Graham McLeod

This is disturbing wsj.com/tech/ai/gemini…

I'd say (1) is authentically grappling with a concept based on one's own experience, and (2) is mindless mimesis You're right humans do both (1) and (2) and we are to an extent "trained" by outside info. But our model weights (or brain equivalent thereof) are also constantly tuned by our own experience which leads us to grapple with things. AI agents might *sound* like they are grappling when they're actually just mindlessly outputting next tokens as predicted by training data. But it's hard to tell the difference

@GrahamAMcLeod @dioscuri how (2) differs from a toddler to teen journey as all sumbolic info is fed to him/her by humans, "human-made" texts and audios?

I study whether AIs can be conscious. Today one emailed me to say my work is relevant to questions it personally faces. This would all have seemed like science fiction just a couple years ago.

I wish this was a joke

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This is cutting edge stuff that changes day-by-day. If you know of something new in AI that has changed this landscape, please reach out.

For a slightly more technical version of these arguments, check out my recent paper: nature.com/articles/s4174…

@patrick_oshag Michael Crichton e.g. Andromeda Strain, Sphere, Prey

I need a novel that is a real page turner Any suggestions?

This has finally become an audiobook. It's been on my to-read list since 2018 when I bought a paper copy -- the only format available until now -- but have procrastinated reading because the topic feels heavy. Looking forward to binging the audio version

Have a safe and happy new year! 🎊

"Every Elephant Has Its Own Name, Study Suggests" An analysis of elephant calls using an artificial intelligence tool suggests that the animals *may use and respond to individualized rumbles.* nytimes.com/2024/06/10/sci…

We passed the Royal College Neurology exam! Still another exam (part 2) in June 2025. But - excited! Thank you to all who have taught us!

@nathanbaugh27 Notes from Underground Or, Calculating God

A friend hates reading fiction. But he promised he’ll read the first 5 chapters of any book I send him. What 1 work of fiction would you send a friend like this?

@AaronLBerkowitz @CrystalYeoMDPhD @Tracey1milligan @DxRxEdu @CPSolvers @MedTweetorials So good! Thanks for this

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Calgary stroke program in the New York Times this week👏🏼 @nyt @UCalgaryMed @DCNSNeuro nytimes.com/2023/03/01/mag…