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.
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.
Reposted by David Picard
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
Reposted by David Picard
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?)
Reposted by David Picard
💬 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...
Reposted by David Picard
#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.
Reposted by David Picard
OH "the S in MCP stands for security"
February 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
OH "the S in MCP stands for security"
Reposted by David Picard
✨ 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.
Reposted by David Picard
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Reposted by David Picard
I asked Claude Code to build Claude Code. You won’t believe what happened next.
Secrets of Intelligence Services
I asked Claude code to build Claude code. You won’t believe what happened next.
www.argmin.net
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I asked Claude Code to build Claude Code. You won’t believe what happened next.
Reposted by David Picard
We are recruiting four positions connected to Machine Learning, Statistical Learning, and AI for Science in the Applied Mathematics department at École polytechnique. Join our vibrant community at IP Paris and Hi! Paris IA center. List below🧵 tinyurl.com/3jpw9t26
Calliopé
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February 6, 2026 at 7:56 AM
We are recruiting four positions connected to Machine Learning, Statistical Learning, and AI for Science in the Applied Mathematics department at École polytechnique. Join our vibrant community at IP Paris and Hi! Paris IA center. List below🧵 tinyurl.com/3jpw9t26
New day, new experiments, new images
(with uin8 overflow artifacts, will be fixed for the next iteration)
(with uin8 overflow artifacts, will be fixed for the next iteration)
February 5, 2026 at 9:52 PM
New day, new experiments, new images
(with uin8 overflow artifacts, will be fixed for the next iteration)
(with uin8 overflow artifacts, will be fixed for the next iteration)
Reposted by David Picard
For absolutely no reason, let me remind people of this banger of a paper by @caroartc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 AM
For absolutely no reason, let me remind people of this banger of a paper by @caroartc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
That's a cool place to be!
There is an Associate Professor position in CS at ENS Lyon, with potential integration in my team, starting in sept 2026: DM me in interested!
Details at www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/images/P...
Details at www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/images/P...
www.ens-lyon.fr
February 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
That's a cool place to be!
Reposted by David Picard
There is an Associate Professor position in CS at ENS Lyon, with potential integration in my team, starting in sept 2026: DM me in interested!
Details at www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/images/P...
Details at www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/images/P...
www.ens-lyon.fr
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
There is an Associate Professor position in CS at ENS Lyon, with potential integration in my team, starting in sept 2026: DM me in interested!
Details at www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/images/P...
Details at www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/images/P...