John Gallagher

Professor @ UIUC. I wrote a book interviewing top AI researchers:

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My book has a cover!

"AI Through the Experts’ Eyes: Communicating Complex Ideas"

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@acerbialberto More like this!!

[Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto]

In all past iterations of my cultural analytics module I tried hard to convince students that theories and hypothesis testing are fundamental. I do not think very successfully, partly I blame myself, but also traditions in which studies are descriptive and theories are

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Apparently Gemini 4 is finally attending a class on postmodern theorizing

[Prompter @PromptLLM]

Controversial take from Gemini 4 Argon

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Order here: https://t.co/RLkVh7WsDm

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Six days til "AI Through the Experts’ Eyes: Communicating Complex Ideas" is out! Below is a preview of the intro and chapter 4, "Publication Processes and the Writing of AI." In this chapter, I talk about how the pressures to publish can lead to AI research communities...

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If you like the preview, please considering ordering the book!

https://t.co/LjwfmBxClN

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*Screams from the rooftops of the mechanical and materials science buildings*

[Prof. Lee Cronin @leecronin]

Chemistry really is the final frontier. Or rather the first place where computationalists realize the universe is indeed not a computer.

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@gr0ssmann Genuinely chuckled

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"Careful reader" is the most valuable job skill in the AI era.

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"Careful reader" is the most valuable job skill in the AI era.

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https://t.co/QPipgGQN2G

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"The Toothpaste Tube Effect on Academic Publication"

A short post about changing my approach to academic publishing.

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I’m tired of people saying “well that’s what humans do” when talking about LLM computation. humans and the machines we’ve built are made from different materials. it’s not close to the same thing. Also, humans are not performing those calculations explicitly. (If we are at all)

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I’m tired of people saying “well that’s what humans do” when talking about LLM computation. humans and the machines we’ve built are made from different materials. it’s not close to the same thing. Also, humans are not performing those calculations explicitly. (If we are at all)

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Two high *school* buddies became professors! Good to see you @PhiloCasey

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Stares in Quantum

[Long Now Foundation @longnow]

Nearly every phone and computer on Earth relies on one plain-text file to know what time it is.

When a country changes its clocks with a few weeks’ notice, or Morocco pauses daylight saving for Ramadan, someone has to update that file. Since 02005, that someone has been Paul Eggert, a computer science professor at UCLA, who does it as a volunteer. 

Take a look at this great data visualization to see the full story: 
https://t.co/EwDtGZXF4o

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There’s a lot of pedantic from the public about the meaning of words right now: understanding, intelligence, consciousness, etc.

On behalf of all academics, I say: welcome

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@DKThomp To add here: it’s data that can be verifiably represented by the AI programmers. I wrote about the idea of representation in my new book (chapter 2).

https://t.co/RLkVh7WsDm

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Stop using “increasingly”