Arjan van Dalfsen
@arjanvd.bsky.social
PhD candidate | Dutch disposition towards animals (1550-2000) studied with AI | Computational Humanities, Human Animal Studies, AI, Historical Literature
Dat ze in een val loopt slaat alleen nergens op natuurlijk. Hier noemt iemand het een "uitschuiver" en daar kan ik me beter in vinden www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
UGent-rector Petra De Sutter gebruikt verzonnen citaten in speech: "Ik ben in de val gelopen van AI" | VRT NWS: nieuws
Rector Petra De Sutter heeft bij de start van het academiejaar een speech gegeven met verzonnen citaten van bekende denkers. Het gaat om hallucinaties van AI. De zaak komt aan het licht na onderzoek v...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Dat ze in een val loopt slaat alleen nergens op natuurlijk. Hier noemt iemand het een "uitschuiver" en daar kan ik me beter in vinden www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
It raises the question what an LLM actually is. Stochastic parrot believers should be interested, AGI-people should not.
December 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It raises the question what an LLM actually is. Stochastic parrot believers should be interested, AGI-people should not.
I think we agree. It can be valuable in the sense that it compresses a certain corpus of text. The probability matrices of multiple historical LLMs for finishing the sentence: "we should burn the ..." can be interesting but it will only say something about the corpus and maybe not even that
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I think we agree. It can be valuable in the sense that it compresses a certain corpus of text. The probability matrices of multiple historical LLMs for finishing the sentence: "we should burn the ..." can be interesting but it will only say something about the corpus and maybe not even that
I don't see the allure of simulating response groups (although there is some literature on to what extent LLMs mimic real populations) but training LLMs exclusively on historical data seems worthwhile
December 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I don't see the allure of simulating response groups (although there is some literature on to what extent LLMs mimic real populations) but training LLMs exclusively on historical data seems worthwhile
There's a lot more in the paper. Enjoy! anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
Changing Attitudes Toward Animals in Early Modern Dutch
Literature
anthology.ach.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
There's a lot more in the paper. Enjoy! anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
While at the same time contradicting another idea, and suggesting two others.
It is an example of how using computational humanities can fruitfully interact with more conventional scholarship, and thereby raise new questions.
It is an example of how using computational humanities can fruitfully interact with more conventional scholarship, and thereby raise new questions.
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
While at the same time contradicting another idea, and suggesting two others.
It is an example of how using computational humanities can fruitfully interact with more conventional scholarship, and thereby raise new questions.
It is an example of how using computational humanities can fruitfully interact with more conventional scholarship, and thereby raise new questions.
Is traditional scholarship wrong on the ethical revival towards animals in the Early Modern period? That's too early to say.
What's important here is that this LLM-based method enabled me to use a framework from another discipline, and to replicate some conventional ideas from Human Animal Studies
What's important here is that this LLM-based method enabled me to use a framework from another discipline, and to replicate some conventional ideas from Human Animal Studies
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Is traditional scholarship wrong on the ethical revival towards animals in the Early Modern period? That's too early to say.
What's important here is that this LLM-based method enabled me to use a framework from another discipline, and to replicate some conventional ideas from Human Animal Studies
What's important here is that this LLM-based method enabled me to use a framework from another discipline, and to replicate some conventional ideas from Human Animal Studies
while a LLM-based statistical analysis of texts from the Digital Library of Dutch Literature (DBNL) finds:
Exploitation ⬆️
Reason ⬆️
I see no significant change in Moralistic. And there's a decline in Symbolic and Spiritual
Exploitation ⬆️
Reason ⬆️
I see no significant change in Moralistic. And there's a decline in Symbolic and Spiritual
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
while a LLM-based statistical analysis of texts from the Digital Library of Dutch Literature (DBNL) finds:
Exploitation ⬆️
Reason ⬆️
I see no significant change in Moralistic. And there's a decline in Symbolic and Spiritual
Exploitation ⬆️
Reason ⬆️
I see no significant change in Moralistic. And there's a decline in Symbolic and Spiritual
Based on scholarship by Keith Thomas and Karel Davids and in terms of Stephen Kellert's fundamental typology of human attitudes towards animals, I hypothesized:
Moralistic (=ethical concern) ⬆️
Exploitation (=material use) ⬆️
Reason (=scientific interest) ⬆️
But...
Moralistic (=ethical concern) ⬆️
Exploitation (=material use) ⬆️
Reason (=scientific interest) ⬆️
But...
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Based on scholarship by Keith Thomas and Karel Davids and in terms of Stephen Kellert's fundamental typology of human attitudes towards animals, I hypothesized:
Moralistic (=ethical concern) ⬆️
Exploitation (=material use) ⬆️
Reason (=scientific interest) ⬆️
But...
Moralistic (=ethical concern) ⬆️
Exploitation (=material use) ⬆️
Reason (=scientific interest) ⬆️
But...
If an LLM would have done better, you fail the assignment.
Practically, it means being a lot harsher in grading. Gaps in historiography or misunderstanding key concepts --> fail.
An GPU is basically a box of sand; if you cant ameliorate inorganic matter you don't deserve an academic grade.
Practically, it means being a lot harsher in grading. Gaps in historiography or misunderstanding key concepts --> fail.
An GPU is basically a box of sand; if you cant ameliorate inorganic matter you don't deserve an academic grade.
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
If an LLM would have done better, you fail the assignment.
Practically, it means being a lot harsher in grading. Gaps in historiography or misunderstanding key concepts --> fail.
An GPU is basically a box of sand; if you cant ameliorate inorganic matter you don't deserve an academic grade.
Practically, it means being a lot harsher in grading. Gaps in historiography or misunderstanding key concepts --> fail.
An GPU is basically a box of sand; if you cant ameliorate inorganic matter you don't deserve an academic grade.
I wouldn't advocate a full ban! I also don't think it's a small thing to have a reference that doesnt exist. You cite something you clearly never even looked at.
I think the switch we have to make is that with AI the level of what we deem sufficient has to be increased
I think the switch we have to make is that with AI the level of what we deem sufficient has to be increased
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I wouldn't advocate a full ban! I also don't think it's a small thing to have a reference that doesnt exist. You cite something you clearly never even looked at.
I think the switch we have to make is that with AI the level of what we deem sufficient has to be increased
I think the switch we have to make is that with AI the level of what we deem sufficient has to be increased
What i meant was: do everything over. New topic, new supervisor, etc.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What i meant was: do everything over. New topic, new supervisor, etc.
One solution is just raising the bar. When multiple reference dont exist, it doesnt really matter whether you copied from AI or not. You dont deserve a degree yet and just do it over.
December 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
One solution is just raising the bar. When multiple reference dont exist, it doesnt really matter whether you copied from AI or not. You dont deserve a degree yet and just do it over.
Je bent een metafoor voor een samenleving, Laurie!!
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Je bent een metafoor voor een samenleving, Laurie!!
There are some strong similarities with evolution (e.g., survival of the fittest). There's also a lot of evolution going on in childhood though. Maybe there are better things to compare it with?
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
There are some strong similarities with evolution (e.g., survival of the fittest). There's also a lot of evolution going on in childhood though. Maybe there are better things to compare it with?
And that is *specifically* for htr/ocr
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
And that is *specifically* for htr/ocr
Caveat regarding G3pro: if u remember correctly, @dorialexander.bsky.social reported that their internal benchmarks had a lot hallucination for this specific model
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Caveat regarding G3pro: if u remember correctly, @dorialexander.bsky.social reported that their internal benchmarks had a lot hallucination for this specific model
what makes it even worse is that AImonds only use consumption grade watter
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
what makes it even worse is that AImonds only use consumption grade watter