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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 5h

I just want to #Tax AI it really is as #simple as that

Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 5h

I view the #AI threat speculation as very important and very interesting basic research but we shouldn't be implementing basic research into laws just like we shouldn't be using basic research as medicines without clinical trials.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 5h

Interviews with security researchers about AI's potential for large-scale destruction, as experts remain divided and global regulatory frameworks lag (Stephen Witt/New York Times)

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 5h

This is basically the whole #macroeconomic story #Econsky

Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 5h

From the FT:
“UK consumers have curbed spending more than anywhere else in the G7 since the pandemic…
Since the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020, UK household spending has risen just 1 per cent in real terms and fallen 3 per cent on a per capita basis.”
#economy #uk @financialtimes.com

Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 5h

Let's say you #concede my point that Xi is a tyrant and fascist then meybe we should put a tariff on him

Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 5h

Folx it's that #simple

Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 5h

Let's say you understand the #distinction between linear and nonlinear regression and you know how to program #Python That's rite you know AI

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 5h

Are what Trump and Trumper Party doing "fascism" and "tyranny". It certainly is illegal and Unconstitutional and so let's have an #Academic debate over why Trump is a "fascist" and "tyrant" but Xi is not.

Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 5h

Federal judges "get it" why doesn't MSM? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

We have an #actual Constitutional Crisis in which Trump is issuing illegal and Unconstitutional orders and then using power of "Presidency" to enforce these criminal orders all with blessing of 6 right-wing "justices"

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 5h

For that alone the top AI engineers #Deserve $1B/y

Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 5h

One of the great things about AI is that I don't have to program in fukin "Matlab" anymore

Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 5h

Just have #ChatGPT translate all of your "R" code into Python and you're #Good

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 5h

If you do something like Human Genetics there is no reason why you can't teach yourself AI to get a "pay bump."

You're telling me that you only know "R" and not #Python

I'm sorry.

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 6h

The top AI engineers are super super talented and hard working but so too are the top biologists. The main difference is that the top AI engineers are #Paid $1B/y and not $1M/y

Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 6h

Let's say the initial package was $1.5B over the equivalent of 3ys and then Mark had to double it to pry Andrew from #Thinking machines.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 6h

Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch has left to join Meta; he reportedly declined Zuckerberg's offer of a $1.5B+ package in August (Wall Street Journal)

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 6h

#Good

Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 15h

#RecipeOfTheDay is a one-pan affair of bolstering cosiness: Sage & Onion Chicken and Sausages, which is just crying out to be served with a creamy potato gratin or pile of buttery mash. You know it makes sense! www.nigella.com/recipes/one-...

One Pan Sage and Onion Chicken and Sausage

I took it into my head one day that I wanted to marinate and cook some chicken with the flavours of a traditional sage-and-onion stuffing. So onion, mustard, sage and lemon infuse the jointed bird, an...

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 6h

#Woah

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

"Karpatka is an absolute dream! Our family makes one every year for Wigilia (Polish Christmas Eve) with fresh raspberries mixed in. Don’t forget a dusting of powder sugar on top to truly conjure up the image of its namesake snow capped mountains." nyti.ms/46EyDnQ

Headline: Cherry Karpatka Is a Show-Stoping Dessert. A photo shows a slice of cake with a creamy cherry custard filling.

Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 8h

Benioff is such a lil turd

That's my "thought of the day"

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

Marc Benioff says President Trump is "doing a great job" and believes National Guard troops should be deployed to San Francisco to help reduce crime in the city (Heather Knight/New York Times)

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 8h

I went to bed after 12th

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21h

This game is deranged.

Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 3d

#AI

Ai2 @ai2.bsky.social · 3d

📊 Today we're releasing data showing which scientific papers our AI research tool Asta cites most frequently. Think of it as creating citation counts for the AI era—tracking which research is actually powering AI answers across thousands of queries. 🧵

Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 3d

#BioMed

Andrea Ganna @andganna.bsky.social · 3d

💥 New preprint & our first RCT! 💥

Does an extremely high or low BMI polygenic score influence weight loss after a diet intervention?

GENEROOS is a 6-month randomized diet vs. control trial testing if genetic predisposition to higher BMI affects weight loss in overweight adults

Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 4d

"Following a depreciation, UIP deviations lower the costs of borrowing from abroad and stimulate the economy"

#Econsky

The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 4d

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Macroeconomic Consequences of Exchange Rate Depreciations,” by Fukui, Nakamura, and Steinsson: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

The Macroeconomic Consequences of Exchange Rate Depreciations

Abstract. We study the consequences of “regime-induced” exchange rate depreciations by comparing outcomes for peggers versus floaters to the US dollar in r

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 4d

#BioMed

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 5d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 7d

#AI

Simon Willison @simon.fedi.simonwillison.net.ap.brid.gy · 7d

If you've been trying to figure out DSPy - the automatic prompt optimization system - this talk by @dbreunig is the clearest explanation I've seen yet, with a very useful real-world case study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ZtkgYZnOw

My notes here […]

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 8d

"In line with the developmental model, we found that the SNP-based heritability did not significantly attenuate after controlling for parental sociodemographic measures, clinical features or co-occurring developmental delays and conditions"

#BioMed

Hilary Martin @hilarycmartin.bsky.social · 9d

Pleased to have contributed to this paper out at @nature.com today from @vw1234.bsky.social and Yira (Xinhe) Zhang showing that the common variant contribution to autism varies substantially by age of diagnosis www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Critical for understanding heterogeneity in autism.

Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis - Nature

A study of several longitudinal birth cohorts and cross-sectional cohorts finds only moderate overlap in genetic variants between autism that is diagnosed earlier and that diagnosed later, so they may represent aetiologically different conditions.

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 8d

#BioMed

Mike Inouye @mikeinouye.bsky.social · 8d

Not unrelated... I've recently updated the Research page on our lab's website (first time in nearly 10 years!) www.inouyelab.org/home/research

and we are now recruiting PhD students for autumn 2026 @dphpc.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk - feel free to get in touch!

Inouye Lab - Research

Background Technological advances have continued to drive the study of biology towards the statistical and computational sciences. We are now able to differentiate and quantify biomolecules at levels ...

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