David Mimno
@dmimno.bsky.social
He teaches information science at Cornell. http://mimno.infosci.cornell.edu
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David Mimno
@dmimno.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Optimist: AI has achieved human level performance!
Realist: “AI” is a collection of brittle hacks that, under very specific circumstances, mimic the surface level of human intelligence
Pessimist: AI HAS achieved human level performance
Realist: “AI” is a collection of brittle hacks that, under very specific circumstances, mimic the surface level of human intelligence
Pessimist: AI HAS achieved human level performance
Reposted by David Mimno
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
I just read this in English (The master of the Day of Judgment) and it was excellent. I’m guessing Eco liked it too. I can’t find an online copy of the German (1921), does anyone know a source?
(CW self harm)
(CW self harm)
Nothing to do with AI, but this, this was an incredible novel. One of Borges’ favorite too.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I just read this in English (The master of the Day of Judgment) and it was excellent. I’m guessing Eco liked it too. I can’t find an online copy of the German (1921), does anyone know a source?
(CW self harm)
(CW self harm)
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Three exciting opportunities at
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE internships: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE postdocs: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
And internships with our close collaborators at STAC: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
FATE postdocs: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
And internships with our close collaborators at STAC: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Three exciting opportunities at
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
@msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC!!! 🎉
Internship w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Internship w/ STAC on AI evaluation and measurement: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
Postdoc w/ FATE: apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job?...
In chapter 9 of #ComputationalHumanities, Ben Schmidt goes back to a previous computational turn (and backlash) in digital history in "The Lessons of Time on the Cross"
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
Computational Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, _Computational Humanities_ redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to n...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In chapter 9 of #ComputationalHumanities, Ben Schmidt goes back to a previous computational turn (and backlash) in digital history in "The Lessons of Time on the Cross"
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
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Wisconsin-Madison CS is recruiting faculty for natural language processing!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences: Natural Language Processing (RISE-AI) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
jobs.wisc.edu
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Wisconsin-Madison CS is recruiting faculty for natural language processing!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
The second half of #ComputationalHumanities ("asking about") starts with @roopikarisam.bsky.social on the multiple, overlapping challenges faced in computational ethnic studies, and concrete suggestions for how everyone can help reduce them!
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
Computational Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, _Computational Humanities_ redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to n...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The second half of #ComputationalHumanities ("asking about") starts with @roopikarisam.bsky.social on the multiple, overlapping challenges faced in computational ethnic studies, and concrete suggestions for how everyone can help reduce them!
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
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Spread the word! 📢 The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) group at @msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC is hiring interns and postdocs to start in summer 2026! 🎉
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Spread the word! 📢 The FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics) group at @msftresearch.bsky.social in NYC is hiring interns and postdocs to start in summer 2026! 🎉
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
Apply by *December 15* for full consideration.
Reposted by David Mimno
We present Olmo 3, our next family of fully open, leading language models.
This family of 7B and 32B models represents:
1. The best 32B base model.
2. The best 7B Western thinking & instruct models.
3. The first 32B (or larger) fully open reasoning model.
This family of 7B and 32B models represents:
1. The best 32B base model.
2. The best 7B Western thinking & instruct models.
3. The first 32B (or larger) fully open reasoning model.
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We present Olmo 3, our next family of fully open, leading language models.
This family of 7B and 32B models represents:
1. The best 32B base model.
2. The best 7B Western thinking & instruct models.
3. The first 32B (or larger) fully open reasoning model.
This family of 7B and 32B models represents:
1. The best 32B base model.
2. The best 7B Western thinking & instruct models.
3. The first 32B (or larger) fully open reasoning model.
In Chapter 7 of #ComputationalHumanities, Crystal Eddins asks whether archives created for the purpose of enslaving and dehumanizing can be used to humanize and liberate. Can we reclaim records -- and the people memorialized in them -- digitally?
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
Computational Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, _Computational Humanities_ redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to n...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In Chapter 7 of #ComputationalHumanities, Crystal Eddins asks whether archives created for the purpose of enslaving and dehumanizing can be used to humanize and liberate. Can we reclaim records -- and the people memorialized in them -- digitally?
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
Reposted by David Mimno
Had a great time at CODE@MIT this weekend, and wanted to highlight a few (of the many) cool talks!
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Had a great time at CODE@MIT this weekend, and wanted to highlight a few (of the many) cool talks!
“Let’s make the axe for the frozen sea inside us step by step”
Why AI writing is mid
How the current way of training language models destroys any voice (and hope of good writing).
www.interconnects.ai/p/why-ai-wri...
How the current way of training language models destroys any voice (and hope of good writing).
www.interconnects.ai/p/why-ai-wri...
Why AI writing is mid
How the current way of training language models destroys any voice (and hope of good writing).
www.interconnects.ai
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“Let’s make the axe for the frozen sea inside us step by step”
Reposted by David Mimno
Calling NYC parents -- after years of requests we finally offer a summer high school program on campus.
Cornell Tech is launching a new Summer Innovation Intensive for high schoolers! Explore AI, ethical coding, data science & product design on our Roosevelt Island campus this July.
Join us at our Open Houses on Dec 7 & 11.
https://tech.cornell.edu/programs/summer-innovation-intensives/
Join us at our Open Houses on Dec 7 & 11.
https://tech.cornell.edu/programs/summer-innovation-intensives/
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Calling NYC parents -- after years of requests we finally offer a summer high school program on campus.
Reposted by David Mimno
🗓️ The #CHR2025 programme is online! Browse what’s on the menu here: 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/programme/
Proceedings are coming soon as well. Don’t forget: registration closes on 20 November! #computationalhumanitiesresearch
Proceedings are coming soon as well. Don’t forget: registration closes on 20 November! #computationalhumanitiesresearch
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🗓️ The #CHR2025 programme is online! Browse what’s on the menu here: 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/programme/
Proceedings are coming soon as well. Don’t forget: registration closes on 20 November! #computationalhumanitiesresearch
Proceedings are coming soon as well. Don’t forget: registration closes on 20 November! #computationalhumanitiesresearch
Reposted by David Mimno
🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by David Mimno
It's the season for PhD apps!! 🥧 🦃 ☃️ ❄️
Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!
lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!
lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It's the season for PhD apps!! 🥧 🦃 ☃️ ❄️
Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!
lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
Apply to Wisconsin CS to research
- Societal impact of AI
- NLP ←→ CSS and cultural analytics
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Human-AI interaction
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
with me!
lucy3.github.io/prospective-...
Our libraries are cutting staff so that Elsevier can have its 32% profit margin
A staggering statistic: "North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year." What are we doing?
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Our libraries are cutting staff so that Elsevier can have its 32% profit margin
In Chap 6 of #ComputationalHumanities, @kmcdono.bsky.social argues in "Maps as Data" that we can go beyond close reading for maps just like we can for text. How can we search over the built and natural environment, and over scales and time?
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
Computational Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, _Computational Humanities_ redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to n...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In Chap 6 of #ComputationalHumanities, @kmcdono.bsky.social argues in "Maps as Data" that we can go beyond close reading for maps just like we can for text. How can we search over the built and natural environment, and over scales and time?
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
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🚨We’re hiring for another fantastic position at the I School! 🚨
The I School invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position (Asst/Assoc/Full Professor) in Digital Security, Safety & Trust. #academicsky
Apply by Nov 16, 2025
Please share widely.
The I School invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position (Asst/Assoc/Full Professor) in Digital Security, Safety & Trust. #academicsky
Apply by Nov 16, 2025
Please share widely.
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Digital Security, Safety, and Trust - School of Information
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨We’re hiring for another fantastic position at the I School! 🚨
The I School invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position (Asst/Assoc/Full Professor) in Digital Security, Safety & Trust. #academicsky
Apply by Nov 16, 2025
Please share widely.
The I School invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position (Asst/Assoc/Full Professor) in Digital Security, Safety & Trust. #academicsky
Apply by Nov 16, 2025
Please share widely.
Reposted by David Mimno
Per @cj-robinson.bsky.social on CJR, just eight AI Note Contributors on X now make up about 5-10% of all helpful notes on a given day.
www.cjr.org/analysis/x-t...
www.cjr.org/analysis/x-t...
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Per @cj-robinson.bsky.social on CJR, just eight AI Note Contributors on X now make up about 5-10% of all helpful notes on a given day.
www.cjr.org/analysis/x-t...
www.cjr.org/analysis/x-t...
Reposted by David Mimno
I need an emergency reviewer for a paper in semantic similarity and embedding model interpretability, please let me know if you can help! #NLProc
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I need an emergency reviewer for a paper in semantic similarity and embedding model interpretability, please let me know if you can help! #NLProc
Chap 5 of #ComputationalHumanities by Fabian Offert and Peter Bell is about image generation, cultural heritage, and what it means to fill in the gaps between images. It was done before diffusion models were big, but still has enduring insights!
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
Computational Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, _Computational Humanities_ redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to n...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Chap 5 of #ComputationalHumanities by Fabian Offert and Peter Bell is about image generation, cultural heritage, and what it means to fill in the gaps between images. It was done before diffusion models were big, but still has enduring insights!
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
Reposted by David Mimno
Can anyone recommend a good text / source for sea monsters and imagined marine life in early modern period? Niche request. Cheers!
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Can anyone recommend a good text / source for sea monsters and imagined marine life in early modern period? Niche request. Cheers!
Reposted by David Mimno
*Urgently* looking for emergency reviewers for the ARR October Interpretability track 🙏🙏
ReSkies much appreciated
ReSkies much appreciated
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
*Urgently* looking for emergency reviewers for the ARR October Interpretability track 🙏🙏
ReSkies much appreciated
ReSkies much appreciated
The basic problem is that the amount of money at stake in government decisions is vastly more than the amount of money it takes to influence those decisions
people writing actual law from one of four bedrooms in a group house, while everyone they’ve heard from in person about that law they’re writing lives in a mansion in McLean or Potomac
people who write actual laws cringing when the dinner bill comes and gasping when a friend pays without blinking
people who write actual laws cringing when the dinner bill comes and gasping when a friend pays without blinking
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The basic problem is that the amount of money at stake in government decisions is vastly more than the amount of money it takes to influence those decisions
In Chap 4 of #ComputationalHumanities, Crystal Hall proposes parallax (looking at the same thing from two different angles) as a metaphor for how to interpret computational approaches. Tool variability can be a problem, but with intention it can be powerful!
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
Computational Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, _Computational Humanities_ redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to n...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In Chap 4 of #ComputationalHumanities, Crystal Hall proposes parallax (looking at the same thing from two different angles) as a metaphor for how to interpret computational approaches. Tool variability can be a problem, but with intention it can be powerful!
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...