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Wondering if it’s time to get an upgrade from the vanilla mastodon iOS app. Do folks use Toot! ?

Wondering if it’s time to get an upgrade from the vanilla mastodon iOS app. Do folks use Toot! ?

Never would have guessed but turns out the Butlerian Jihad isn't triggered because the AI are aggressive but because people are pissed...

Never would have guessed but turns out the Butlerian Jihad isn't triggered because the AI are aggressive but because people are pissed we used their drawings without asking and then tried to sell them back for $5.99 a pop.

Funny how we’ve basically invented Searle’s Chinese Room and the answer is a resounding “no” from everyone except that one guy who...

Funny how we’ve basically invented Searle’s Chinese Room and the answer is a resounding “no” from everyone except that one guy who got fired from google.

It’s like Goodhart’s law on steroids.

It’s like Goodhart’s law on steroids.

Quantifiable performance as a measure, target, and mechanism is #AI / #ML ‘s greatest strength and weakness.

Quantifiable performance as a measure, target, and mechanism is #AI / #ML ‘s greatest strength and weakness.

One of these days I’ll stop making toot jokes and toot about #science. I promise.

One of these days I’ll stop making toot jokes and toot about #science. I promise.

Mastodontist

Mastodontist

What a way to very publicly blow 40 billion dollars.

What a way to very publicly blow 40 billion dollars.

My favorite thing is noticing everything you did wrong #mechsnism #sfn22

My favorite thing is noticing everything you did wrong #mechsnism #sfn22

FYI for those at #sfn22 the poster is tomorrow XX7 would love to see you there 😁

FYI for those at #sfn22 the poster is tomorrow XX7 would love to see you there 😁

Sorry to share a thread from the bird site, but I’m more than a little worried that this platform doesn’t have the affordances to deal...

Sorry to share a thread from the bird site, but I’m more than a little worried that this platform doesn’t have the affordances to deal with the worst aspects of humanity, which will make it an inhospitable place for some of our colleagues. Timeline over there is full of folks with experiences like this…

https://twitter.com/ibjiyongi/status/1590871183503024128?s=46&t=3yktKdzoHlJFSYEYxnB_sg

Poster printed. No SfN until 1. Time for an overdue #introduction🐘💨🙋‍♂️I’m a theoretical neuroscientist who likes to hang...

Poster printed. No SfN until 1. Time for an overdue #introduction

🐘💨🙋‍♂️I’m a theoretical neuroscientist who likes to hang out with experimentalists. Somewhat-recent PhD with György Buzsáki/John Rinzel (NYU) now a postdoc with Blake Richards/Adrien Peyrache (McGill). I study the neurodynamics of sleep & how they can do computational work in biological and artificial neural networks

Sometimes-snarky toots about #neuro #neuroAI #PhilosophyOfScience and life at the interface of theory and experiment

Question: how much flexibility do instances have to add/play with features (e.g. the mechanics of threading, something like QT, etc)? Is it...

Question: how much flexibility do instances have to add/play with features (e.g. the mechanics of threading, something like QT, etc)? Is it worth thinking about the features that facilitate scientific discussion, the needs of our community, and how they might be implemented?

Just got news that a theory/model prediction seems to be supported by preliminary results from an experimental test and y’all that’s a...

Just got news that a theory/model prediction seems to be supported by preliminary results from an experimental test and y’all that’s a hit of the good stuff of science 🥹🤤

Serious question: what’s the purpose of the like button? 🐘💨⭐️#MastodOnboarding

Serious question: what’s the purpose of the like button? 🐘💨⭐️

#MastodOnboarding

Is where I really want the ability to quote toot 😔https://mastodon.online/@ferdi/109310463017883391

Is where I really want the ability to quote toot 😔

https://mastodon.online/@ferdi/109310463017883391

I think I’m supposed to content warning this for American politics?

I think I’m supposed to content warning this for American politics?

Wondering if Canada is going to be the Mastodon of North American countries after tonite. 😬🫣🐘💨🇨🇦

Wondering if Canada is going to be the Mastodon of North American countries after tonite. 😬🫣🐘💨🇨🇦

Flying south for the winter#neurosciencemigration 🧠🐦🦋🐘💨

Flying south for the winter

#neurosciencemigration 🧠🐦🦋🐘💨

Don’t have time to learn what a Mastodon is right now because I’m getting ready for #sfn2022 but I promise I’ll toot at some point.

Don’t have time to learn what a Mastodon is right now because I’m getting ready for #sfn2022 but I promise I’ll toot at some point.