Sam Spaulding

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Sam Spaulding

Sam Spaulding

@SpauldingSam

Education Machine Learning @Apple. PhD from @MITprg @medialab, formerly made robots @Jibo. Likes trivia, books, music, bikes. Science is magic that works.

San Francisco, CA انضم Temmuz 2013
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Sam Spaulding
Sam Spaulding@SpauldingSam·
@katyilonka what software do you use? Sometimes when getting started writing, I'll open up a GDoc, turn on voice dictation, and pretend I'm talking to a friend. It's fine for small-stakes stuff, but i'm interested in something better designed
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katy ilonka gero
katy ilonka gero@katyilonka·
while having a broken wrist i got really into using dictation for writing. i love it! now if i ever don't know where to start i just turn on dictation and ramble. it ~feels~ different (like, in my soul) than typing. in a nice way. also less typing is prob good my hands?*
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Sam Spaulding@SpauldingSam·
A new paper, largely based on my thesis proposal, is out today in @FrontRoboticsAI! In it, we discuss ways that educational agents can personalize to human students across task contexts and over time, combining transfer and continual learning techniques frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
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Sam Spaulding
Sam Spaulding@SpauldingSam·
Come join me and a fantastic group of speaker, panelists, and presenters for a half-day workshop at #HRI2021 tomorrow! Details in thread and at leap-hri.github.io
Bahar Irfan@BaharIrfan_

📣Let's make a leap in #HRI together this Monday @HRI_2021🤖 🗓️March 8, 8 am-12 pm MST 📌Registration (mandatory) - open to all: humanrobotinteraction.org/2021/registrat… 🔗Website: leap-hri.github.io See thread for program👇 #LEAPHRI #lifelonglearning #personalization #workshop #robot @EPSRC

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Sam Spaulding
Sam Spaulding@SpauldingSam·
@srush_nlp @zacharylipton certainly a similar flavor around the OpenAI/GPT-3 discourse re: "the scaling hypothesis" and "the bitter lesson". Manhattan Project budget would be ~30billion today, so perhaps we're still only at the Fermi/Szilard Pile-1 stage (~$50mm today)
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Sasha Rush
Sasha Rush@srush_nlp·
@zacharylipton My memory of "Making of the Atomic Bomb" was that there was actually tons of work done on scaling. Oak Ridge and other sites were all about tuning marginal output gains at large scales. Obviously current scientific process has issues, but it's not so clear a difference.
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Zachary Lipton
Zachary Lipton@zacharylipton·
Reading abt the Manhattan project, clear parallels to AI today—celebrated scientists churning out research under tremendous pressure. Only they shaped the future of energy, warfare, and the international world order... and we produced the Squish activation fn.
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Sam Spaulding@SpauldingSam·
2 great keynotes + many interesting lightning talks already! Though we're not in Corvallis together, I'm still really enjoying this workshop #RSSpioneers
Robotics: Science and Systems@RoboticsSciSys

#RSSpioneers has an amazing line-up of speakers that will share their career experiences, including: - Dieter Fox, @UW - Ken Goldberg @ken_goldberg, @UCBerkeley - Jana Tumova @jana_tumova, KTH - Vikas Sindhwani @vikassindhwani, @Google - Sangbae Kim, @MIT

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Sam Spaulding@SpauldingSam·
It was such a treat to participate in this fantastic, important initiative. I had a ton of fun getting involved and I'm glad to see it launched! If you like it, consider donating a set of materials iamascientist.info/donate-a-kit #IAmAScientist @theplenary
The Plenary, Co.@theplenary

We are so excited to share that our initiative to break barriers and stereotypes in STE(A)M is finally live! Help us celebrate & spread the word by sharing a pic/story about how you or your science break the mold. #IAmAScientist Check it out here: iamascientist.info !!!

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Patricia Nolan
Patricia Nolan@PattyNolan1·
#CambMA must follow suit - our cities cannot and will not look the same as they did before... ✅unlock room throughout the city by closing streets/lanes to vehicle traffic ✅provide more outdoor space for our local business ✅create space for safer and easier walk/bike commuting
Mayor Marty Walsh@marty_walsh

☑️we want to make sure we have enough space for safe distancing; ☑️we want to make sure our small businesses can get the support and space they need ☑️and we want to make sure everyone has safe and healthy transportation options.

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Sam Spaulding@SpauldingSam·
@Ammallon @PattyNolan1 Discussion is great, but what about the "discussion" around opening Memorial Drive / Riverbend Park, which remains even more locked down compared to pre-pandemic protocol! How about holding the City Manager accountable for turning discussion into action?
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Alanna Mallon
Alanna Mallon@Ammallon·
Like #Cincinnati, the #CambMA City Council will be discussing the idea of allocating parts of the public way for restaurants to reopen and have add'l outside space to expand the # of guests they can serve. Thanks @PattyNolan1 for your leadership, happy to join you in this effort!
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Sam Spaulding@SpauldingSam·
@VoteJivan @MassDCR @CambMA sigh...so disappointing! Its been great having space to properly distance and exercise on some of the other stretches of road DCR has closed. CM's contract is up for renewal soon, no?
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Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler@VoteJivan·
@SpauldingSam @MassDCR @CambMA The City Council has said in 2 policy orders that Memorial Drive & other streets should be partly closed to promote social distancing. The DCR has closed streets elsewhere and could here too. Unfortunately the City Manager has not followed through twitter.com/adamtvaccaro/s…
Adam Vaccaro@adamtvaccaro

This is.....the opposite of Cambridge City Council’s vote to look into closing Memorial Drive to vehicles throughout the pandemic.

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MassDCR
MassDCR@MassDCR·
@CambMA and @MassDCR have issued the below traffic advisory for Memorial Drive and Riverbend Park in the City of Cambridge:
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Sam Spaulding
Sam Spaulding@SpauldingSam·
.@kaliouby has been such an inspirational scientist, mentor, entrepreneur, and leader to me. Her new book, #girldecoded, is out soon and I will absolutely be reading it as soon as it releases!
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PersonalRobots
PersonalRobots@MITprg·
.@anastasiaostrow and @SpauldingSam are at @HCRCS’s workshop on AI for Social Impact. Here’s Sam presenting his work on personalized robots learning companions for early literacy and language skills!
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Sam Spaulding
Sam Spaulding@SpauldingSam·
I just donated to help @CalforNC win in my home state! NC has been horribly gerrymandered for years, but a pair of recent court rulings will force maps to be redrawn for the next election, the best opp. for change in years! Help move NC forward in 2020!
Cal Cunningham@CalforNC

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