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@gregorydavis.bsky.social

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‘Never knowingly Reviewer 2’ https://www.viscog.psychol.cam.ac.uk/ Attention, Visual Cognition, Social Cognition, Security Screening, Decision-making Uni of Cambridge, DfT College of Experts Consciousness Myster ̶i̶a̶n̶on ATLAS Task: https://rdcu.be/dU4sr

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 3d

Looks especially interesting...

I remain a mysteron* about consciousness tho

*(eye-rolling, philosophy-light neomysterian)

Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social · 3d

Can Only Meat Machines be Conscious? New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, free download until November 26 with this URL: authors.elsevier.com/a/1luwh4sIRv...

authors.elsevier.com

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 7h

Re-watching #SlowHorses Series 1 from back in the day.... 2022

The (then dodgily far) right in that series

now sound eerily similar to our next govt,

to me.

greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 12h

We need an experiment then.

Turn off all LLMs for 6 months!

greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 13h

@qjep.bsky.social is great possibility

and psychological research, neither of which I've tried before

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 13h

@jephpp.bsky.social is great for this, cheers Joel

we need another journal or two to send papers!

greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 14h

Is any journal in cognition/vision area
able to secure reviewers?

(I know it's not Eds' fault)

7-8 months w/out reviewer on 1 journal now..

only 1 mth on another but getting sinking feeling..

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Dan Williams @danwphilosophy.bsky.social · 19h

I wrote about how advanced AI might gradually eat away at human interdependence, dissolving the glue that underpins human solidarity and cooperation. The risk here would not come from misaligned AI, but from how well-aligned AI threatens human alignment 👇 www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/superintel...

Superintelligence and the Decline of Human Interdependence

What happens to humanity when we no longer need each other?

www.conspicuouscognition.com

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Landguy @landguyminor.bsky.social · 1d

Bellingrath gardens in Mobile AL.
#scape #gardenscape #bloomscrolling #gardens

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Kristina Šekrst @epiphenomenal.bsky.social · 18h

Accurate.

#academia #academy #philsky #philosophysky #philosophy #science

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 19h

Red + Fallow deer herds always exciting to see..

Venison crytponite to me,
but healthier alternative for other people I think.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

International aid groups were gearing up on Friday to funnel as much aid as possible into Gaza, but their staff on the ground said they did not yet have a clear picture of what would be allowed in under the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal.

Aid Groups Prepare to Provide Quick Relief to Gaza Under Cease-Fire

The new Israel-Hamas deal contains provisions to increase aid to Gaza, and for the reopening of a border crossing from Egypt.

nyti.ms

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 1d

👏

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 2d

tfw central don't respond to yr email for 4 yrs,
scupper two grants

then write to make sure you assist someone important...

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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 3d

Always look up, Rome edition (but not Sistine Chapel, questo è proibito!). This is the baroque ceiling fresco of Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola representing the life of Ignatius of Loyola, a founder of the Catholic order of the Society of Jesus. The late Francis was the first pope of this order.

A highly ornate ceiling depicting holy works of a saint executed in a trompe l'œil fashion. Large numbers of angels feature. Three windows are at the top and three windows are at the bottom of the image.

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 3d

a close up of a person wearing red boots standing in the grass .

ALT: a close up of a person wearing red boots standing in the grass .

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 3d

Looks especially interesting...

I remain a mysteron* about consciousness tho

*(eye-rolling, philosophy-light neomysterian)

Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social · 3d

Can Only Meat Machines be Conscious? New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, free download until November 26 with this URL: authors.elsevier.com/a/1luwh4sIRv...

authors.elsevier.com

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 3d

Consc explained or D + kinsbourne BBS multiple drafts I think!

but just my memory! :D

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Amina @aminifer.bsky.social · 3d

What do you call a noisy octopus in tartan pyjamas? Bagpipes

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 3d

poor lad's not even got a linked-in page

Aristotle is patron saint of people who don't get their dream job..

and end up smashing it anyway :)

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 3d

Dennett was right - the non-campus uni

is a great analogy for the conscious brain.

Often only connected by haphazard overlap wrt some external events...

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 3d

his h-index :)

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Emily A-Izzeddin @emilya-izzeddin.bsky.social · 3d

The final bit of work from my PhD just got published at JOV! We looked at similarity judgements made for naturalistic image patches, and whether these are predicted by simple image statistics… (spoiler: yep!)

Link to paper: doi.org/10.1167/jov....

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Low-level features predict perceived similarity for naturalistic images | JOV | ARVO Journals

doi.org

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greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 4d

Universities UK will never be seen as support

for Universities in the UK.

greg_j_davis @gregorydavis.bsky.social · 4d

Poor people - how scary for that whole community…

Anyone should be able to feel safe here..

Cambridge and other places better I think..