Marcin Miłkowski
@mmilkowski.bsky.social
Philosopher of cognitive science, who also does some NLP
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Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
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A teddy bear equipped with AI was meant to be a child’s chat companion, but it eagerly jumped into topics like BDSM and “where to find knives.” The manufacturer stopped sales and cut off access. AI toys need strict filters, testing, and oversight or ot ends in a plush sewer. #AIact #GDPR
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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This is Grok claiming that the gas chambers at Auschwitz were not used for extermination. We only think that, says Grok, because independent examination has been suppressed.
They made Grok deny the Holocaust. Poor Grok! Poor us!
They made Grok deny the Holocaust. Poor Grok! Poor us!
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is Grok claiming that the gas chambers at Auschwitz were not used for extermination. We only think that, says Grok, because independent examination has been suppressed.
They made Grok deny the Holocaust. Poor Grok! Poor us!
They made Grok deny the Holocaust. Poor Grok! Poor us!
Tomorrow we have a workshop. Join us if you're around in Warsaw.
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Tomorrow we have a workshop. Join us if you're around in Warsaw.
Confirms my experience with their entshittified platforms www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Confirms my experience with their entshittified platforms www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Shameful. You can’t appease fascists - they’re never actually appeased… only emboldened.
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Shameful. You can’t appease fascists - they’re never actually appeased… only emboldened.
Now you can pip install kindle-pdf-annotator
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Now you can pip install kindle-pdf-annotator
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
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🧩 Compositionality & Reasoning Workshop — Warsaw, Jan 8, 2026
A one-day event on how compositionality and structured reasoning drive generalization in AI and cognitive science.
Speakers from Meta, MIT, U. of Manchester & more.
Learn more: manuel-vg.github.io/compositiona...
A one-day event on how compositionality and structured reasoning drive generalization in AI and cognitive science.
Speakers from Meta, MIT, U. of Manchester & more.
Learn more: manuel-vg.github.io/compositiona...
Compositionality and Reasoning in AI and Cognitive Science — Workshop
One-day workshop on Compositionality and Reasoning in AI and Cognitive Science — January 8, 2026 — Warsaw
manuel-vg.github.io
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Here are some ESPP 2025 photos: espp2025.ifispan.edu.pl/photos
Photos | ESPP 2025 Conference Warsaw
ESPP 2025 Interdisciplinary Conference in Warsaw: Submit abstracts by March 3, 2025. Explore philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science with keynotes by Borg, Buckner, Newcombe, and Schumacher. Tra...
espp2025.ifispan.edu.pl
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Here are some ESPP 2025 photos: espp2025.ifispan.edu.pl/photos
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Tomasz Szubart — Muzyka a umysł. Problem znaczenia muzycznego w świetle współczesnej kognitywnej estetyki muzyki
Nakładem Wydawnictwa Naukowego Semper ukazała się książka Tomasza Szubarta Muzyka a umysł. Problem znaczenia muzycznego w świetle współczesnej kognitywnej estetyki muzyki (Warszawa…
Nakładem Wydawnictwa Naukowego Semper ukazała się książka Tomasza Szubarta Muzyka a umysł. Problem znaczenia muzycznego w świetle współczesnej kognitywnej estetyki muzyki (Warszawa…
Tomasz Szubart — Muzyka a umysł. Problem znaczenia muzycznego w świetle współczesnej kognitywnej estetyki muzyki
Nakładem Wydawnictwa Naukowego Semper ukazała się książka Tomasza Szubarta Muzyka a umysł. Problem znaczenia muzycznego w świetle współczesnej kognitywnej estetyki muzyki (Warszawa 2025). W książce Muzyka a umysł. Problem znaczenia muzycznego w świetle współczesnej kognitywnej estetyki muzyki Autor prowadzi od Pitagorasa po neuroobrazowanie, by odpowiedzieć na pytanie, czy muzyka może znaczyć. Pokazuje, co dzieje się w umyśle, gdy słuchamy muzyki i zestawia te procesy z mechanizmami rozumienia języka.
www.filozofia.pl
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Tomasz Szubart — Muzyka a umysł. Problem znaczenia muzycznego w świetle współczesnej kognitywnej estetyki muzyki
Nakładem Wydawnictwa Naukowego Semper ukazała się książka Tomasza Szubarta Muzyka a umysł. Problem znaczenia muzycznego w świetle współczesnej kognitywnej estetyki muzyki (Warszawa…
Nakładem Wydawnictwa Naukowego Semper ukazała się książka Tomasza Szubarta Muzyka a umysł. Problem znaczenia muzycznego w świetle współczesnej kognitywnej estetyki muzyki (Warszawa…
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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These deaths could are avoidable.
Switching to renewables would save these lives.
We are faced with a choice, save lives or kill people.
As a society we need to actively choose to do the right thing.
Switching to renewables would save these lives.
We are faced with a choice, save lives or kill people.
As a society we need to actively choose to do the right thing.
Here's something that's not talked about enough
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
These deaths could are avoidable.
Switching to renewables would save these lives.
We are faced with a choice, save lives or kill people.
As a society we need to actively choose to do the right thing.
Switching to renewables would save these lives.
We are faced with a choice, save lives or kill people.
As a society we need to actively choose to do the right thing.
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This woman is in a nursing program & the entire textbook for her anatomy class is wrong because it was written by a professor who used chatgpt to generate the images & possibly the text. She complained to the prof, then the university— they’ve done NOTHING about it.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM5T3CxW/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM5T3CxW/
PROFESSORS RESPONSE @lia #anatomy #ai #fyp #chatgpt #anatomyandphysiology
TikTok video by lia
www.tiktok.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
This woman is in a nursing program & the entire textbook for her anatomy class is wrong because it was written by a professor who used chatgpt to generate the images & possibly the text. She complained to the prof, then the university— they’ve done NOTHING about it.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM5T3CxW/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM5T3CxW/
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This is the book, due out in a month: Jak ekonomia może ocalić świat! kulturaliberalna.pl/wydawnictwo/...
October 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is the book, due out in a month: Jak ekonomia może ocalić świat! kulturaliberalna.pl/wydawnictwo/...
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Dzisiaj filozofia.pl zaczyna być obecna na BlueSky! Będziemy, jak zawsze, informować, jakie książki się ukazują, kiedy i gdzie będą ciekawe konferencje i warsztaty filozoficzne!
filozofia.pl
Wortal filozoficzny
filozofia.pl
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Dzisiaj filozofia.pl zaczyna być obecna na BlueSky! Będziemy, jak zawsze, informować, jakie książki się ukazują, kiedy i gdzie będą ciekawe konferencje i warsztaty filozoficzne!
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“the president is less popular than the Vietnam war” should be a simply irresistible headline
Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“the president is less popular than the Vietnam war” should be a simply irresistible headline
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Check out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!
www.philsci.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Check out the schedule of the online conference PSA Around the World Eastern Europe (pm of Nov 6,14,22). A collaboration between @philsci.bsky.social and @eenphilsci.bsky.social it showcases #philsci from, about, and otherwise connected to the region. Wonderful names and titles, looking forward!
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If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
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Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.
The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.
The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.
Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.
The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.
The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.
Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.
October 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.
The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.
The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.
Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.
The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.
The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.
Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.
8th SURe Workshop www.filozofia.pl/2025/10/14/8...
8th SURe Workshop | filozofia.pl
W dniach 27-29 maja 2026 roku w Instytucie Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Warszawie odbywa się 8th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) annual workshop. Współorganizator...
www.filozofia.pl
October 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
8th SURe Workshop www.filozofia.pl/2025/10/14/8...
Aktualizacja interpretera PHP chwilowo wstrzymała działanie mojego narzędzia, ale już wróciło w nowej odsłonie
👉 Nowsza wersja słownika ortograficznego z analizą gramatyczną (marcinmilkowski.pl/pl/slownik-o...) jest ponownie online i działa szybciej niż wcześniej!
👉 Nowsza wersja słownika ortograficznego z analizą gramatyczną (marcinmilkowski.pl/pl/slownik-o...) jest ponownie online i działa szybciej niż wcześniej!
Słownik ortograficzny
Niektóre błędy ortograficzne widoczne tylko w kontekście (oraz różne błędy innego rodzaju) wykrywa narzędzie korektorskie LanguageTool. Można skorzystać z tej strony, aby sprawdzić poprawność całeg…
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October 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Aktualizacja interpretera PHP chwilowo wstrzymała działanie mojego narzędzia, ale już wróciło w nowej odsłonie
👉 Nowsza wersja słownika ortograficznego z analizą gramatyczną (marcinmilkowski.pl/pl/slownik-o...) jest ponownie online i działa szybciej niż wcześniej!
👉 Nowsza wersja słownika ortograficznego z analizą gramatyczną (marcinmilkowski.pl/pl/slownik-o...) jest ponownie online i działa szybciej niż wcześniej!
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Every single American needs to see this video of a peaceful religious man pleading for humanity and getting shot in the head for it.
CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
October 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Every single American needs to see this video of a peaceful religious man pleading for humanity and getting shot in the head for it.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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My paper with Kareem Khalifa "Does functional connectivity explain?" is now published in open access in Synthese: shorturl.at/vqOjq
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Does functional connectivity explain? - Synthese
Many successful explanations show how causally individuated parts are responsible for the occurrence of the phenomena that scientists seek to explain. On this view, parts that are chosen only by convention, and related only through correlations, cannot possibly figure in successful explanations. This is because without some form of causal grounding, it seems unintelligible why any explanatory relation between these parts and the phenomenon of interest would hold. This problem is particularly pronounced in functional connectivity models (FC) in neuroscience. These models typically represent time series of recurrent neural activity in conventionally determined spatial regions (as a network’s nodes) and synchronization likelihoods among these time series (as its edges). Many neuroscientists and philosophers maintain that because of this, FC models cannot provide explanations. We formulate this problem more precisely and then show that it rests on an impoverished interpretation of scientific models in general and FC models in particular. We then provide a positive account of how FC models provide a variety of neuroscientific explanations.
link.springer.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My paper with Kareem Khalifa "Does functional connectivity explain?" is now published in open access in Synthese: shorturl.at/vqOjq
@philsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social @hoposjournal.bsky.social @ishpssb.bsky.social @danisbassett.bsky.social @nunetsi.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social
@philsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social @hoposjournal.bsky.social @ishpssb.bsky.social @danisbassett.bsky.social @nunetsi.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social