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i forgot i made this back in 2022 (someone just posted it on linkedin). startling to realise it still holds now in 2025
(kindly ignore the typo)
(kindly ignore the typo)
March 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
i forgot i made this back in 2022 (someone just posted it on linkedin). startling to realise it still holds now in 2025
(kindly ignore the typo)
(kindly ignore the typo)
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Practically the only essential digital service properly made resilient through multiple providers is GPS, and even that's getting blocked by Russia and (?) Israel gpsjam.org?lat=30.03610...
Universities should be able to teach without Internet, and governments to provide services. #AIActionSummit
Universities should be able to teach without Internet, and governments to provide services. #AIActionSummit
GPSJAM GPS/GNSS Interference Map
Map showing possible GPS interference around 30.036, 38.076 on 2025-02-09.
gpsjam.org
February 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Practically the only essential digital service properly made resilient through multiple providers is GPS, and even that's getting blocked by Russia and (?) Israel gpsjam.org?lat=30.03610...
Universities should be able to teach without Internet, and governments to provide services. #AIActionSummit
Universities should be able to teach without Internet, and governments to provide services. #AIActionSummit
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Even dependency on consultancies rather than in-house expertise are significant exposure for governments or any organisation, particularly for daily operations. Realise you may lose electricity, internet, access to Google, Microsoft for weeks! #AIActionSummit 2/3
www.wired.com/story/white-...
www.wired.com/story/white-...
The US Is Sending Money to Countries Devastated by Cyberattacks
The White House is providing $25 million to Costa Rica, after giving Albania similar aid following aggression by hackers linked to Iran.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Even dependency on consultancies rather than in-house expertise are significant exposure for governments or any organisation, particularly for daily operations. Realise you may lose electricity, internet, access to Google, Microsoft for weeks! #AIActionSummit 2/3
www.wired.com/story/white-...
www.wired.com/story/white-...
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I love when she's asked whether her title was prescient, Marietje answers "no, it was already happening."
Let me emphasise: this is NOT just about genAI / "AGI". Influence of recommenders (on social media, but also search), dependency on live cloud infrastructure, 1/2 #AIActionSummit
Let me emphasise: this is NOT just about genAI / "AGI". Influence of recommenders (on social media, but also search), dependency on live cloud infrastructure, 1/2 #AIActionSummit
I spoke about the unfolding tech coup in the US and my book of the same title on CNN Amanpour & Co. Watch here ↘️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=8lvU...
“The Tech Coup:" Expert Warns of Silicon Valley’s Influence on Washington | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
m.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I love when she's asked whether her title was prescient, Marietje answers "no, it was already happening."
Let me emphasise: this is NOT just about genAI / "AGI". Influence of recommenders (on social media, but also search), dependency on live cloud infrastructure, 1/2 #AIActionSummit
Let me emphasise: this is NOT just about genAI / "AGI". Influence of recommenders (on social media, but also search), dependency on live cloud infrastructure, 1/2 #AIActionSummit
Out now in PLOS Biology: Sequential neuronal processing of number values, abstract decision, and action in the primate prefrontal cortex.
Sequential neuronal processing of number values, abstract decision, and action in the primate prefrontal cortex
Decision-making needs evaluation of options, deliberation and action-planning. This study shows that neurons in the primate prefrontal cortex sequentially delineate these processes to separable compon...
journals.plos.org
February 19, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Out now in PLOS Biology: Sequential neuronal processing of number values, abstract decision, and action in the primate prefrontal cortex.
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Very excited that @yorkpsychology.bsky.social is recruiting a Chair in Mental Health!
Come to York! It's a lovely place to be and we have great neuroimaging facilities (if that is your bag). Please RT!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky
Come to York! It's a lovely place to be and we have great neuroimaging facilities (if that is your bag). Please RT!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
November 27, 2023 at 5:19 PM
Very excited that @yorkpsychology.bsky.social is recruiting a Chair in Mental Health!
Come to York! It's a lovely place to be and we have great neuroimaging facilities (if that is your bag). Please RT!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky
Come to York! It's a lovely place to be and we have great neuroimaging facilities (if that is your bag). Please RT!
#neuroskyence #psychscisky
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Pro tip for giving a talk: If you are given a certain amount of time for your talk, *do not exceed that amount of time*. True always, but especially if you are part of a lineup with other speakers.
October 26, 2023 at 7:06 PM
Pro tip for giving a talk: If you are given a certain amount of time for your talk, *do not exceed that amount of time*. True always, but especially if you are part of a lineup with other speakers.
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Representing context and priority in working memory https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.24.563608v1
Representing context and priority in working memory https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.24.563608v1
The ability to prioritize among contents in working memory (WM) is critical for successful control o
www.biorxiv.org
October 25, 2023 at 9:16 AM
Representing context and priority in working memory https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.24.563608v1
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Happy to see this paper come together! The study has a really cool task design that helped us understand the processes involved in multi-attribute decisions. Excellent work led by senior PhD student Aster Perkins!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Multi-attribute decision-making in macaques relies on direct attribute comparisons
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
www.biorxiv.org
October 24, 2023 at 12:09 PM
Happy to see this paper come together! The study has a really cool task design that helped us understand the processes involved in multi-attribute decisions. Excellent work led by senior PhD student Aster Perkins!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
<3 Eve!
Way to go Eve! My wonderful colleague, friend and mentor Eve Marder just won the National Medal of Science!
www.c-span.org/video/?53134...
www.c-span.org/video/?53134...
President Biden Awards National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation
www.c-span.org
October 24, 2023 at 8:37 PM
<3 Eve!
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For @nplusonemag.bsky.social, I wrote about how we're living through the post-9/11 period all over again, in all the worst ways
Have We Learned Nothing? | David Klion
There’s a pervasive censoriousness right now—conservatives denouncing liberals, liberals denouncing leftists, leftists denouncing other leftists—that’s immediately familiar from the days and w...
www.nplusonemag.com
October 11, 2023 at 9:57 PM
For @nplusonemag.bsky.social, I wrote about how we're living through the post-9/11 period all over again, in all the worst ways
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In our new pre-print, we found that "fear profiles" can be decoded from the ventral visual stream whether participants report being afraid of the stimuli or not. It is the interaction between the prefrontal and visual cortices that seemed to support subjective fear
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 24, 2023 at 7:06 AM
In our new pre-print, we found that "fear profiles" can be decoded from the ventral visual stream whether participants report being afraid of the stimuli or not. It is the interaction between the prefrontal and visual cortices that seemed to support subjective fear
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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“MSNBC has quietly taken three of its Muslim broadcasters out of the anchor’s chair since Hamas’s attack on Israel last Saturday…” 📰
Inside MSNBC’s Middle East conflict
Three of the most prominent Muslim broadcasters on MSNBC have, for various reasons, been moved out of the anchor’s chair since Hamas’s attack on Israel.
www.semafor.com
October 13, 2023 at 9:10 PM
“MSNBC has quietly taken three of its Muslim broadcasters out of the anchor’s chair since Hamas’s attack on Israel last Saturday…” 📰
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'Researchers who signed up in the past year or so tell Science they committed between $3000 and $6000—plus interest payments on any loans Cheeky Scientist helped them apply for.'
Science | AAAS
www.science.org
September 16, 2023 at 6:38 AM
'Researchers who signed up in the past year or so tell Science they committed between $3000 and $6000—plus interest payments on any loans Cheeky Scientist helped them apply for.'