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THREAD: To understand why International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan’s conduct regarding “The Situation in Palestine” is so scandalous and should disqualify him from office, a little background is necessary.
It’s been *forever* since my last Physics Twitter Thread 😳.
But today I ran into a beautiful artistic physics demo in my hometown that inspired me to write a few lines.
I’m sure you’ve all seen these massive floating granite balls. How do they work?
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Is this the most decorated F1 podium of all-time?!
Seven titles for Lewis Hamilton
Two titles for Fernando Alonso
Two titles for Max Verstappen
23 titles (11 Driver, 12 Constructor) for Adrian Newey
World class.
#CanadianGP#F1
Had an insightful conversation with @geoffreyhinton about AI and catastrophic risks. Two thoughts we want to share:
(i) It's important that AI scientists reach consensus on risks-similar to climate scientists, who have rough consensus on climate change-to shape good policy.
(ii) Do AI models understand the world? We think they do. If we list out and develop a shared view on key technical questions like this, it will help move us toward consensus on risks.
I learned a lot speaking with Geoff. Let’s all of us in AI keep having conversations to learn from each other!
Yes, ChatGPT is amazing and impressive. No, @OpenAI has not come close to addressing the problem of bias. Filters appear to be bypassed with simple tricks, and superficially masked.
And what is lurking inside is egregious.
@Abebab@sama
tw racism, sexism.
I am delighted to announce that the camera-ready version of my new book, "Machine Learning: Advanced Topics", is finally available online for free at https://t.co/XjR3nnLtOI (@mitpress will publish the hard copy in 2023.)
Jon Stewart just destroyed Ted Cruz and the Republicans’ lies about why they voted against giving toxin-exposed veterans healthcare and you have to watch
We will miss his infectious smile, and the warmth and energy he brought to our research family. We are raising funds in personal capacity to support his family and to contribute to a future memorial objective, here: https://t.co/TOSiu39Uy8
Please take note of how dramatically Twitter has changed since the freezing of Russian assets. Suddenly all those anti-Biden “American patriots” have disappeared.