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💯 Same comment for physics professors wondering if they need postdocs any more. (I have heard this comment from more than one.)
If you, as a CS Prof, are wondering whether you need PhD students at all now that you have wangled a subscription to Claude Code, your lab probably had a pretty depressing vibe to begin with--and 'em students are likely better off with you hanging out with Claude.. #AIAphorisms
Exciting new initiative for @dileeplearning and @AsteraInstitute to dive deep into neuro-inspired AI:
I appreciate this reflection on why ARC matters, but in the replies I expressed some reservations about what high accuracy on ARC benchmarks actually reflects for assessing "human-like fluid intelligence" (Chollet's stated goal for ARC).
I wrote about the late philosopher Brian Cantwell Smith, and his profound thinking about AI and the nature of intelligence. https://aiguide.substack.com/p/on-brian-cantwell-smith-and-the-promise
2020s: AI "System Prompts": lengthy, carefully constructed sets of expert rules for a particular domain, created by "prompt engineers" 1980s: AI "Expert Systems": lengthy, carefully constructed sets of expert rules for a particular domain, created by "knowledge engineers"
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Congratulations to SFI Professor Melanie Mitchell (@MelMitchell1), a winner of the 2025 National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@SciCommAwards). Mitchell is recognized for her writing and podcasting on topics related to AI and how we think about intelligence. https://t.co/Zk2bfsLpSE
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The Santa Fe Institute is now accepting applications for the 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships! Complexity fellows contribute to SFI’s research and collaborate with leading researchers worldwide. If you recently completed your PhD in any scientific discipline and are interested in transdisciplinary research, consider applying. SFI offers independent research opportunities and support to explore big questions across disciplines. Deadline: October 1, 2025 Requirements & application: https://t.co/mMzUxKNgak
In my latest (and last!) column for Science’s Expert Voices series, I write about the reasons behind AI chatbots’ “deceptive” behaviors (and why Claude threatened a fictional CEO with blackmail). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea3922