I have a new paper out in @ASA_JASA with @bchandra_pitt and @CaseyRoark in a special issue about ideas to reconsider in speech perception. We ask whether people learning new languages are really learning speech sound categories, as is commonly assumed. https://t.co/oeXvlkzE1z
Lots of folks are talking about *emergence* in Deep Learning as if it's a new thing, that happens only in large language models at scale.
It's not! It has been happening for decades and in very small networks.
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The program is now available, and it starts tomorrow! Quantum physics and the first-person perspective, a free online conference co-organized by Essentia Foundation and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Vienna. @iqoqivienna
https://t.co/nCSnK5vg8W
Angélique-Marguerite du Coudray was a famous 18th century French midwife who designed various teaching aids to train midwives about anatomy and obstetrics. Her work saved many lives in the age #WomensArt
One of the most illuminating management texts may be this WWII guide to sabotage for civilians from the CIA's precursor.
Look at the ideas for sabotaging office tasks to cause demoralization & delay. Recognize any? I wrote about how to solve these issues: https://t.co/XyJqPySrzY
How email ruins your life: the expectation that you will always check your email outside of work hours is linked with negative health effects, relationship issues & anxiety.
Formal policies don’t limit email stress, instead it comes from the expectations of your bosses & peers.
I recently came across data on who we spend our time with over the course of our lives.
The insights are simultaneously inspiring and depressing.
Here are 6 graphs everyone needs to see:
Everyone feels their troubles are tiny when they look at the sky. I believe that if you can live with your problems and not be depressed, you will never lose sight of yourself.