Simon Walkowiak

1/ Our recent pre-print "From overconfidence to task dropout in a spatial navigation test: evidence for the Dunning-Kruger effect across 46 countries" in now available at bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…. Many thanks to @edthink @hugospiers @antoine_coutrot @CASAUCL and others.

@RoryStewartUK Amazing. You are making a real difference. Fabulous initiative.

“I'm a single mother of four. We go to bed hungry when I can't find work or food from our kind neighbors. But I won't be using the money on luxuries, not even a bottle of juice. I'll buy a farm plot and start selling fruits & vegetables.” GiveDirectly.org/gasutamo #GivingTuesday

Today, for #GivingTuesday, I’m handing over my account to voices from Gasutamo, Rwanda. You can help everyone in their village receive direct cash aid by retweeting or donating via @GiveDirectly ↓ givedirectly.org/gasutamo

6/ I would like to thank all co-authors and especially my PhD supervisors @edthink and @hugospiers for their collaboration on this paper. Special thanks to @CASAUCL and @turinginst for supporting my PhD research.

5/ It's the first large-scale Dunning-Kruger study in the field of spatial navigation - all our data come from the Sea Hero Quest @seaheroquest mobile game application.

1/ Our recent pre-print "From overconfidence to task dropout in a spatial navigation test: evidence for the Dunning-Kruger effect across 46 countries" in now available at bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…. Many thanks to @edthink @hugospiers @antoine_coutrot @CASAUCL and others.

@YouGov Where is the "I don't care" response? As long as there is some chocolate I don't care about anything else 🍪🍫

Do you prefer chocolate chip cookies to be crispy or gooey? All Britons Crispy: 27% Gooey: 52% 18-24yr olds Crispy: 11% Gooey: 76% 65+yr olds Crispy: 37% Gooey: 25% yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…

@carolvorders Nadine is a total diva!! I would love to meet her in person hahah. She is totally from a different political planet but I still think she would be nice to have a chat over a tea and cake! 🫖🍰

Nadine Dorries to Sunak (she's not very happy with him 😂) "Your actions have left some 200 OR MORE colleagues to face an electoral tsunami and the loss of their livelihoods" Ooh Nadine ...we're thinking more like 250-300 of them heading to the Job Centre #TacticalVoting

@DanielPriestley Yep, my life exactly! hahah But you know what... All generations have had their problems. We just need to be flexible and try our best in these crazy times.

Millenails born in the early 80s... - All through high school... the internet is going to be the biggest thing ever - Start work... dot com crash and 9/11 - recover and get a promotion ... global financial crisis - Save for a house ... interest rates fall and houses triple in value, repayments are affordable but deposit near impossible. - move to a city in a small apartment... lockdowns - Finally, save for a deposit ... interest rates rise and repayments go through the roof.

Saturday, Bank Holiday, UK. We are lucky we have a real party watching/listening to the public broadcast @BBC. First, Proms and my beloved Northern Soul ❤️, then the best of Shania Twain for 1 hr, and now 5(🤩) hours of Madonna non-stop. Can anyone beat that?! 🍸🕺🎉

@upthreebreaks @YouGov Yes, I know that. 🎾

@SimonWalkowiak @YouGov lime is by definition green! and in the color spectrum, this color is also classified officially as green

What colour is a tennis ball? All Britons: Green: 32% Yellow: 64% Aged 18-24: Green: 66% Yellow: 30% Aged 65+: Green: 5% Yellow: 89% yougov.co.uk/topics/sport/s…

@ylecun This is surely one of the nicest plots I've seen recently.

In case you didn't know, the increase of polarization in the US House of Representatives started long before social networks or the internet existed.

@DanielPriestley Interesting question. For me it must be David Attenborough. I don't really see anyone else. Definitely not footballers.

Who is the most universally liked person on the planet?

@eniascailliau @AndyAyrey @hwchase17 @a16z @LangChain Where is it in Norway? How can I book it?

@AndyAyrey @hwchase17 @a16z @LangChain It’s the best! Norway 🇳🇴 retreat for the summer. Moving out next week though 😢

Battle station update: Going all in on AI Companions - Day 17/21 - Inhaled 32 RedBulls - GirlfriendGPT is live, has a dark mode, and 1000+ companions - Open Source contributions: @a16z AI Companion, Youtube-to-chatbot, and @langchain prod starter - Infiltrated Reddit's AI companion zealot community. They gave me the insider's scoop on how AI companions will be built in 12 months. More on that next week. 👀 🗓️ Up next: * OSS: Watch Youtube with your AI companion * AI companions with big brains (aka Vector Stores) * Tutorial: Custom LLMs & Image Generation for AI companions Onwards with the journey! #buildinpublic 💪🏽

I also recommend a fantastic book "Material World" by @EdConwaySky if anyone is interested in how we are dependent on natural resources and why cobalt mining for electric batteries is not going to solve our problems long term.

Excellent documentary by #france24 reporters on cobalt mining industry and how the world is trying to replace one evil (gas/petrol) with another one (electric batteries). Child labour, environmental pollution, corruption, crime... Hardly a solution! france24.com/en/tv-shows/re…

@DanielPriestley You should run a course on how to optimise an ads campaign to get the best ROI.

Just reviewed an ads campaign. We spent £90K on ads and generated £1.4M in sales. Ads... to Scorecard... to webinar... to sales call.

Great to see our research article finally out in @SciReports. Thanks to all co-authors and collaborators including @CASAUCL @turinginst