Peter Moleman
@molemanpeter.bsky.social
Brain explorer: I study the brain and write short assays, see my website: https://breininactie.com/the-brain-in-action/.
R. Feynman: I’m an explorer? I get curious about everything, and I want to investigate all kinds of stuff.
R. Feynman: I’m an explorer? I get curious about everything, and I want to investigate all kinds of stuff.
Inventing what we already know!
Straight from the horse's mouth:
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
Ilya!!!!
www.dwarkesh.com/p/ilya-sutsk...
www.dwarkesh.com/p/ilya-sutsk...
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Inventing what we already know!
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One idea I find particularly weird is the worry that AI would somehow become dangerous if consciousness "arises" in it.
Like, what exactly do you think happens inside those chips? Some ghost in the machine begins flipping bits? Don't GPUs compute and electricity flow as they used to or what?
Like, what exactly do you think happens inside those chips? Some ghost in the machine begins flipping bits? Don't GPUs compute and electricity flow as they used to or what?
"there will be no way out when a problem arises with conscious AI. Once it becomes conscious, it is already uncontrollable"
I don't understand this line of thinking. Why do people assume consciousness is functional? And would it like suddenly begin flipping bits beyond the defined computations?
I don't understand this line of thinking. Why do people assume consciousness is functional? And would it like suddenly begin flipping bits beyond the defined computations?
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
One idea I find particularly weird is the worry that AI would somehow become dangerous if consciousness "arises" in it.
Like, what exactly do you think happens inside those chips? Some ghost in the machine begins flipping bits? Don't GPUs compute and electricity flow as they used to or what?
Like, what exactly do you think happens inside those chips? Some ghost in the machine begins flipping bits? Don't GPUs compute and electricity flow as they used to or what?
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There's just an awful lot of bad shit out there, people...
Anxiety might not be just in your head, it could be in your gut.
Dr. Sabine Hazan explains how gut bugs from an anxious donor can transfer that anxiety through fecal transplant.
🎧 TUNE IN to Power Athlete Radio Ep 802: The Gut War w/ Dr. Sabine Hazan
🔗 pahq.co/EP802
Dr. Sabine Hazan explains how gut bugs from an anxious donor can transfer that anxiety through fecal transplant.
🎧 TUNE IN to Power Athlete Radio Ep 802: The Gut War w/ Dr. Sabine Hazan
🔗 pahq.co/EP802
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
There's just an awful lot of bad shit out there, people...
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Interesting research! But it depends on what you call the slate. The question is whether there is a relation to function. Or is it a slate with letters that are only ordered into words, sentences (meaning) if exposed to the world?
Slate status: not blank
Preconfigured neuronal firing sequences in human brain organoids www.nature.com/articles/s41... "...results suggest that temporal sequences do not arise in an experience-dependent manner, but are rather constrained by a preconfigured architecture established during neurodevelopment"
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Interesting research! But it depends on what you call the slate. The question is whether there is a relation to function. Or is it a slate with letters that are only ordered into words, sentences (meaning) if exposed to the world?
Survivor bias: men that died despite the screening do not report this (sorry for the rather cynical wording). In addition many treatments may be unnecessary because the cancer is slowly growing. In case of prostate cancer screening may have negative effects more often than positive effects.
This is a good example of survivor bias:
www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
#prostate #cancer #bias #screening #healthcare
www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
#prostate #cancer #bias #screening #healthcare
David Cameron: I had prostate cancer. That’s why I back screening
The former PM’s wife urged him to have the tests that revealed he had cancer. Now he’s calling for a targeted screening programme
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Survivor bias: men that died despite the screening do not report this (sorry for the rather cynical wording). In addition many treatments may be unnecessary because the cancer is slowly growing. In case of prostate cancer screening may have negative effects more often than positive effects.
This is a good example of survivor bias:
www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
#prostate #cancer #bias #screening #healthcare
www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
#prostate #cancer #bias #screening #healthcare
David Cameron: I had prostate cancer. That’s why I back screening
The former PM’s wife urged him to have the tests that revealed he had cancer. Now he’s calling for a targeted screening programme
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This is a good example of survivor bias:
www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
#prostate #cancer #bias #screening #healthcare
www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
#prostate #cancer #bias #screening #healthcare
First make sure this regime will end!
Very much this.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
First make sure this regime will end!
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So after listening to multiple talks by philosophers of mind who defend consciousness as the substrate of the entire universe, and physicists who invoke quantum mechanics as the source of consciousness, the conclusion is clear: they have no idea about neuroscience, nor any interest to know about it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
So after listening to multiple talks by philosophers of mind who defend consciousness as the substrate of the entire universe, and physicists who invoke quantum mechanics as the source of consciousness, the conclusion is clear: they have no idea about neuroscience, nor any interest to know about it.
I don’t use AI for anything in my academic or personal life. I value almost nothing more than my ability to think and to freely express myself. Even when I make mistakes, at least they are my mistakes.
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I don’t use AI for anything in my academic or personal life. I value almost nothing more than my ability to think and to freely express myself. Even when I make mistakes, at least they are my mistakes.
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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In light of the assault on American science by its own government that launched in January this year, we published the Anti-Autocracy Handbook in June to provide some guidance to scholars about how to respond to an emerging autocracy. The handbook is available at: sks.to/autocracy. 1/n
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November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In light of the assault on American science by its own government that launched in January this year, we published the Anti-Autocracy Handbook in June to provide some guidance to scholars about how to respond to an emerging autocracy. The handbook is available at: sks.to/autocracy. 1/n
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.... displacement of long-established dietary patterns by ultra-processed foods is a key driver of the escalating global burden of multiple diet-related chronic diseases.
Monteiro et al. (2025): Ultra-processed foods and human health. The Lancet DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01565-X
Monteiro et al. (2025): Ultra-processed foods and human health. The Lancet DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01565-X
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
.... displacement of long-established dietary patterns by ultra-processed foods is a key driver of the escalating global burden of multiple diet-related chronic diseases.
Monteiro et al. (2025): Ultra-processed foods and human health. The Lancet DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01565-X
Monteiro et al. (2025): Ultra-processed foods and human health. The Lancet DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01565-X
I love speculation about biology by biological nitwits.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I love speculation about biology by biological nitwits.
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I fully endorse this. Political leaders are falling prey to AI hype, and seem to lack any kind of help from reputable sources who could counter the false claims of tech CEOs. Where are their science advisers???
In a short piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @abeba.bsky.social and I write #AIHype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course.
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
AI Hype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course | TechPolicy.Press
Kris Shrishak and Abeba Birhane say policymakers should stop peddling in unscientific discourse about "AGI" and "superintelligence."
www.techpolicy.press
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I fully endorse this. Political leaders are falling prey to AI hype, and seem to lack any kind of help from reputable sources who could counter the false claims of tech CEOs. Where are their science advisers???
Misschien kunnen we dat ook in Nederland toepassen........
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Misschien kunnen we dat ook in Nederland toepassen........
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After having followed papers on the gut microbiome and mental health problems for a few years, I would not be surprised if conceptual and methodological flaws undermine most claims in this literature.
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
After having followed papers on the gut microbiome and mental health problems for a few years, I would not be surprised if conceptual and methodological flaws undermine most claims in this literature.
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More generally though, this objection seems strange to me, given how many other kinds of social inequality we seem willing to tolerate (especially in health care and education; though obviously this differs hugely by country)
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
More generally though, this objection seems strange to me, given how many other kinds of social inequality we seem willing to tolerate (especially in health care and education; though obviously this differs hugely by country)
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apparently the unprecedented wealth and inflcuence big tech is amassing at the cost of the most marginalised is not enough. big tech ceos are not that different from drug cartels
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
EU set to water down landmark AI Act after pressure from big tech
European Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book amid concerns over implications for EU competitiveness
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
apparently the unprecedented wealth and inflcuence big tech is amassing at the cost of the most marginalised is not enough. big tech ceos are not that different from drug cartels
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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My test is 99% accurate and predicts that your child will grow to between 5 and 6.5 feet have an IQ between 80 and 130 and live 60-90 years. AND I don’t need any DNA to do my test…
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
My test is 99% accurate and predicts that your child will grow to between 5 and 6.5 feet have an IQ between 80 and 130 and live 60-90 years. AND I don’t need any DNA to do my test…
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Hank is right, of course. "Says it can predict". Yeah, those companies will predict, if you pay them, sure they will. (And if I know the height of the parents and their socioeconomic status, I could probably make pretty good height and "IQ" predictions too.) Enough of this voodoo science.
"I can call spirits from the vasty deed."
"Why and so can I, or so can any man, but will they come when you do call for them?"
Prediction is easy; being right is hard!
; )
"Why and so can I, or so can any man, but will they come when you do call for them?"
Prediction is easy; being right is hard!
; )
New embryo testing company says it can predict lifespan, height and IQ of potential children www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvVM... - grifters gonna grift... 🤑💰💵
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Hank is right, of course. "Says it can predict". Yeah, those companies will predict, if you pay them, sure they will. (And if I know the height of the parents and their socioeconomic status, I could probably make pretty good height and "IQ" predictions too.) Enough of this voodoo science.
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha these people are idiots.
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha these people are idiots.
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Genetic modification of humans is a potentially life-saving tech, but it should be regulated to an almost-standstill. I am often not a fan of regulation, but that's such a clear counter-example! The enormous ethical costs, the leadtime (decades) between a mistake and a tragedy, our cluelesness.
Our 2017 @nationalacademies.org report on “Human Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and Governance" (www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/hum...) was designed to prevent exactly this kind of rogue science. One of the many reasons why we need industry-independent regulatory frameworks for emerging tech …
Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Genetic modification of humans is a potentially life-saving tech, but it should be regulated to an almost-standstill. I am often not a fan of regulation, but that's such a clear counter-example! The enormous ethical costs, the leadtime (decades) between a mistake and a tragedy, our cluelesness.
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RIP Jim Watson. You inspired many of us to pursue a life in research. I wish you had made it easier for us to celebrate your legacy.
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
RIP Jim Watson. You inspired many of us to pursue a life in research. I wish you had made it easier for us to celebrate your legacy.
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I'm not saying we don't have "systems that rival human intelligence in key tasks" (though "key" is doing some heavy lifting). I'm saying that if you're going to make this your definition of AGI, you've been taking the piss all along.
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm not saying we don't have "systems that rival human intelligence in key tasks" (though "key" is doing some heavy lifting). I'm saying that if you're going to make this your definition of AGI, you've been taking the piss all along.
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what exactly is "winning the AI race? environmental destruction, labor extraction, ever more intrusive surveillance, mass manipulation, and unprecedented power for the handful???
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says China 'will win' AI race with US, FT reports reut.rs/48YNsTM
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says China 'will win' AI race with US, FT reports
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has warned that China will beat the United States in the artificial intelligence race, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
reut.rs
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
what exactly is "winning the AI race? environmental destruction, labor extraction, ever more intrusive surveillance, mass manipulation, and unprecedented power for the handful???