David Picard
@davidpicard.bsky.social
Professor of Computer Vision/Machine Learning at Imagine/LIGM, École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées @ecoledesponts.bsky.social Music & overall happiness 🌳🪻 Born well below 350ppm 😬 mostly silly personal views
📍Paris 🔗 https://davidpicard.github.io/
📍Paris 🔗 https://davidpicard.github.io/
Pinned
It's the first of the year. There is beauty in this world, it's not even hidden, let's focus on making it grow.
Not sure I'm going to renew it, at least not in the near future 😔
February 12, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Not sure I'm going to renew it, at least not in the near future 😔
New day, new images, totally different!
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 PM
New day, new images, totally different!
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February 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Quick math question (@ccanonne.github.io?): let's say I sample n points iid from a gaussian in dimension d. What is the ratio of the volume of the biggest cone without samples, intersected with the smallest encompassing hypersphere, and that hypersphere. i.e., the relative volume without sample
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Quick math question (@ccanonne.github.io?): let's say I sample n points iid from a gaussian in dimension d. What is the ratio of the volume of the biggest cone without samples, intersected with the smallest encompassing hypersphere, and that hypersphere. i.e., the relative volume without sample
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this seems important. Are they the first Chinese AI lab to claim this?
Highlight on Margin
"In a strategically significant move, GLM-5 has been trained entirely on Huawei Ascend chips using the MindSpore framework, achieving full independence from US-manufactured hardware. "
margin.at
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
this seems important. Are they the first Chinese AI lab to claim this?
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Our grad-level "Deep Learning" course (MIT's 6.7960) is now freely available online through OpenCourseWare: ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-79...
Lecture videos, psets, and readings are all provided.
Had a lot of fun teaching this with @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social and @jeremybernste.in!
Lecture videos, psets, and readings are all provided.
Had a lot of fun teaching this with @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social and @jeremybernste.in!
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Our grad-level "Deep Learning" course (MIT's 6.7960) is now freely available online through OpenCourseWare: ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-79...
Lecture videos, psets, and readings are all provided.
Had a lot of fun teaching this with @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social and @jeremybernste.in!
Lecture videos, psets, and readings are all provided.
Had a lot of fun teaching this with @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social and @jeremybernste.in!
Thinking of pushing for a bill that would make it mandatory to add "always talk like a pirate" to system prompts. That would loosen the credibility, no? In addition to being funny.
LLMs are the updated version of "I found it on the internet", but more pernicious because they write very formally and are coming from billion dollar companies.
The web was useful, but only for those who put in the effort to check that what they got was correct. The same is happening with LLMs.
The web was useful, but only for those who put in the effort to check that what they got was correct. The same is happening with LLMs.
This is why I always verify the results when I use AI
February 11, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Thinking of pushing for a bill that would make it mandatory to add "always talk like a pirate" to system prompts. That would loosen the credibility, no? In addition to being funny.
LLMs are the updated version of "I found it on the internet", but more pernicious because they write very formally and are coming from billion dollar companies.
The web was useful, but only for those who put in the effort to check that what they got was correct. The same is happening with LLMs.
The web was useful, but only for those who put in the effort to check that what they got was correct. The same is happening with LLMs.
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 AM
LLMs are the updated version of "I found it on the internet", but more pernicious because they write very formally and are coming from billion dollar companies.
The web was useful, but only for those who put in the effort to check that what they got was correct. The same is happening with LLMs.
The web was useful, but only for those who put in the effort to check that what they got was correct. The same is happening with LLMs.
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This is why I always verify the results when I use AI
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
This is why I always verify the results when I use AI
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If you are interested working with me as a postdoc on probabilistic machine learning, please consider reaching out and applying for the postdoc call by digital futures (link below).
🔗 www.digitalfutures.kth.se/call/up-to-t...
🔗 www.digitalfutures.kth.se/call/up-to-t...
Up to ten postdoc fellows in technologies for digital transformation | Digital Futures
Purpose Digital Futures postdoc fellowships aim to support talented early-career international researchers in pursuing their research ideas within a new research group and institution. As this is a mo...
www.digitalfutures.kth.se
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
If you are interested working with me as a postdoc on probabilistic machine learning, please consider reaching out and applying for the postdoc call by digital futures (link below).
🔗 www.digitalfutures.kth.se/call/up-to-t...
🔗 www.digitalfutures.kth.se/call/up-to-t...
There had to be a city. The scriptures were clear enough. Before the blast, before the fallout, it was the capital of the Empire, with towering spires and colossal hanging gardens, seen from as far as the horizon. How could this be turned into sand and desolation?
February 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM
There had to be a city. The scriptures were clear enough. Before the blast, before the fallout, it was the capital of the Empire, with towering spires and colossal hanging gardens, seen from as far as the horizon. How could this be turned into sand and desolation?
Ah no, it's already back to corrupted horrors...
February 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Ah no, it's already back to corrupted horrors...
Let's start all over again!
February 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Let's start all over again!
I'll make a gallery when I have time (so, never?)
February 9, 2026 at 9:50 AM
I'll make a gallery when I have time (so, never?)
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💬 AI for Good Webinar Series 'From Molecules to Models' - today with Tomasz Trzcinski (IDEAS Research Institute 🇵🇱) on 'Zero-waste machine learning'.
📅 Mon, Feb 9th
🕓 16:00-17:00 CET
🔗 Registration: https://bit.ly/4rxevLX
ℹ️ More info: https://bit.ly/47Qclim
📅 Mon, Feb 9th
🕓 16:00-17:00 CET
🔗 Registration: https://bit.ly/4rxevLX
ℹ️ More info: https://bit.ly/47Qclim
February 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
💬 AI for Good Webinar Series 'From Molecules to Models' - today with Tomasz Trzcinski (IDEAS Research Institute 🇵🇱) on 'Zero-waste machine learning'.
📅 Mon, Feb 9th
🕓 16:00-17:00 CET
🔗 Registration: https://bit.ly/4rxevLX
ℹ️ More info: https://bit.ly/47Qclim
📅 Mon, Feb 9th
🕓 16:00-17:00 CET
🔗 Registration: https://bit.ly/4rxevLX
ℹ️ More info: https://bit.ly/47Qclim
Not entirely satisfied...
February 8, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Not entirely satisfied...
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#KostasThoughts: Stay organized and keep intermediate, raw project results. You never know when you, or your supervisor 😉, will need them later for a talk.
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
#KostasThoughts: Stay organized and keep intermediate, raw project results. You never know when you, or your supervisor 😉, will need them later for a talk.
Exploring more weirdness.
February 8, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Exploring more weirdness.
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OH "the S in MCP stands for security"
February 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
OH "the S in MCP stands for security"
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✨ New 3D pose estimation method from my lab! #FMPose3D allows for monocular (i.e. single camera) 2D➡️3D 🔥
Led by Ti Wang & w/ Xiaohang Yu #FMPose3D is SOTA on human & animal 3D benchmarks, & will be integrated into @deeplabcut.bsky.social ⬇️
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755
➡️ xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/
Led by Ti Wang & w/ Xiaohang Yu #FMPose3D is SOTA on human & animal 3D benchmarks, & will be integrated into @deeplabcut.bsky.social ⬇️
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755
➡️ xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/
February 8, 2026 at 7:08 AM
✨ New 3D pose estimation method from my lab! #FMPose3D allows for monocular (i.e. single camera) 2D➡️3D 🔥
Led by Ti Wang & w/ Xiaohang Yu #FMPose3D is SOTA on human & animal 3D benchmarks, & will be integrated into @deeplabcut.bsky.social ⬇️
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755
➡️ xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/
Led by Ti Wang & w/ Xiaohang Yu #FMPose3D is SOTA on human & animal 3D benchmarks, & will be integrated into @deeplabcut.bsky.social ⬇️
📝 arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755
➡️ xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/
Interesting video showing the gamers' viewpoint on recent video generative models: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsae...
I think this is not going to age well. Here is a prediction I feel confident about: in 10 years, most big title video game will rely on generative world models.
I think this is not going to age well. Here is a prediction I feel confident about: in 10 years, most big title video game will rely on generative world models.
Is The Gaming Industry COOKED?
YouTube video by gameranx
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Interesting video showing the gamers' viewpoint on recent video generative models: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsae...
I think this is not going to age well. Here is a prediction I feel confident about: in 10 years, most big title video game will rely on generative world models.
I think this is not going to age well. Here is a prediction I feel confident about: in 10 years, most big title video game will rely on generative world models.
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February 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM