Nick Franklin
@nicktfranklin.bsky.social
ML Research Scientist @ Flagship Pioneering
Well, not to tip my hand too much, but look forward to my forthcoming paper “it puts the lotion on the skin else it gets the hose again”
Makes me think we need an reinforcement learning book where this is the cover.
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Well, not to tip my hand too much, but look forward to my forthcoming paper “it puts the lotion on the skin else it gets the hose again”
Why does using the LLM to write my software still feel like work
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Why does using the LLM to write my software still feel like work
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The best write up on the state of AI in a while, from James Somers, with input from my Princeton colleagues Ken Norman, Uri Hasson, Jon Cohen, and many others. Coding with LLMs was a striking moment for me too www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Case That A.I. Is Thinking
ChatGPT does not have an inner life. Yet it seems to know what it’s talking about.
www.newyorker.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The best write up on the state of AI in a while, from James Somers, with input from my Princeton colleagues Ken Norman, Uri Hasson, Jon Cohen, and many others. Coding with LLMs was a striking moment for me too www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Super interesting work
How does the brain find its way in realistic environments? 🧠 Using deep RL and neural data, we show that hippocampal-like networks support navigation, learning, and generalisation in partially observable environments—mirroring real animal behaviour. Now out:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroAI
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroAI
Hippocampus supports multi-task reinforcement learning under partial observability - Nature Communications
Neural mechanisms underlying reinforcement learning in naturalistic environments are not fully understood. Here authors show that reinforcement learning (RL) agents with hippocampal-like recurrence, u...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Super interesting work
That makes me feel much better about my password, “correcthorsebatterystaple”
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
That makes me feel much better about my password, “correcthorsebatterystaple”
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🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
November 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
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Man Wouldn't Have Worn Costume To Work If He'd Known He Was Getting Laid Off
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Man Wouldn't Have Worn Costume To Work If He'd Known He Was Getting Laid Off
Does the new deal count?
You think you’re a real New Yorker? Name ten Dutch accomplishments
October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Does the new deal count?
I’ve mostly disengaged from social media over the last few years, but one of the things that strikes me about Bluesky is how it doesn’t feel like a community — everything is very, very serious
October 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I’ve mostly disengaged from social media over the last few years, but one of the things that strikes me about Bluesky is how it doesn’t feel like a community — everything is very, very serious
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Columbia Psych is hiring *two* junior faculty in Cognitive Science/Neuroscience this year! If you work on cognition (broadly defined), submit your application materials as soon as possible (review starts Nov 1). If you have questions you can reach out to me by email! apply.interfolio.com/175428
Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Columbia Psych is hiring *two* junior faculty in Cognitive Science/Neuroscience this year! If you work on cognition (broadly defined), submit your application materials as soon as possible (review starts Nov 1). If you have questions you can reach out to me by email! apply.interfolio.com/175428
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We're excited to announce that Cognitive Science at Dartmouth is recruiting PhD students to work collaboratively with me, Steven Frankland, and Fred Callaway. Come study the principles and mechanisms that enable us to understand, plan, and act in the world! Info: sites.dartmouth.edu/cogscigrad/
Cognitive Science Graduate Admissions – Information about graduate admissions from the cognitive science faculty
sites.dartmouth.edu
October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We're excited to announce that Cognitive Science at Dartmouth is recruiting PhD students to work collaboratively with me, Steven Frankland, and Fred Callaway. Come study the principles and mechanisms that enable us to understand, plan, and act in the world! Info: sites.dartmouth.edu/cogscigrad/
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Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It is faster to sit around and wait for the AI to write my code, but man, I’m just starring at my phone all day now
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It is faster to sit around and wait for the AI to write my code, but man, I’m just starring at my phone all day now
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We’re hiring!
@sucholutsky.bsky.social and I are seeking a postdoc and RA for a project on trust in AI systems with folks at NYU, Princeton, BU, and Cornell
Positions open until filled. Apply soon! Please share 🔁
postdoc: apply.interfolio.com/175495
RA: apply.interfolio.com/175497
@sucholutsky.bsky.social and I are seeking a postdoc and RA for a project on trust in AI systems with folks at NYU, Princeton, BU, and Cornell
Positions open until filled. Apply soon! Please share 🔁
postdoc: apply.interfolio.com/175495
RA: apply.interfolio.com/175497
Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We’re hiring!
@sucholutsky.bsky.social and I are seeking a postdoc and RA for a project on trust in AI systems with folks at NYU, Princeton, BU, and Cornell
Positions open until filled. Apply soon! Please share 🔁
postdoc: apply.interfolio.com/175495
RA: apply.interfolio.com/175497
@sucholutsky.bsky.social and I are seeking a postdoc and RA for a project on trust in AI systems with folks at NYU, Princeton, BU, and Cornell
Positions open until filled. Apply soon! Please share 🔁
postdoc: apply.interfolio.com/175495
RA: apply.interfolio.com/175497
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I'm recruiting grad students!! 🎓
The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠
Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏
The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠
Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏
codec lab
codec-lab.github.io
October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm recruiting grad students!! 🎓
The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠
Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏
The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠
Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏
Pretty proud of our Andrew Liu's work on Flash-IPA, a hardware efficient geometric attention mechanism, which was accepted to this years #NeurIPS openreview.net/forum?id=gKs...
OpenReview
Promoting openness in scientific communication and the peer-review process
openreview.net
September 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Pretty proud of our Andrew Liu's work on Flash-IPA, a hardware efficient geometric attention mechanism, which was accepted to this years #NeurIPS openreview.net/forum?id=gKs...
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ATTN🚨: I will be looking for PhD students through NYU's Center for Data Science PhD program this year. Applicants should have an interest in either NeuroAI (specifically biological attention or AI interpretability) or ML for Remote Sensing. Visit my lab website for more info: lindsay-lab.github.io
PhD in Data Science: Admissions Requirements | NYU CDS
Discover the PhD in Data Science requirements at NYU. Learn about deadlines, required degrees, coursework, and application details for Fall 2025 admissions.
cds.nyu.edu
August 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
ATTN🚨: I will be looking for PhD students through NYU's Center for Data Science PhD program this year. Applicants should have an interest in either NeuroAI (specifically biological attention or AI interpretability) or ML for Remote Sensing. Visit my lab website for more info: lindsay-lab.github.io
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If you work on artificial or natural intelligence and are finishing your PhD, consider applying for a Kempner research fellowship at Harvard:
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu/kempner-inst...
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu/kempner-inst...
Kempner Research Fellowship - Kempner Institute
The Kempner brings leading, early-stage postdoctoral scientists to Harvard to work on projects that advance the fundamental understanding of intelligence.
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu
August 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If you work on artificial or natural intelligence and are finishing your PhD, consider applying for a Kempner research fellowship at Harvard:
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu/kempner-inst...
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu/kempner-inst...
I don’t like that I had to look this up
Mathematicians get their kicks on 8.1240384
August 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I don’t like that I had to look this up
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Just 1 week left to apply! 🙏 Pls share with anyone you think might be interested. If there are any Q's, get in touch!
👉 3x PhD position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_PhDs.html
👉 2yr Postdoc position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_Postdoc....
👉 3x PhD position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_PhDs.html
👉 2yr Postdoc position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_Postdoc....
July 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just 1 week left to apply! 🙏 Pls share with anyone you think might be interested. If there are any Q's, get in touch!
👉 3x PhD position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_PhDs.html
👉 2yr Postdoc position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_Postdoc....
👉 3x PhD position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_PhDs.html
👉 2yr Postdoc position: hmc-lab.com/ERC_Postdoc....
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Anthropic let Claude run a vending machine business at their HQ.
People tricked it into buying a bunch of tungsten steel cubes that it sold at a loss.
www.anthropic.com/research/pro...
People tricked it into buying a bunch of tungsten steel cubes that it sold at a loss.
www.anthropic.com/research/pro...
Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?)
We let Claude run a small shop in the Anthropic office. Here's what happened.
www.anthropic.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Anthropic let Claude run a vending machine business at their HQ.
People tricked it into buying a bunch of tungsten steel cubes that it sold at a loss.
www.anthropic.com/research/pro...
People tricked it into buying a bunch of tungsten steel cubes that it sold at a loss.
www.anthropic.com/research/pro...
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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
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This is an excellent and very clear piece from Sergey Levine about the strengths and limitations of Large Language models.
sergeylevine.substack.com/p/language-m...
sergeylevine.substack.com/p/language-m...
Language Models in Plato's Cave
Why language models succeeded where video models failed, and what that teaches us about AI
sergeylevine.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is an excellent and very clear piece from Sergey Levine about the strengths and limitations of Large Language models.
sergeylevine.substack.com/p/language-m...
sergeylevine.substack.com/p/language-m...
Yes, this is true. SVMs are an affront against god
The official ML model morality ranking list. Use this to decide if you’re using AI okay
Not moral: LLMs, SVM
Somewhat moral: EBMs, linear regression, NNMF, GPs
Moral: Autoencoders
Not moral: LLMs, SVM
Somewhat moral: EBMs, linear regression, NNMF, GPs
Moral: Autoencoders
June 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Yes, this is true. SVMs are an affront against god
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When Claude, Gemini, o3 battle each other for world domination in Diplomacy:
DeepSeek turned warmongering tyrant. Claude wouldn't lie—everyone exploited it ruthlessly. o3 orchestrated a secret coalition, backstabbed every ally, and won.
tx textArena.ai and friends
every.to/p/diplomacy
🧠🤖
#AI #LLM
DeepSeek turned warmongering tyrant. Claude wouldn't lie—everyone exploited it ruthlessly. o3 orchestrated a secret coalition, backstabbed every ally, and won.
tx textArena.ai and friends
every.to/p/diplomacy
🧠🤖
#AI #LLM
We Made Top AI Models Compete in a Game of Diplomacy. Here’s Who Won.
The models that did the best learned to lie, deceive, and betray their fellow players
every.to
June 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
When Claude, Gemini, o3 battle each other for world domination in Diplomacy:
DeepSeek turned warmongering tyrant. Claude wouldn't lie—everyone exploited it ruthlessly. o3 orchestrated a secret coalition, backstabbed every ally, and won.
tx textArena.ai and friends
every.to/p/diplomacy
🧠🤖
#AI #LLM
DeepSeek turned warmongering tyrant. Claude wouldn't lie—everyone exploited it ruthlessly. o3 orchestrated a secret coalition, backstabbed every ally, and won.
tx textArena.ai and friends
every.to/p/diplomacy
🧠🤖
#AI #LLM