Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
geologist, critical minerals, geopolitics | Rice University | Princeton Field Guides to Flycatchers of North America | OM Systems | https://press.princeton.edu/our-authors/lee-cin-ty
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Reposted by Rebecca Williams
Next Monday @riceuniversity.bsky.social we have a panel discussion on the geopolitics of critical minerals for the energy transition. Geology does not distribute natural resources fairly. This leads to a complex web of trade and geopolitical tensions.
events.rice.edu/event/415347...
events.rice.edu/event/415347...
Basaltic dike crosscutting Precambrian granites and arc cumulates. Arabian Shield on the flank of the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia.
A Western Willet flying over me. In the fall, the Eastern Willets along the coast fly south to their wintering grounds and are replaced by Western Willets returning from the north. Willets are here year round, but the two species trade places every season. And yes, they are different species.
We r having a panel discussion on critical minerals Dec 8 @riceuniversity.bsky.social in conjunction with the French Consulate of Houston.
Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
· Nov 19
indeed, one needs a whole team of people to correct AI outputs! maybe that's how AI will create jobs. LOL
Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
· Nov 19
AI, whether we like it or not, is here to stay. And that scares me. How do we ensure that the next generation actually learns how to think if AI is too easy to access? It's already happening at the universities...
Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
· Nov 19
agree 100%... I am seeing so many scientists using it, so I got curious. AI is a great way to become an idiot.
Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
· Nov 19
AI is great for speeding certain processes up. It's a good tool for those who already have decades of domain expertise. But the race to bring AI into our world is sure to produce the most uncreative and unimaginative generation in the history of human evolution.
Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
· Nov 18
After seemingly disappearing for 5 days, our Allen's Hummingbird @riceuniversity in Houston, TX has returned. Where did to go to all this time?
Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
· Nov 18
I think it's useful for most math and facts. It's also useful for jogging one's memory or perhaps providing some rudimentary direction, but it's most useful for someone with deep domain knowledge. It is dangerous for someone who is not strong in fundamentals.
Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Update: well, not surprisingly, nobody can agree on this bird. We will relegate this bird to the dustbins of American Herring/Vega.
Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
· Nov 18
AI is a tool, often useful, but I am seeing many begin to rely on AI for their research, writing papers, ideation, etc. This is a very dangerous path we are embarking on.
Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
· Nov 18
so I've been playing around with AI (GPT), asking it how Pt-bearing sulfide layers form in layered intrusions. I asked critical questions, prompted it to think about physics, and after many iterations, it came up with this model. Utter nonsense, violating physics! Be very careful of AI.
Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Galveston, upper Texas coast this am. What appears to be a Vega Gull, the recently split Siberian counterpart of the Herring Gull complex. We had a good gull day.
Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Sure go ahead
Cin-Ty Lee
@cintylee.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Another Allen’s Hummingbird @riceuniversity.bsky.social in Houston. Amazing we’ve now had two. Our garden is working!