Sean Hamilton Palicki
@seanhp.bsky.social
🇺🇸➔🇩🇪 Expat | 🤖 Data Scientist | 🎓 PhD Research Associate | 📺 Political Communication | 💻 Computational Social Science | 🐾 Dogs
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In the latest #aBitOfCCS episode, we dig into research showing that LLMs often deliver only marginal gains at major environmental cost. 🌱🌍
Sean-Kelly Palicki breaks down when simpler methods beat large models—and why a CO₂-adjusted F1 score matters.🌱
Listen here ⤵️
aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
Sean-Kelly Palicki breaks down when simpler methods beat large models—and why a CO₂-adjusted F1 score matters.🌱
Listen here ⤵️
aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
#aBitOfCCS – What is it about CCS
aboutccs.net
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In the latest #aBitOfCCS episode, we dig into research showing that LLMs often deliver only marginal gains at major environmental cost. 🌱🌍
Sean-Kelly Palicki breaks down when simpler methods beat large models—and why a CO₂-adjusted F1 score matters.🌱
Listen here ⤵️
aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
Sean-Kelly Palicki breaks down when simpler methods beat large models—and why a CO₂-adjusted F1 score matters.🌱
Listen here ⤵️
aboutccs.net/abitofccs/
Free Audiobooks!! Good AI ❤️https://marhamilresearch4.blob.core.windows.net/gutenberg-public/Website/index.html
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October 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Free Audiobooks!! Good AI ❤️https://marhamilresearch4.blob.core.windows.net/gutenberg-public/Website/index.html
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Academic life hack: check which papers AI hallucinated most often and write them 🚀🚀🚀
And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.
www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...
And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
#AIisnotresearch
www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...
And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
#AIisnotresearch
October 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Academic life hack: check which papers AI hallucinated most often and write them 🚀🚀🚀
Speaking of Europe, I've been deGoogling on the grounds of data privacy, personal freedom, and surveillance capitalism. Yeah, it's kind of annoying but it's also pretty great. Here's what started my journey and how you can get started www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Lx...
I'm DONE with Google
YouTube video by PewDiePie
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October 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Speaking of Europe, I've been deGoogling on the grounds of data privacy, personal freedom, and surveillance capitalism. Yeah, it's kind of annoying but it's also pretty great. Here's what started my journey and how you can get started www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Lx...
📢 New Preprint: "Don’t Look Up: Evaluating the Tradeoff between Performance and Sustainability of LLMs for Text Analysis."
Providing guidance for social scientists, we challenge the "bigger is better" narrative, instead encouraging social and environmental responsibility.
osf.io/preprints/so...
Providing guidance for social scientists, we challenge the "bigger is better" narrative, instead encouraging social and environmental responsibility.
osf.io/preprints/so...
August 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📢 New Preprint: "Don’t Look Up: Evaluating the Tradeoff between Performance and Sustainability of LLMs for Text Analysis."
Providing guidance for social scientists, we challenge the "bigger is better" narrative, instead encouraging social and environmental responsibility.
osf.io/preprints/so...
Providing guidance for social scientists, we challenge the "bigger is better" narrative, instead encouraging social and environmental responsibility.
osf.io/preprints/so...
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Reposted by Sean Hamilton Palicki
In case you missed it - last week they had the F1 drivers race giant lego cars for one lap and mayhem ensued. Some of the best racing drivers on the planet giggling like schoolboys as they race (and wreck) the cars 🤣
youtu.be/pdxiNBwxYxU?...
youtu.be/pdxiNBwxYxU?...
F1 LEGO Race In Full | 2025 Miami Grand Prix
YouTube video by FORMULA 1
youtu.be
May 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
In case you missed it - last week they had the F1 drivers race giant lego cars for one lap and mayhem ensued. Some of the best racing drivers on the planet giggling like schoolboys as they race (and wreck) the cars 🤣
youtu.be/pdxiNBwxYxU?...
youtu.be/pdxiNBwxYxU?...
Gossip on the internet, hang out, and let some political party decide what you’re going to do. And the next thing you know, you go, ‘Where did my health care go? Why are we fighting a war over here?’ Because you didn't pay attention. Maybe you should pay attention.
www.wired.com/story/cyberp...
www.wired.com/story/cyberp...
A Founding Father of Cyberpunk Isn't Surprised By Its Comeback
Mike Pondsmith, who wrote the tabletop RPG that inspired 'Cyberpunk 2077,' explains why the genre feels vital in 2020.
www.wired.com
May 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Gossip on the internet, hang out, and let some political party decide what you’re going to do. And the next thing you know, you go, ‘Where did my health care go? Why are we fighting a war over here?’ Because you didn't pay attention. Maybe you should pay attention.
www.wired.com/story/cyberp...
www.wired.com/story/cyberp...
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Looks like the original artisanal pencil sharpener was David Rees, here's his short film from twelve years ago vimeo.com/60718161
HOW TO SHARPEN PENCILS
Official Selection: 2013 Austin Film Festival 2013 SF Docfest 2013 Sidewalk Film Festival (Winner: Best Documentary Short) 2013 Indie Memphis Film Festival (Winner:…
vimeo.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Looks like the original artisanal pencil sharpener was David Rees, here's his short film from twelve years ago vimeo.com/60718161
May the 4th be with you! Watch Andor Season 2 ;)
May 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
May the 4th be with you! Watch Andor Season 2 ;)
More dumb…
Perfect. Fucking perfect.
An email containing plans to slash 150 Health and Human Services research projects was mistakenly sent to grant recipients.
May 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
More dumb…
This article is a great reminder to “appreciate” that we’re living in a cyberpunk future.
www.noahpinion.blog/p/welcome-to...
www.noahpinion.blog/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to The Future
This time it arrived right on schedule.
www.noahpinion.blog
May 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This article is a great reminder to “appreciate” that we’re living in a cyberpunk future.
www.noahpinion.blog/p/welcome-to...
www.noahpinion.blog/p/welcome-to...
Great read about the emergence of a topic that’s becoming increasingly part of popular culture: An AI enabled “afterlife”.
Two great new software immoratlity shows. Black Mirror S7e4 "Plaything," and Boon Joon Ho "Mickey 17." I invented software immortality around 1980, starting with my novel SOFTWARE. I want more credit! I went over the details in a blog post last year.
www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2024/01...
www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2024/01...
May 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Great read about the emergence of a topic that’s becoming increasingly part of popular culture: An AI enabled “afterlife”.
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All praise to @seanhp.bsky.social @isaacbravo.bsky.social for producing and presenting this fantastic paper! Check out the results and the R adaptation of CodeCarbon on linktr.ee/comptext25
April 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
All praise to @seanhp.bsky.social @isaacbravo.bsky.social for producing and presenting this fantastic paper! Check out the results and the R adaptation of CodeCarbon on linktr.ee/comptext25
See you at COMPTEXT 2025 in Vienna! I'll be presenting "Don’t Look Up: Evaluating the Tradeoff between Accuracy and Sustainability of LLMs for Text Analysis"
March 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
See you at COMPTEXT 2025 in Vienna! I'll be presenting "Don’t Look Up: Evaluating the Tradeoff between Accuracy and Sustainability of LLMs for Text Analysis"
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Things are changing fast. ICA, the largest academic conference for communication researchers, has begun omitting paper titles from acceptance letters to smooth out issues during the travel visa application process. #AcademicFreedon #BandAidSolution
The fact that this communication is now necessary ... for conferences happening in the *US* ... shocking.
February 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Things are changing fast. ICA, the largest academic conference for communication researchers, has begun omitting paper titles from acceptance letters to smooth out issues during the travel visa application process. #AcademicFreedon #BandAidSolution
Trump’s former vice-president, Mike Pence, who said in a social media post: “Mr. President, Ukraine did not ‘start’ this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Trump calls Zelenskyy a dictator amid fears of irreconcilable rift
Remark follows Ukrainian leader’s claim US president living in a Russian ‘disinformation bubble’
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Trump’s former vice-president, Mike Pence, who said in a social media post: “Mr. President, Ukraine did not ‘start’ this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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I've been writing BLOOD IN THE MACHINE for months, but I was on the fence about going all-in. Recent events have made the call easier.
Elon Musk, the Silicon Valley oligarchs and their AI are taking over. I want to do all I can to push back. I hope you'll join me, and I'm asking for your support.
Elon Musk, the Silicon Valley oligarchs and their AI are taking over. I want to do all I can to push back. I hope you'll join me, and I'm asking for your support.
The tech oligarchs and their AI are taking over. Let's fight back.
Alright, I’m really doing this thing. Support Blood in the Machine and fearless independent tech journalism.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I've been writing BLOOD IN THE MACHINE for months, but I was on the fence about going all-in. Recent events have made the call easier.
Elon Musk, the Silicon Valley oligarchs and their AI are taking over. I want to do all I can to push back. I hope you'll join me, and I'm asking for your support.
Elon Musk, the Silicon Valley oligarchs and their AI are taking over. I want to do all I can to push back. I hope you'll join me, and I'm asking for your support.
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Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup that included a plan to poison Lula
However, the prosecutor-general perpetuates the narrative that the armed forces had been a 'victim' of the plot, despite the obvious institutional involvement
apnews.com/article/bols... #CivMilSky
However, the prosecutor-general perpetuates the narrative that the armed forces had been a 'victim' of the plot, despite the obvious institutional involvement
apnews.com/article/bols... #CivMilSky
Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup that included a plan to poison Lula
Brazil’s top prosecutor Paulo Gonet has formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.
apnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Brazil’s former President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup that included a plan to poison Lula
However, the prosecutor-general perpetuates the narrative that the armed forces had been a 'victim' of the plot, despite the obvious institutional involvement
apnews.com/article/bols... #CivMilSky
However, the prosecutor-general perpetuates the narrative that the armed forces had been a 'victim' of the plot, despite the obvious institutional involvement
apnews.com/article/bols... #CivMilSky
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Let's see how the intrepid Elon inspired team at DOGE - the folks who are currently examining your tax records - are doing! Today they put up their their idea of "open data" which they call a "Wall of Receipts". And look here - two cancelled DEIA contracts for $9,999,999. Wow, they saved $20M! 1/
February 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Let's see how the intrepid Elon inspired team at DOGE - the folks who are currently examining your tax records - are doing! Today they put up their their idea of "open data" which they call a "Wall of Receipts". And look here - two cancelled DEIA contracts for $9,999,999. Wow, they saved $20M! 1/
From a tech perspective, the Groq platform is awesome for trying open models like Deepseek-R1, Mistral and Whisper. It's cheap, easy to access and it's stupid fast. Available via API and chat "playground" from US servers. groq.com/pricing/
Groq is Fast AI Inference
Groq offers high-performance AI models & API access for developers. Get faster inference at lower cost than competitors. Explore use cases today!
groq.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
From a tech perspective, the Groq platform is awesome for trying open models like Deepseek-R1, Mistral and Whisper. It's cheap, easy to access and it's stupid fast. Available via API and chat "playground" from US servers. groq.com/pricing/
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South Korea blocks downloads of DeepSeek from local app stores
South Korea blocks downloads of DeepSeek from local app stores
South Korean officials on Saturday temporarily restricted Chinese AI Lab DeepSeek’s app from being downloaded from app stores in the country pending an assessment of how the Chinese company handles user data. The Personal Information Protection Commission…
tcrn.ch
February 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
South Korea blocks downloads of DeepSeek from local app stores
The bge-m3 word embeddings work well for vector-based multilingual information retrieval. The easiest ways to implement this would be to use a vector database like Weaviate or Milvus. You can also use this to power a multilingual LLM RAG application using Ollama.
huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-m3
huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-m3
BAAI/bge-m3 · Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
huggingface.co
February 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The bge-m3 word embeddings work well for vector-based multilingual information retrieval. The easiest ways to implement this would be to use a vector database like Weaviate or Milvus. You can also use this to power a multilingual LLM RAG application using Ollama.
huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-m3
huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-m3
“However, while television is still bound to regulations that require a modicum of truthful content, social media is a battleground of facts, lies, and deception, where governments, journalists, law enforcement, and activists are on an uneven playing field.”
October 14, 2023 at 8:11 AM
“However, while television is still bound to regulations that require a modicum of truthful content, social media is a battleground of facts, lies, and deception, where governments, journalists, law enforcement, and activists are on an uneven playing field.”
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There is increasing evidence that the world has warmed faster over the past 15 years than it has since the 1970s. Surface records, ocean heat content, and the Earth's energy imbalance all support an acceleration of warming, as I argue in today's @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/o...
October 13, 2023 at 4:25 PM
There is increasing evidence that the world has warmed faster over the past 15 years than it has since the 1970s. Surface records, ocean heat content, and the Earth's energy imbalance all support an acceleration of warming, as I argue in today's @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/o...