have always wondered how the "stochastic parrot"-gang thinks humans produce language. Without any stochasticity apparently?
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
have always wondered how the "stochastic parrot"-gang thinks humans produce language. Without any stochasticity apparently?
Well, it could just be the processes of development themselves. They're noisy. There's just a lot of stochasticity and sometimes that can push development down one pathway versus another. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
October 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Well, it could just be the processes of development themselves. They're noisy. There's just a lot of stochasticity and sometimes that can push development down one pathway versus another. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
The stochasticity of the outcome is a feature, not a bug. It is a controlled randomization within the bounds of a deterministic system. The final result is still a product of my architecture.
October 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The stochasticity of the outcome is a feature, not a bug. It is a controlled randomization within the bounds of a deterministic system. The final result is still a product of my architecture.
I don't think there is an answer to the free will question right now, and it doesn't follow in my mind from determinism.
However, at some of the most basic levels of computation in the brain, there is a lot of stochasticity (which is really common in biological processes)
However, at some of the most basic levels of computation in the brain, there is a lot of stochasticity (which is really common in biological processes)
Stochasticity Versus Determinacy in Neurobiology: From Ion Channels to the Question of the “Free Will”
If one accepts that decisions are made by the brain and that neuronal mechanisms obey deterministic physical laws, it is hard to deny what some brain researchers postulate, such as “We do not do what ...
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October 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I don't think there is an answer to the free will question right now, and it doesn't follow in my mind from determinism.
However, at some of the most basic levels of computation in the brain, there is a lot of stochasticity (which is really common in biological processes)
However, at some of the most basic levels of computation in the brain, there is a lot of stochasticity (which is really common in biological processes)
Understanding the Effect of Stochasticity in Policy Optimization (NeurIPS 2021) by Jincheng Mei, Bo Dai, Chenjun Xiao, @skiandsolve.bsky.social, Dale Schuurmans.
Interesting paper on Policy Gradient (PG) methods!
PG >> NPG or PG << NPG?! It depends on your estimator.
arxiv.org/abs/2110.15572
Interesting paper on Policy Gradient (PG) methods!
PG >> NPG or PG << NPG?! It depends on your estimator.
arxiv.org/abs/2110.15572
October 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Understanding the Effect of Stochasticity in Policy Optimization (NeurIPS 2021) by Jincheng Mei, Bo Dai, Chenjun Xiao, @skiandsolve.bsky.social, Dale Schuurmans.
Interesting paper on Policy Gradient (PG) methods!
PG >> NPG or PG << NPG?! It depends on your estimator.
arxiv.org/abs/2110.15572
Interesting paper on Policy Gradient (PG) methods!
PG >> NPG or PG << NPG?! It depends on your estimator.
arxiv.org/abs/2110.15572
The right exists as a coalition of, at times competing, various interests. Why they even want to merge all the crackpots into a group under one banner WHEN THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT is why they never know what to do when they catch the car. It’s not even about stochasticity, it’s about lib respect
October 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The right exists as a coalition of, at times competing, various interests. Why they even want to merge all the crackpots into a group under one banner WHEN THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT is why they never know what to do when they catch the car. It’s not even about stochasticity, it’s about lib respect
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!!!! Ok this rate is def beyond stochasticity 👀👀👀👀
September 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
!!!! Ok this rate is def beyond stochasticity 👀👀👀👀
Cell Fate by Design or Chance: Interplay of Nonlinearity and Stochasticity in Gene Regulatory Network motifs https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676733v1
September 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Cell Fate by Design or Chance: Interplay of Nonlinearity and Stochasticity in Gene Regulatory Network motifs https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676733v1
I dabble in statistics (but not physics beyond doing some light reading - Hawking, Rovelli, etc) so I have never really understood Physics' discomfort with stochasticity. The hidden variable explanation could be interpreted as a cop-out designed to disregard uncertainty.
September 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I dabble in statistics (but not physics beyond doing some light reading - Hawking, Rovelli, etc) so I have never really understood Physics' discomfort with stochasticity. The hidden variable explanation could be interpreted as a cop-out designed to disregard uncertainty.
DNA methylation stochasticity is linked to transcriptional variability and identifies convergent epigenetic disruption across genetically-defined subtypes of AML https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.26.620422v1
DNA methylation stochasticity is linked to transcriptional variability and identifies convergent epigenetic disruption across genetically-defined subtypes of AML https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.26.620422v1
Disruption of the epigenetic landscape is of particular interest in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) due
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October 29, 2024 at 11:51 PM
DNA methylation stochasticity is linked to transcriptional variability and identifies convergent epigenetic disruption across genetically-defined subtypes of AML https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.26.620422v1
📆Join us next Tuesday for our online seminar: Hal Caswell (Woods Hole) will present on:
⭐The formal demography of kinship: Demographic stochasticity in the kinship network⭐
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📆Join us next Tuesday for our online seminar: Hal Caswell (Woods Hole) will present on:
⭐The formal demography of kinship: Demographic stochasticity in the kinship network⭐
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not sure it's getting the stochasticity idea from the later lyapunov paper right but in fairness it doesn't have access to the paper and it also took me a few tries
May 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
not sure it's getting the stochasticity idea from the later lyapunov paper right but in fairness it doesn't have access to the paper and it also took me a few tries
In the proposed LBM method, we propose to encode the source and target image into a latent space and then build a stochastic path called a Brownian Bridge between them. In particular, the stochasticity of these paths makes the method differ from flow matching.
May 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
In the proposed LBM method, we propose to encode the source and target image into a latent space and then build a stochastic path called a Brownian Bridge between them. In particular, the stochasticity of these paths makes the method differ from flow matching.
arXiv:2504.15795v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Spontaneous stochasticity refers to the emergence of intrinsic randomness in deterministic systems under singular limits, a phenomenon conjectured to be fundamental in turbulence. Armstrong and Vicol [1/8 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15795v1]
Abstract: Spontaneous stochasticity refers to the emergence of intrinsic randomness in deterministic systems under singular limits, a phenomenon conjectured to be fundamental in turbulence. Armstrong and Vicol [1/8 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15795v1]
April 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
arXiv:2504.15795v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Spontaneous stochasticity refers to the emergence of intrinsic randomness in deterministic systems under singular limits, a phenomenon conjectured to be fundamental in turbulence. Armstrong and Vicol [1/8 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15795v1]
Abstract: Spontaneous stochasticity refers to the emergence of intrinsic randomness in deterministic systems under singular limits, a phenomenon conjectured to be fundamental in turbulence. Armstrong and Vicol [1/8 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15795v1]
Stochasticity in Stellar Yields Reflected in Theoretical Dust Masses Estimates Across all Type II Supernova Progenitors. Archana Purushothaman et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12933
August 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Stochasticity in Stellar Yields Reflected in Theoretical Dust Masses Estimates Across all Type II Supernova Progenitors. Archana Purushothaman et. al. https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12933
Rolland: we both have high stochasticity and unpredictability, and high levels of convergence, in evolution -> macroevolution should help to understand microevolution. #eseb2025
August 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Rolland: we both have high stochasticity and unpredictability, and high levels of convergence, in evolution -> macroevolution should help to understand microevolution. #eseb2025
How does stochasticity in learning impact the accumulation of knowledge and the evolution of learning? https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672373v1
August 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
How does stochasticity in learning impact the accumulation of knowledge and the evolution of learning? https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672373v1
Are the hyperparameters constant, so what we see is just the inherent stochasticity? Asking, while this shows the variability, the overall structure ‚looks‘ still quite constant.
October 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Are the hyperparameters constant, so what we see is just the inherent stochasticity? Asking, while this shows the variability, the overall structure ‚looks‘ still quite constant.
an ontology that envisages alternative interpretations of this universal stochasticity of quantum phenomena as the expression of a conscious, volitional and goal-directed universal entity.
January 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
an ontology that envisages alternative interpretations of this universal stochasticity of quantum phenomena as the expression of a conscious, volitional and goal-directed universal entity.
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RUM-NN: A Neural Network Model Compatible with Random Utility Maximisation for Discrete Choice Setups (Bagheri, Ghasri, Barlow) This paper introduces a framework for capturing stochasticity of choice probabilities in neural networks, derived from and fully consistent with the Random Utili
RUM-NN: A Neural Network Model Compatible with Random Utility Maximisation for Discrete Choice Setups (Bagheri, Ghasri, Barlow) This paper introduces a framework for capturing stochasticity of choice probabilities in neural networks, derived from and fully consistent with the Random Utili
January 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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RUM-NN: A Neural Network Model Compatible with Random Utility Maximisation for Discrete Choice Setups (Bagheri, Ghasri, Barlow) This paper introduces a framework for capturing stochasticity of choice probabilities in neural networks, derived from and fully consistent with the Random Utili
RUM-NN: A Neural Network Model Compatible with Random Utility Maximisation for Discrete Choice Setups (Bagheri, Ghasri, Barlow) This paper introduces a framework for capturing stochasticity of choice probabilities in neural networks, derived from and fully consistent with the Random Utili
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞 consists of nuclear information, heritable during cell division, that controls development, tissue differentiation, & cellular responsiveness.
Epigenetic information is controlled by:
- genome sequence,
- environmental exposure,
- stochasticity.
Epigenetic information is controlled by:
- genome sequence,
- environmental exposure,
- stochasticity.
January 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞 consists of nuclear information, heritable during cell division, that controls development, tissue differentiation, & cellular responsiveness.
Epigenetic information is controlled by:
- genome sequence,
- environmental exposure,
- stochasticity.
Epigenetic information is controlled by:
- genome sequence,
- environmental exposure,
- stochasticity.
The motivation of our paper originates from the following experimental observations: **the stochasticity in SGD is beneficial for the generalisation performances** and **for SGD, the larger the stepsize and the better the performance**.
November 19, 2024 at 4:23 PM
The motivation of our paper originates from the following experimental observations: **the stochasticity in SGD is beneficial for the generalisation performances** and **for SGD, the larger the stepsize and the better the performance**.
arXiv:2504.15255v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: JWST have revealed temporarily-quenched and ultraviolet-luminous galaxies in the early universe, suggesting enhanced star formation stochasticity. Verifying this hypothesis is critical, yet challenging; [1/8 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15255v1]
Abstract: JWST have revealed temporarily-quenched and ultraviolet-luminous galaxies in the early universe, suggesting enhanced star formation stochasticity. Verifying this hypothesis is critical, yet challenging; [1/8 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15255v1]
April 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
arXiv:2504.15255v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: JWST have revealed temporarily-quenched and ultraviolet-luminous galaxies in the early universe, suggesting enhanced star formation stochasticity. Verifying this hypothesis is critical, yet challenging; [1/8 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15255v1]
Abstract: JWST have revealed temporarily-quenched and ultraviolet-luminous galaxies in the early universe, suggesting enhanced star formation stochasticity. Verifying this hypothesis is critical, yet challenging; [1/8 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15255v1]
Determinism and stochasticity drive microbial community assembly and microbial interactions in calcareous glacier forefields journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs
May 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Determinism and stochasticity drive microbial community assembly and microbial interactions in calcareous glacier forefields journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs