Max Darby

Data Scientist | Digital Humanities & Philosophy of AI

[Max Darby @Max_Darby]

Friendly reminder that AI will not replace any parts of humanity that are genuinely meaningful, but only reveal the parts that were only ever robotic in the first place

[Michael Koperwas @mkoper]

Having a computer do artistic explorations in the background while i'm doing chores... that's unexpected. i was hoping the future would be the other way around.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

The lifespans of some of the most well-known people of the past 600 years

[mauv @ThatsMauvelous]

the machine refused to recognize my humanity until i professed to believe that a sign painted to look like a traffic light is indeed a traffic light.

[◼️➖◻️➖🔳 @themazuma]

@balajis This child solved the trolley problem

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

This guy wins at Linkedin

[The Blindboy Podcast @bbboatclub]

Rewilding in action

[MScGlobalChange @MScGlobalChange]

Nearly 500 ‘near pristine’ freshwater sites lost to pollution since 1980s, says UCD Lecturer Dr Mary Kelly-Quinn
https://t.co/oCpvb32UFL

[Max Darby @Max_Darby]

The last 5 seconds of these climate change visualisation videos are always so good at showing just how serious our exponential heating feedback loop is getting.

[Garby @Atlantis252]

Art

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

What happened is scientists discovered chlorofluorocarbons were bad for the ozone, countries believed them, the Montreal Protocol was signed, and CFC use fell by 99.7%, leading to the stabilization of the ozone layer, perhaps the greatest example of global cooperation in history.

[Max Darby @Max_Darby]

The irony that Amazon would have to plant 2,500,000,000 trees every year to achieve their Net Zero target

[Steak-umm @steak_umm]

it’s easy to forget that we’re all guinea pigs in the massive experiment that is social media where we’re subjected to record amounts of images and information and hope that our lizard brains will turn out okay

[The author, Séamas O'Reilly @shockproofbeats]

Been about five years since I first read this, on the English language's *completely universal but totally invisible* adjective hierarchy, and I can honestly say I've thought about it most days since.

[Max Darby @Max_Darby]

Such an important thread, for so many more reasons than just bland looking doorbells

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Why Beauty Matters

(and how it has been destroyed by "usability")

A short thread...

[Max Darby @Max_Darby]

There’s a nice pattern where AI does something and we realise it didn’t actually require much intelligence.
Can’t wait for human-level AI and the subsequent realisation...

[hardmaru @hardmaru]

A.I. progress in a nutshell:

[Juan Luis Jiménez @JuanLuis_JG]

Correlation is not causation

[Max Darby @Max_Darby]

Always so appreciative of the unwavering support from my fantastic supervisors and the whole #UCCDH community. Makes these moments all the more special!

[Orla Murphy @omurphy16]

Lovely to celebrate another graduation w @Max_Darby for his MPhil thesis @UCC co supervised with @jvwalmsley in @uccphilosophy @UCC_DH #UCCDH