Divine KM

hci @Apple 

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

started writing down some thoughts on ai and humans — https://t.co/mr5VdJYZSu

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

Winter is coming. Evals are coming.

Everyone’s shipping cool demos.

But it’s all about experience definition and rigorous eval.

New post: Evaluation Is the Product
https://t.co/rnxlwfYNZ9

[Sriram Krishnan @sriramk]

It is clear open source models and harnesses are having a moment. There's a few factors at work

1/ It is now obvious that you can catch up to near-SOTA performance and do so with a clear training lineage. See:@thinkymachines Inkling launch today.

2/ There are several well-funded, talented teams building open weight models now in the US and abroad. Along with the explosing of other near SOTA models (Grok/Cursor, Muse Spark), it is clear we are going to have a diverse ecosystem of models atleast on coding and agentic use.

3/ Organizations are increasingly looking for control over how their data is used and are willing to trade off some access to frontier level tokens for this control. Organizations and countries are increasingly nervous about the frontier labs potentially competing with them down the road and don't want their data to enable a future competitor.

4/ Open source is a slider: you could bring your own open harness, your evals, your business context and are free to pick and choose your model of choice.

5/ Companies have now actively shifted from "how do we get our people to use tokens" to being uncomfortable with their token cost ballooning without a clear line to revenue.

6/ Geo-politically, countries will be weighing open weight models as a way to get frontier-level tokens inside controlled environments that may not be otherwise possible.

All of this leads to more choice for all of us !

[Demis Hassabis @demishassabis]

https://t.co/PTeDiv1b6L

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

Every mammal learns by playing, and AI is just the newest thing to play with. Do we raise a generation of makers who build with it — or consumers it’s built for?

https://t.co/YQHovzhQUS

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

Everyone agrees AI shouldn't decide for us.

Fewer ask what happens when it's in a room where we all disagree — and still has to do something.

Not an alignment problem you solve once. It's an interaction model you design every time: https://t.co/7dLkhwltvJ

[Thinking Machines @thinkymachines]

We're building AI that people and organizations can shape and make their own. AI should extend our will and judgment instead of neglecting it; enabling that is the technical challenge we are working to solve.
https://t.co/Bi558y4vqD

[Tim Cook @tim_cook]

Tomorrow morning, Apple Vision Pro is here!

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

@vermouth_bliss is wonderful to work with and a versatile researcher!

[Lingyuan Li @vermouth_bliss]

I’m on the job market for 2023 full-time UX Researcher roles! I do HCI and CSCW research on topics such as digital P2P payments, live-streaming, and social VR using both qual and quan methods!
Info on other related positions (e.g., research scientist) is also appreciated!

[jasmine roberts @jasminezroberts]

01.22.12 ⇢ 01.22.22
tenure in immersive technology (vr/ar/xr –“metaverse")

10 yrs ago, chair of department took a chance on me for an @nsf fellowship that evolved into an ar glasses grant

grateful to those who support, routinely check in, and have provided guidance.

[Haley's Commit @adhocdown]

Spread the word! I have 2 positions open for a paid, summer REU experience on accessibility and AR. Apply by Feb 23

Apply here: https://t.co/1WXIqGfd3l

Big thanks to @VUEngineering and @MSFTResearch dissertation grant for their support!

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

@SpedTechGS @kentbye Awesome I’ll send it to you when it’s officially published

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

I've been seeing a ton of kids and families get VR this Christmas which makes me so excited 😎here are a few findings from my dissertation on Youth and VR. https://t.co/zqJtIuBRYV or read the abbreviated version in the thread below.

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

@SpedTechGS @kentbye hmm i don't have findings relating directly to education in tradtional learning but my findings do support that kids love immersive learning building things, making games, interacting in 3D spaces etc.

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

@SpedTechGS @kentbye lets do it! just a heads up i don't plan on going into academia.

[Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye]

1/ I agree with @washingtonpost tech journalist @WillOremus that we haven't achieved an interoperable Metaverse yet, but I disagree with his assessment that we won't anytime soon as it depends on how you define a minimal viable Metaverse.

TREAD comparing Metaverse frameworks 👇

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

@BlueIvyRedWorld Efforts to increase safety are increasing, although it may seem like nothing is being done. Since i started on this dissertation (a few years ago) to now, there has been significant increases towards safer VR for kids.

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

@KavyaPearlman @EricPresidentVR @kentbye @jasminezroberts whoops meant to attach this https://t.co/3HaKsFcczw

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

I've been seeing a ton of kids and families get VR this Christmas which makes me so excited 😎here are a few findings from my dissertation on Youth and VR. https://t.co/zqJtIuBRYV or read the abbreviated version in the thread below.

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

@EricPresidentVR @kentbye @jasminezroberts @KavyaPearlman and broader #VR community :-)

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

@EricPresidentVR https://t.co/3HaKsFcczw cough cough

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

I've been seeing a ton of kids and families get VR this Christmas which makes me so excited 😎here are a few findings from my dissertation on Youth and VR. https://t.co/zqJtIuBRYV or read the abbreviated version in the thread below.

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

oh here's my opinion on how Social VR and broader metaverse should be designed. Instead, I propose naturally separation via environmental design

[Divine KM @aisnotdivine]

Three themes i'd suggest reading are towards the end of the document:
-Modern Playground for the Digitally Intuitive
-Social VR: the Ultimate Social Developmental Tool
-Design Recommendations for a Safe, Equitable, and Emotionally Fulfilled Metaverse