Ruth Schulz

cognitive scientist and AI / ML / Robotics enthusiast, looking for opportunities in the Bay Area

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

@NWSBayArea Typical cloudy
Morning time in Mountain View
No drizzle today

[Ben Schulz @bnschlz]

Omicron tree 🎄 https://t.co/4E38Masoit #WearAMask

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

@bnschlz @GlenFox9 Jumper is another confusing word in your outfit 😂 isn't linguistic variation interesting?

[Cat Allman💉🎉 @catallman]

https://t.co/haUMWDPUpN workshop to bring NGOs from Africa and APAC alongside academic experts, Google researchers to encourage new collaborative AI solutions. 3 topic areas: Agriculture, Conservation and Public Health. Apply by Nov 23, 2020. https://t.co/ExSjZIDbtR,

[QUT @QUT]

#QUT researchers built a virtual zoo to help #robots navigate the real world: https://t.co/hVuqmkqk4u @QUTRobotics @QUTSciEng @stuartlayt

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

Any PhD students or researchers looking for advice about conducting research in challenging times? Eliza is looking for questions to answer for you (e.g. about ethics, mental health, productivity, misinformation), so let her know what you want to know:

[PandemicPostgraduate @PandemicPhD]

Introducing Pandemic PhD https://t.co/NqJEl3qTon #PhD #phdchat #Academic #research

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

Super interesting, wide ranging discussion, inspirational robot experiences, proposal with Wall-E, new form of HRI between robot and expert roboticist, purpose of life to be there for other humans because clearly nothing else matters when we are a speck of dust in the multiverse.

[Anca Dragan @ancadianadragan]

I had a TON of fun talking to Lex about the game-theoretic perspective on coordinating with people and value alignment, capitalizing on leaked information from humans, modeling humans as rational under different beliefs, and also personal stories! https://t.co/JcJGLkdNZz

[IEEE Spectrum @IEEESpectrum]

We asked famed roboticist @rodneyabrooks to explain his definition of #robot. He sent us a sonnet. https://t.co/626Cs4QEFB

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

What am I looking at? Apparently xenobots, living machines designed on a computer using an evolutionary algorithm, then made from heart and skin cells developed from stem cells of frog embryos (species: Xenopus laevis).

[Josh Bongard @DoctorJosh]

Introducing computer-designed organisms.

Our new study out this week in PNAS.

w/ @drmichaellevin, Douglas Blackiston, and @Kriegmerica

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

Amazing #NeurIPS2019 talk about "How to know" Take home message: what everyone in ML should know about humans and bonus insightful comments on the climate for men

[Celeste Kidd @celestekidd]

I was informed I went through my #NeurIPS2019 talk summary slide too fast, & people who wanted to take pictures to Tweet couldn't... You are right. Here you go.

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

TLDR: Using evolutionary computation with deep learning could be the next big thing in AI (and if you implement it and are lucky, it could make you rich and famous, but probably not)

[Rodney Brooks @rodneyabrooks]

1/13 How to revolutionize AI and become famous. First consider a) through e), then follow the instructions.

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

So much great content is already up on the #NeurIPS2019 live-stream and the local meetups are such a great idea

[Anoush Najarian Անուշ Նաջարյան @anoushnajarian]

Dear #NeurIPS meetup hosts and #AI enthusiasts around the world, check out @NeurIPSConf livestream: https://t.co/nGwpJgH8Nk #NeurIPS2019 #ML #DL #RL #WiML #WiMLDS #BlackInAI

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

A robot that can kind-of follow commands forward, backward & a few words for stop using word vectors from word2vec as inputs. I wonder if other sensible generalizations could be made from word vector similarities. Not currently v. convincing but an interesting research direction.

[Josh Bongard @DoctorJosh]

Undergraduate David Matthews from @uvmvermont today unveils

one of only two robots ever to obey words it's never heard before.

At #IROS2019, 1pm, in room LG-R20 (paper WeBT20.1).

https://t.co/Z4K6GpXuod

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

sounds exciting! "the goal of making robots that are smarter, safer, more robust, more context-aware and more collaborative"

[Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus]

Great story @TechCrunch on @RobustAI, with a little bit more about how we came to be and what ⁦@rodneyabrooks⁩ @hiskov ⁦@mohamedramer Anthony Jules and I⁩ are aiming to build.

And, yes, we’re hiring! https://t.co/5VpGFwQgzs

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

Maybe social robotics isn't quite done yet? - "... when designers will start their own social robotics companies and hire engineers, rather than the other way around, we will finally discover what the hidden need for home robots was in the first place."

[Guy Hoffman @[email protected] @guyhoffman]

I see Jibo, Cozmo, and Kuri as huge success stories. Here's what we can learn from them: https://t.co/DamCaYkVrW

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

Link to the biorxiv article if you don’t have access to the current biology one
https://t.co/FkMU6h8kb5

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

Interesting study on spatial ability: gender inequality of a country is predictive of gender differences in navigational ability, spatial ability is correlated with economic wealth, spatial ability is correlated with orienteering championships results.

[May-Britt Moser @MayBrittMoser]

!!! Gender inequality of a country is predictive of gender differences in navigation ability- no gender difference in Norway 💃🏻: Global Determinants of Navigation Ability https://t.co/ZraugrDRMg

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

https://t.co/s3XwJAOtAE

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

@maththrills @Juxi @RethinkRobotics Baxter's eyes are the best part of this video

[Ruth Schulz @ruthschulz]

@bnschlz Happy birthday!