Michael Saxon
@saxon.me
Postdoc at UW and Doctor of NLP/Vision+Language from UCSB
Evals, metrics, multilinguality, multiculturality, multimodality, and (dabbling in) reasoning
100% Product of public schools
https://saxon.me/
Evals, metrics, multilinguality, multiculturality, multimodality, and (dabbling in) reasoning
100% Product of public schools
https://saxon.me/
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Michael Saxon
@saxon.me
· Nov 5
🆕 from us at #EMNLP: Are LMs better at answering questions about Germany in German than in French? Is national knowledge linguistically contingent?
Interestingly, only for some multilingual models is this true. Aya knows China best in Chinese, but LLaMA's best in English always.
Interestingly, only for some multilingual models is this true. Aya knows China best in Chinese, but LLaMA's best in English always.
ok I think the reason this has taken off is that it's the turbo encabulator for software engineers
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 AM
ok I think the reason this has taken off is that it's the turbo encabulator for software engineers
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if nothing else, he has guaranteed that there is going to be a rapid response force of wine moms and honda fit dads ready to run interference at every single polling station
he very well may try some bullshit after the votes are counted, but he isn't going to be able to stop them being cast
he very well may try some bullshit after the votes are counted, but he isn't going to be able to stop them being cast
Folks, Trump has brought the full force of ICE to bear on a mid-sized city and he can't even stop the demonstrations there. He's not going to be able to cancel the midterm elections by fiat or station his goons outside more than a handful of polling places.
January 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
if nothing else, he has guaranteed that there is going to be a rapid response force of wine moms and honda fit dads ready to run interference at every single polling station
he very well may try some bullshit after the votes are counted, but he isn't going to be able to stop them being cast
he very well may try some bullshit after the votes are counted, but he isn't going to be able to stop them being cast
I thought I was already radicalized in 2025...
January 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I thought I was already radicalized in 2025...
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This is a Persian appreciation thread. Hope your folks are safe. Hope things come out better. Hope things don’t get worse. If you’re wishing you were home to be with family, I see you. If you’re wishing you were home to be out on the streets, I see you. If you’re glad you’re out of Iran, nice work.
January 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This is a Persian appreciation thread. Hope your folks are safe. Hope things come out better. Hope things don’t get worse. If you’re wishing you were home to be with family, I see you. If you’re wishing you were home to be out on the streets, I see you. If you’re glad you’re out of Iran, nice work.
AI slop channel masquerading as "professor/journalist talks to webcam" channel gets 500k views in 11 hours with a semi-fake news post about Trump declaring emergency powers. Seems bad!
(Ignore grey distraction block filter)
(Ignore grey distraction block filter)
January 12, 2026 at 8:42 AM
AI slop channel masquerading as "professor/journalist talks to webcam" channel gets 500k views in 11 hours with a semi-fake news post about Trump declaring emergency powers. Seems bad!
(Ignore grey distraction block filter)
(Ignore grey distraction block filter)
Yeah, I'm working on alignment
January 12, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Yeah, I'm working on alignment
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people knew they were voting for cruelty
I do not think even the worst of them knew they were voting for a literal invasion of Greenland and the end of relations between the US and Europe because President Dipshit over here had a big mercator projection map over his bed as a child
I do not think even the worst of them knew they were voting for a literal invasion of Greenland and the end of relations between the US and Europe because President Dipshit over here had a big mercator projection map over his bed as a child
January 11, 2026 at 7:18 AM
people knew they were voting for cruelty
I do not think even the worst of them knew they were voting for a literal invasion of Greenland and the end of relations between the US and Europe because President Dipshit over here had a big mercator projection map over his bed as a child
I do not think even the worst of them knew they were voting for a literal invasion of Greenland and the end of relations between the US and Europe because President Dipshit over here had a big mercator projection map over his bed as a child
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It's the spam/scams.
I think any political party that makes an issue of "we will crack down so goddamn hard on phone scammers that you'll pick up unknown numbers again" could clean up in the polls.
I think any political party that makes an issue of "we will crack down so goddamn hard on phone scammers that you'll pick up unknown numbers again" could clean up in the polls.
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
It's the spam/scams.
I think any political party that makes an issue of "we will crack down so goddamn hard on phone scammers that you'll pick up unknown numbers again" could clean up in the polls.
I think any political party that makes an issue of "we will crack down so goddamn hard on phone scammers that you'll pick up unknown numbers again" could clean up in the polls.
I think the biggest challenge right now to getting more users on here is that only the early joiners have a high following compared to when they left the other site. We need an adversarial interop tool where everyone in the community signs up for a bot by which their account auto follows new joiners
January 11, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I think the biggest challenge right now to getting more users on here is that only the early joiners have a high following compared to when they left the other site. We need an adversarial interop tool where everyone in the community signs up for a bot by which their account auto follows new joiners
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I really do think that dems should be making carrot/stick “if you’re disgusted and this is not what you signed up for, quit now and turn whistleblower and that will be remembered later” and “if you follow and illegal order, that will also be remembered later” messaging
i suppose the hunch is, or has to be, that some weak support exists in ice too, and can be peeled off. disorganizing their shit seems to be the quickest way to totally humiliate the regime
January 10, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I really do think that dems should be making carrot/stick “if you’re disgusted and this is not what you signed up for, quit now and turn whistleblower and that will be remembered later” and “if you follow and illegal order, that will also be remembered later” messaging
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This 100%. Musk has made it very clear that he will always tip the scale towards his opinion. No one else can possibly "win". Accept that Twitter is dead. X is wearing its skin.
It’s not just X. There is simply no winning in a *privately owned* website by a *single person* with an agenda that’s opposite of yours. 🤷
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
January 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This 100%. Musk has made it very clear that he will always tip the scale towards his opinion. No one else can possibly "win". Accept that Twitter is dead. X is wearing its skin.
i don't understand why it's so critically important that LM weights produced by one country have more free downloads than weights from another country
January 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
i don't understand why it's so critically important that LM weights produced by one country have more free downloads than weights from another country
Got quite a bit of joy from this video on such an incredibly awful day.
Booktuber passionately describes the experience of becoming a star wars fan after reading the episode 3 novelization as a bit and becoming earnestly enraptured
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jKN...
Booktuber passionately describes the experience of becoming a star wars fan after reading the episode 3 novelization as a bit and becoming earnestly enraptured
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jKN...
Becoming A Star Wars Fan in 2026
YouTube video by Merphy Napier | Books
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Got quite a bit of joy from this video on such an incredibly awful day.
Booktuber passionately describes the experience of becoming a star wars fan after reading the episode 3 novelization as a bit and becoming earnestly enraptured
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jKN...
Booktuber passionately describes the experience of becoming a star wars fan after reading the episode 3 novelization as a bit and becoming earnestly enraptured
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jKN...
Too big to be accountable
I'm glad to see this pressure on Google and Apple. If any other company was running an active CSAM generator in public you better believe it would have been removed from their app stores by now www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Too big to be accountable
Thank you military industrial complex for helping me get cool ass sky cards
January 8, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Thank you military industrial complex for helping me get cool ass sky cards
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rip jeffrey epstein, you would have loved grok
January 7, 2026 at 2:37 PM
rip jeffrey epstein, you would have loved grok
Hating on Avatar is a Boring Person Opinion. Have a little fun!
The James Cameron blockbuster became one of only three Hollywood movies released in 2025 to gross over $1 billion at theaters worldwide.
‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ Reaches $1 Billion Worldwide After Grossing $40 Million At Domestic Box Office
The James Cameron blockbuster became one of only three Hollywood movies released in 2025 to gross over $1 billion at theaters worldwide.
www.forbes.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Hating on Avatar is a Boring Person Opinion. Have a little fun!
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Trump does not consider himself to be the Leader of the Free World. He instead views himself as a member of the Authoritarian Triumvirate that rules the world
January 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Trump does not consider himself to be the Leader of the Free World. He instead views himself as a member of the Authoritarian Triumvirate that rules the world
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My nephew just said his first word to me. His first word ever. It was “bubble.” Short EVERYTHING, now.
January 2, 2026 at 9:08 PM
My nephew just said his first word to me. His first word ever. It was “bubble.” Short EVERYTHING, now.
Seems like a bad idea to join a startup as an employee when your company can get non-acquired for acquisition money to snipe the execs and take the tech while the company remains
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/n...
Well, not sure how easy it is to merge both technologies, but it surely takes out a competitor on the increasingly vital serving side
Well, not sure how easy it is to merge both technologies, but it surely takes out a competitor on the increasingly vital serving side
Exclusive: Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq's assets for about $20 billion in largest deal on record
Nvidia is making its largest purchase ever, acquiring assets from nine-year-old chip startup Groq for about $20 billion.
www.cnbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Seems like a bad idea to join a startup as an employee when your company can get non-acquired for acquisition money to snipe the execs and take the tech while the company remains
You had a good run 60 minutes!
December 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
You had a good run 60 minutes!
Are there any pieces on peer review in CS that you like? If so, I'd love it if you'd share them with me :)
In particular I'm interested in stuff covering AI/ML/NLP/CV, which does any mix of diagnosing problems with peer review and publication or proposes fixes.
In particular I'm interested in stuff covering AI/ML/NLP/CV, which does any mix of diagnosing problems with peer review and publication or proposes fixes.
December 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Are there any pieces on peer review in CS that you like? If so, I'd love it if you'd share them with me :)
In particular I'm interested in stuff covering AI/ML/NLP/CV, which does any mix of diagnosing problems with peer review and publication or proposes fixes.
In particular I'm interested in stuff covering AI/ML/NLP/CV, which does any mix of diagnosing problems with peer review and publication or proposes fixes.
From what I've heard through the grapevine he certainly isn't above saying this in the office
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
From what I've heard through the grapevine he certainly isn't above saying this in the office
I had a surprisingly nice interaction which on X comma the everything app today
Some medium-small nonanonymous MLposter posted a screenshot of one of our colleague's hyphenated names with a "wow you see interesting names in research" caption
it was drawing strange racial remarks from the anons 1/3
Some medium-small nonanonymous MLposter posted a screenshot of one of our colleague's hyphenated names with a "wow you see interesting names in research" caption
it was drawing strange racial remarks from the anons 1/3
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I had a surprisingly nice interaction which on X comma the everything app today
Some medium-small nonanonymous MLposter posted a screenshot of one of our colleague's hyphenated names with a "wow you see interesting names in research" caption
it was drawing strange racial remarks from the anons 1/3
Some medium-small nonanonymous MLposter posted a screenshot of one of our colleague's hyphenated names with a "wow you see interesting names in research" caption
it was drawing strange racial remarks from the anons 1/3
I'm working on a piece about peer review and conference publication in AI/ML/NLP/CV, and I need YOUR help to understand how the community uses conferences and peer review in paper discovery.
Your four short multiple choice answers will help a lot :)
Your four short multiple choice answers will help a lot :)
Paper discovery survey
I'm working on a piece about peer review and want to understand how people in the (primarily AI/ML/NLP/CV) CS community discover new papers to read.
I am only talking about totally incidental discove...
docs.google.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I'm working on a piece about peer review and conference publication in AI/ML/NLP/CV, and I need YOUR help to understand how the community uses conferences and peer review in paper discovery.
Your four short multiple choice answers will help a lot :)
Your four short multiple choice answers will help a lot :)