics.
April 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
At Perseus, the vast majority of hits have always been from non .edu addresses. NEH means the Greek and Roman world is available to everyone, not just academics.
After replacing the case, I have officially Ship of Theseus’d my entire computer build, which started in 2009. Still running same Debian install that started in 2011. An extension of the self.
April 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
After replacing the case, I have officially Ship of Theseus’d my entire computer build, which started in 2009. Still running same Debian install that started in 2011. An extension of the self.
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It would be an odd future if making robots with exactly the physical capabilities of humans ended up working best because that's what we have lots of video of to imitate.
April 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
It would be an odd future if making robots with exactly the physical capabilities of humans ended up working best because that's what we have lots of video of to imitate.
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It is hard these days to find an online sandbox where students can play around with a language model like GPT-2 or GPT-3, as they existed before instruction tuning.
The best one I can find is this HuggingFace space, but it's a suuuper small GPT-2 (137M parameters). Anything better?
The best one I can find is this HuggingFace space, but it's a suuuper small GPT-2 (137M parameters). Anything better?
openai-community/gpt2 · Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
huggingface.co
April 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It is hard these days to find an online sandbox where students can play around with a language model like GPT-2 or GPT-3, as they existed before instruction tuning.
The best one I can find is this HuggingFace space, but it's a suuuper small GPT-2 (137M parameters). Anything better?
The best one I can find is this HuggingFace space, but it's a suuuper small GPT-2 (137M parameters). Anything better?
I love working with students. Just the best afternoon. Always invigorating.
April 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I love working with students. Just the best afternoon. Always invigorating.
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Brilliant floppy disk badges at the #BDCAM25 (Born-Digital Collections, Archives & Memory) Conference #DigitalPreservation #DigiPres
April 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Brilliant floppy disk badges at the #BDCAM25 (Born-Digital Collections, Archives & Memory) Conference #DigitalPreservation #DigiPres
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What did the United States look like in the 1970s? Why did a majority of Americans advocate for the EPA and a Republican-led administration support the agency? What did it mean to try to clean the air, water and land? Explore at digitaldocumerica.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
What did the United States look like in the 1970s? Why did a majority of Americans advocate for the EPA and a Republican-led administration support the agency? What did it mean to try to clean the air, water and land? Explore at digitaldocumerica.org
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The short version of the 3-30-300 rule when it comes to Trees, and Green Infrastructure in Urban Areas
March 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The short version of the 3-30-300 rule when it comes to Trees, and Green Infrastructure in Urban Areas
Just got a new robot vacuum + mop and let me tell you, watching it has become a new favorite activity.
March 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Just got a new robot vacuum + mop and let me tell you, watching it has become a new favorite activity.
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Bluesky consolidating as key platform for science.
Bluesky, on most days, hosts more posts linked to new research than X.
This @altmetric.com blog gives an excellent analysis of the changing dynamics.
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
Bluesky, on most days, hosts more posts linked to new research than X.
This @altmetric.com blog gives an excellent analysis of the changing dynamics.
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
Bluesky’s ahead, but is X a dead parrot?
Altmetric has been capturing and integrating Bluesky posts since October 2024. What does the data look like now?
www.altmetric.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Bluesky consolidating as key platform for science.
Bluesky, on most days, hosts more posts linked to new research than X.
This @altmetric.com blog gives an excellent analysis of the changing dynamics.
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
Bluesky, on most days, hosts more posts linked to new research than X.
This @altmetric.com blog gives an excellent analysis of the changing dynamics.
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
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Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
March 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
Currently reading: Amusing Ourselves to Death.
Does anyone have a good media studies or popular volume on the loss of common culture in light of algorithmic feeds and streaming?
#media #journalism #socialmedia #mediastudies #socialscience
Does anyone have a good media studies or popular volume on the loss of common culture in light of algorithmic feeds and streaming?
#media #journalism #socialmedia #mediastudies #socialscience
March 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Currently reading: Amusing Ourselves to Death.
Does anyone have a good media studies or popular volume on the loss of common culture in light of algorithmic feeds and streaming?
#media #journalism #socialmedia #mediastudies #socialscience
Does anyone have a good media studies or popular volume on the loss of common culture in light of algorithmic feeds and streaming?
#media #journalism #socialmedia #mediastudies #socialscience
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Reposted this earlier after doing a quick Google search to verify it was depicting something that actually happened. Hate that that's not enough anymore.
The AI image of Pikachu has gone nearly as viral as the real video of the person in a Pikachu costume, and shows how people looking to take advantage of any widely covered news event are creating AI imagery in near real time with the event itself. www.404media.co/pikachu-spot...
Pikachu Spotted Fleeing Police Crackdowns During Turkey Protests
As a real video of someone in a Pikachu suit at a protest goes viral, an AI-generated “photo” is fooling a lot of people.
www.404media.co
March 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reposted this earlier after doing a quick Google search to verify it was depicting something that actually happened. Hate that that's not enough anymore.
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Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant
March 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant
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omg we've gone full circle and Information Retrieval is back to boolean operators. #lucene #solr #sql #nltk #askjeeves
This paper introduces a logical reasoning framework for retrieval systems, improving their ability to handle complex queries with negations and conjunctions. By integrating logical reasoning into retrieval, we surpass traditional vector models, boosting efficiency. https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17860
Enhancing Retrieval Systems with Inference-Time Logical Reasoning
ArXiv link for Enhancing Retrieval Systems with Inference-Time Logical Reasoning
arxiv.org
March 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
omg we've gone full circle and Information Retrieval is back to boolean operators. #lucene #solr #sql #nltk #askjeeves
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"The country has invested in, and innovated through, this scientific public service for over a century, not for selling it to the highest bidder, but for the common good. Dismantling NOAA and the National Weather Service is a presidential grift that we must oppose."
The Theft, Harm, and Presidential Grift of Privatizing the National Weather Service
Our investment in National Weather Service is repaid many times over in economic benefit.
blog.ucs.org
March 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"The country has invested in, and innovated through, this scientific public service for over a century, not for selling it to the highest bidder, but for the common good. Dismantling NOAA and the National Weather Service is a presidential grift that we must oppose."
Despite all the inadequacies of the ACA, it did stop such routine nightmares as my mother's being denied coverage for the "pre-existing condition" of pregnancy whenever dad switched jobs, which was often.
Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
March 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Despite all the inadequacies of the ACA, it did stop such routine nightmares as my mother's being denied coverage for the "pre-existing condition" of pregnancy whenever dad switched jobs, which was often.