Andreas Theodorou @[email protected]

@gautamcgoel It has happened in the UK —particularly if the student can't explain and justify their work at the viva. Most often, the student must do corrections and resubmit after a year. In rare cases, the student was forced to drop out with an MPhil.

Have you ever seen a PhD student fail their defense? If so, what happened?

@micahgoldblum @togelius Some countries, e.g. Sweden, lack the dual-funding system US and UK has. If you don't have research funds, you may have less than 25% of your time in research unless you apply and get faculty funding. On the other hand, you can skip teaching completely!

@togelius In terms of research time, is that because of bigger teaching responsibilities?

What is the difference between academia in Europe and the US? Tenure process, teaching responsibilities, grant applications, etc.

Great past couple of days in Stockholm, meeting @SandorAlbrecht & rest of WALP board for the final review of the RAIN project + #SAIS2022! Happy to see the successful end of the project - our #AI assessment tool is coming out soon through @verAIAB!

@MSlavkovik Rubbish.

What is the collective noun for ride sharing vehicles? 🧐

And as @j2bryson has been saying, we should be talking about regulating software instead of constantly trying to define what AI is, opening loopholes and creating confusion

Selection Bias xkcd.com/2618

For more detail on 7001-2021, the thinking behind the standard and some examples of how to use it see our open access article here frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

"[A] system came under fire when a photo of Michael B. Jordan, the African-American star of the Black Panther movie, appeared on the police’s wanted list for a mass shooting that left five dead on Christmas Eve 2021" #AI restofworld.org/2022/how-ai-re…

I am recruiting for *two* PhD students to work on field swarm robotics. A great opportunity to work on real-world swarms (Leo Rovers) in lovely countryside. Have also set up a new website, details here 🙂👉: huntlab.uk/join-us/ Please RT/share with students you know!

Every year Swedes watch moose cross rivers in the spring for new grazing grounds. Come watch some wonderful moose svtplay.se/video/34674847…

For the third time, @FTC has forced a company to destroy algorithms built with data gathered deceptively. Here's why it's a sign that algorithmic destruction is now a standard way the FTC will penalize companies. @jevanhutson @EPICprivacy @privacyforum protocol.com/policy/ftc-alg…

ICYMI: Twitter conducted one of the largest platform audits ever (randomized trial on 58 million users) to assess "political bias" of their algorithm. In 6 of 7 countries, "the mainstream political right enjoys higher algorithmic amplification than the mainstream political left."

Join the discussion on #challenges and #opportunities of regulating #AI on May 19! How will #regulations shape AI #tech in the #future? What is the interplay between national #policies and the work of organisations? Register to attend today! wasp-hs.org/events/challen… #law #AIlaw

If you missed the full paper deadline, there are still a number of open submission calls for CoG 2022:

I am the author of this game, well much younger version of me during high school, written entirely in 6502 assembly, fitting within the 8KB RAM of the original PET. You might be able to guess my age…

@MSlavkovik I am happy to 'fix' this for you by assigning a couple of things to review. 😇

Sometimes one has to love automated email 😆

"to get to human-level intelligence, you need an agent that is actively learning while being immersed in a physical and cultural environment which is strongly influencing the developmental trajectory." Interesting discussion on gradient descent and knowledge by @jcbaillie

@Reviewer_No_2 @DrCarlottaBerry @seis_matters @Nature I would go as far as calling it an attack on academic freedom, given the pensions, pay gap, etc. I am grateful for landing a 75-25 research-teaching job in Sweden. ;-)