Michael Littman

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

@TobyWalsh @BrownCSDept @BrownUniversity Thanks, Toby! I start this summer.

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

This month is the one-year anniversary of the publication of my book, "Code to Joy". I'm happy to announce it's also the month of the release of the audiobook version of the book, which I narrate. Enjoy! @mitpress https://t.co/BhUhOJRvDs

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

@shimon8282 I see. I was thinking of "Honest Abe". Still...

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

The US Secretary of State cannot tell a lie; after all, he's A. Blinken.

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

@tdietterich I see. I was thinking of "Honest Abe". Still...

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

I got to help shape this document, providing guidance about how AI researchers collaborate globally. It was unveiled at the UN General Assembly yesterday by the Secretary of State.

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

You'd think that, since I'm working in government, my id card would count as "government id". It does not. Very confusing when I tried to get through security at the Pentagon. (My Rhode Island drivers's license worked.)

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

@jeffbigham @ShriramKMurthi @mm_jj_nn This gives me an idea for a future message... "what do the different ratings mean?"

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

@HamedZamani I saw you position yourself to take this photo. :-)

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

@mm_jj_nn @ShriramKMurthi haha, that's funny... I feel like NSF folks (1) use a lot of acronyms (my list is creeping up to 500 that I've seen used in my 2 years), and (2) like to pronounce them (probably because the alternative is just too hard to understand).

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

@Evan_ec @svlevine Hi Evan!

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

I wanted to better understand how language models can help with decision-making and planning and worked with a great team to produce this nifty piece of work!

[Max Zuo @max_zuo]

Ever wonder if LLMs use tools🛠️ the way we ask them?

We explore LLMs using classical planners: are they writing *correct* PDDL (planning) problems?

Say hi👋 to Planetarium🪐, a benchmark of 132k natural language & PDDL problems.

📜 Preprint: https://t.co/kXItV6j6Dg
🧵1/n

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

@bai_liping It's interesting, though, right? Because the best computational tool we have for processing language is the transformer, which isn't really structured the way we make decision systems.

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

Great topic, great speakers!

[Jason Liu @HRI @jasonxyliu]

Submit to our #RSS2024 workshop on “Robotic Tasks and How to Specify Them? Task Specification for General-Purpose Intelligent Robots” by June 12th.

Join our discussion on what constitutes various task specifications for robots, in what scenarios they are most effective and more!

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

In my book, "Code to Joy", I include a Marvel-movie-like post credit scene teasing a future in which AI capabilities are available on an Arduino chip. I just learned that life is imitating art! https://t.co/EUmLNUh1l3

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

@stanfordnlp @NSF Thanks for posting! I few things I'd add: Susan Dumais, George Furnas, Tom Landauer, Scott Deerwester really pioneered these ideas in the late 80s. And one thing Sue and Tom did that I think is worth new attention: Modeling the language acquisition process using human-scale data!

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

Dear Schrodinger, the cat's alive! https://t.co/MZFREptZ0z

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

@_max_entropy My concern is with the notion of counting hyperparameters/constants. Sagan said: If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. Where you draw the lines (algorithm/parameters/hyperparameters) matters.

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

And "escape codes" is "cape cod" surrounded by "es" on both sides.

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

You probably know that an escape code is something that tells a computer not to interpret something literally, but to execute the command following it. But did you ever notice that "escape code" has "cape cod" RIGHT INSIDE it??

[Michael Littman @mlittmancs]

@_max_entropy Ah, I apologize. I misread "hyper parameters" as "parameters". I'm not sure your actual question is well-defined, though.