Patrick Watson

I teach neural networks @MinervaSchools, make games @9thLevelGames & write nonfiction. Work in @kenyonreview @camasmag @FrontNeurosci @BBSJournal etc. he/him

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

So in non-shocking news, I'm spending most of my social media time elsewhere these days. I've just launched a newsletter of warm takes on the intersection of #Neuroscience and #ArtificialIntelligence! You can get 🧠 here: https://t.co/n0JOzHBj9d

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

Episode 3: All the brain's I've loved before is out now! Dr. Katie McAllister and I talk about some of our favorite brains in the animal kingdom. From the simplest flatworms, to the most complex, sophisticated, and best mammalian brain: Orcas. https://t.co/eCEyVKOjTK

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

Why Study Unpopular Neuroscience?

I've launched a new podcast with my colleague Katie McAllister! We scrutinize popular neuroscience and talk about the nuts and bolts that don't make it into the headlines.

https://t.co/y2Ohj3zMD5

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

In light of recent marketing from Neuralink I wrote a piece on brain implants!

Cyberjunk 2077: Try to avoid a brain implant. https://t.co/0qKM8NbOOr

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

Consider the Lobster's Stomatogastric Ganglion https://t.co/Rr2huCaNSL

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

I wrote a piece on AI, automation, and the degree to which we're working in the entertainment industry!
https://t.co/VxmB54ErHa

[Scryptid Games @ScryptidGames]

Psychic Trash Detectives is live & trash diving!
Fully funded! Over $1600 raised!
We knew this would happen! Because we’re psychic! Link in bio.

#zinequest5 #zinequest #kickstarter #kickstarterlaunch #kickstartergames #indierpg #cryptid #trashanimals #begaydocrimes #trashpanda

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

@RyanOMGa y tho?

[Scryptid Games @ScryptidGames]

Psychic Trash Detectives is NOW LIVE on Kickstarter! Back this bookish, yet chaotic #zinequest #ttrpg where you play as animals who mine trash for psychic clues to solve pulp-inspired mysteries: https://t.co/GZmtbmPzgz #zinequest5

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

My AI lab students were featured in this article: https://t.co/7U3dbDNPra

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

Plz nerf mimic octopus.

[Nat Mesnard @natmesnard]

Ball of the Wild is now LIVE! 🦁 Back this ENNIE-nominated #zinequest4 drag-inspired #ttrpg project, where you and your fabulous friends play as animals who dress up as other animals: https://t.co/7SEr02B0ka

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

@wandedob It's best to exchange hostages before such an agreement. In your situation you'll probably have to arrange a marriage between your houses.

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

@BayesForDays

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

I'm not sure I can be a "good" dog, but perhaps I can be a just dog.

[9th Level Games @9thLevelGames]

We're playing THE VERY GOOD DOGS OF CHERNOBYL on @RyanOMGa's #LifeActionRolePlay this Thursday. Come enjoy this spooky occult horror #ttrpg of telepathic dogs at 6 ET / 3 PT! 🐶

With @patrickdkwatson @DevPresto @Clearly_Golden @FinnRPierson!

https://t.co/efJrWfGg9X

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

@IrisVanRooij @matthewslocombe @NatRevPsych @AI_Radboud @Radboud_Uni @interact_minds @in_interaction @DondersInst @AarhusUni_int Doug Hofstadter probably?

[Yong Zheng-Xin @yong_zhengxin]

🥳This work was done during my internship at Google Summer of Code #GSoC 2020 under the guidance of @TorrentTiago, @CzuloOliver, @patrickdkwatson, and Collin F Baker! It’s been a long haul, and lots of future work are needed in this multilingual frame semantics space. [n/n]

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

@kareem_carr I like this framing. You can describe knowledge, but not uncertainty. Uncertainty has no face.

The intuition statistics is trying to quantify is maybe..."cosmic horror?" It's hard to market the discipline that teaches you how experience existentially dread more precisely.

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

@jpeelle Highlight how you've already done the work and this is more like a fun prize they get to award you!

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

@criticalneuro @IrisVanRooij I think they're called "memes." (I just meant that this book is really appealing!)

[Patrick Watson @patrickdkwatson]

@criticalneuro shared this, and then @IrisVanRooij excerpted it and now I am reading it. This book is clearly one of those brain infections.

[Iris van Rooij 💭 @IrisVanRooij]

Now reading: "Science Without Laws", by Ronald N. Giere (1999) (h/t @criticalneuro)