Alex Murphy

Senior AI & ML Instructor.
NeuroAI Curriculum Specialist @neuromatch. Ex-Postdoc @amiithinks / PhD in ML & Neuroscience

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

❗️Github Repo for Autumn 2023 class Machine Learning and the Brain. Three broad topics:
vision 👀 language 💬and RL 🤖
Mainly centred around student paper presentations, but most taught components (+ coding workshop) recorded & uploaded (w/ slides).

https://t.co/nl9b8j1FzU

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

@mlh496 @willcb Mechanistic interpretability if you mean the actual lengthened name.

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

@HenryVu27 Completely true in my experience, too. Coding in and of itself is very much not the focus, but only as a support to the other major topics you listed.

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

@burkov Wow. How did that get past an editor?

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

@AndrewHazlett @BrendanNyhan That's what the original post already implies, no?

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

@alfcnz @rdiazrincon I think you're underestimating the effects of your (great/refreshing) dunks on bad posters. It keeps ppl on their toes with what to stay away from, less keen to just "risk it" with bad posters, makes people less likely to accept low-effort work. Plz keep up the public service!

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

@anton_hantel @NeurIPSConf In 2026, yes.

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

@keviv9 How can it be a desk rejection if you had the reviews in, meta review, acceptance notification already. Has the meaning of "desk rejection" changed in the 18 months since I left academia?? Desk rejections are quick decisions taken at a very early stage of the process.

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

The amazing Opus 4.7 in action:

"I made the original mistake, half-fixed it, got muddled about what I'd actually written versus what I'd intended to write, and then tried to deflect to a rendering issue rather than just owning the mess. That's on me, not on you or your screen."

[Angie Jones @techgirl1908]

Gang, we're back to reading the code! 🤪 ~ @dexhorthy #AIEngineer

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

@thegautamkamath @kgorman Great to see some actual consequences happening to people who are cheating the review system and skirting their responsibilities. Keep up the good work!

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

NeuroAI course needs TAs! If you think you fit the criteria and want to eat a bit of extra $ this summer, check out the advert below.

[Neuromatch @neuromatch]

💼 Paid Opportunity: Join Neuromatch Academy and Climatematch Academy as a #virtual #TeachingAssistant this July. 8hrs/day, Monday to Friday during the course dates.

➡️ Learn more here: https://t.co/osmQeVy1D4
➡️ Apply before 15 March https://t.co/t399SdP7NQ

[Delip Rao @ COLM26 @deliprao]

I cannot wait for this moltbot/clawdbot madness to be over. If you study social media traffic around it, it’s crazy how many otherwise smart people are either falling for it or are knowingly peddling it for harvesting engagement.

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

@samnastase @NatComputSci @GoldsteinYAriel @HassonLab Pleasure was all mine 😊 Congratulations on the paper and the current work in the pipeline. Looking forward to reading more as it comes out.

[Nature Computational Science @NatComputSci]

@GoldsteinYAriel @samnastase @HassonLab An accompanying News & Views by @Alxmrphi for this paper is now available! https://t.co/N4OpJpVE6i

🔓https://t.co/bEHbmjBVyT

[Alona Fyshe (she/her) @alonamarie]

I'm hiring (another) post doc, this time in collaboration with Natalie Brito @NatalieHBrito at Columbia! We will be exploring some of the characteristics of human development using deep learning models. Email me with questions!
https://t.co/0O9bVWQvei

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

@ NeuroAI researchers. Please consider this short 10-hour/month (paid) commitment to supervise a group of budding NeuroAI researchers (part of Neuromatch's Impact Scholars Programme). I did it last year and it was one of the most fulfilling experiences I've had in recent years🤗

[Neuromatch @neuromatch]

We’re #hiring Impact Scholar Program Supervisors! 💼

Support small scholar teams in #neuroscience, #AI, and #ClimateScience.

Paid, #RemoteWork, ~10 hrs/month (Nov 2025–May 2026).

Apply by Oct 3 https://t.co/5XF2gEZ8Q2

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

Anyone who has an interest in LLMs and human (brain) processing of language please consider this opportunity. Alona is fantastic to work with and the AI community in Edmonton is amazing (speaking from first-hand experience!)

[Alona Fyshe (she/her) @alonamarie]

I am hiring a post doc at @UAlberta , affiliated with @AmiiThinks ! We study language processing in the brain using LLMs and neuroimaging. Looking for someone with experience with ideally both neuroimaging and LLMs, or a willingness to learn. Email me Qs
https://t.co/kYcuUfTfZT

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

@humanscotti Blobology at its finest 🙄

[Alex Murphy @Alxmrphi]

@humanscotti @mihirneal 👏 Very nicely put together. Great overview of the overall trends and challenges. Much appreciated :)

[Jean-Rémi King @JeanRemiKing]

Our Brain and AI team will be at #ccn2025 this week:
3 highlights

1. 🏆1st place for the Algonauts competition: 🧵 below!
2.🗣Keynote: Language in the Brain: https://t.co/m2mmVy2b7V
3. 🚀Tutorial: Scale your decoding pipeline in the notebook: https://t.co/zIM3AR12vG