Dr. Chris Teplovs
@cteplovs.bsky.social
I teach and do research at the University of Michigan’s School of Information. Human companion to equines, canines, and felines.
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This excellent response by @chuckwendig.bsky.social to the whole " you just need to accept and embrace LLMs as authors" terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
terribleminds.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
This excellent response by @chuckwendig.bsky.social to the whole " you just need to accept and embrace LLMs as authors" terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
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After reading this I gave exe.dev a shot and the combination of cheap VMs, the HTTPS proxy with passkey auth and link sharing, and the built-in LLM agent is... incredible.
Like, I know how to use each of these things individually, but combining them feels like when I first learned to script things.
Like, I know how to use each of these things individually, but combining them feels like when I first learned to script things.
Just in time software
I didn’t plan to write software in the grocery store last night. I was tired and hungry, kids in tow. My long shopping list sat in a text message. I wished I could check items off as I found them.…
commaok.xyz
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
After reading this I gave exe.dev a shot and the combination of cheap VMs, the HTTPS proxy with passkey auth and link sharing, and the built-in LLM agent is... incredible.
Like, I know how to use each of these things individually, but combining them feels like when I first learned to script things.
Like, I know how to use each of these things individually, but combining them feels like when I first learned to script things.
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this, from @kevinbaker.bsky.social, is a better analysis of the intersection between LLMs and academic science than 98% of what's out there.
Context Widows
or, of GPUs, LPUs, and Goal Displacement
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
this, from @kevinbaker.bsky.social, is a better analysis of the intersection between LLMs and academic science than 98% of what's out there.
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Me dropping into discord because it’s been more than a minute and IMMEDIATELY become overwhelmed.
Is it my old, GenX brain? Why is Discord hard for me?
Is it my old, GenX brain? Why is Discord hard for me?
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Me dropping into discord because it’s been more than a minute and IMMEDIATELY become overwhelmed.
Is it my old, GenX brain? Why is Discord hard for me?
Is it my old, GenX brain? Why is Discord hard for me?
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And I really wish people would stop comparing them to calculators.
A calculator, as long as enough electricity is running through its circuitry, will always give you an objectively correct answer according to the input given.
And entering 2 x 2 will always give you 4.
Not only do LLMs just...
A calculator, as long as enough electricity is running through its circuitry, will always give you an objectively correct answer according to the input given.
And entering 2 x 2 will always give you 4.
Not only do LLMs just...
November 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
And I really wish people would stop comparing them to calculators.
A calculator, as long as enough electricity is running through its circuitry, will always give you an objectively correct answer according to the input given.
And entering 2 x 2 will always give you 4.
Not only do LLMs just...
A calculator, as long as enough electricity is running through its circuitry, will always give you an objectively correct answer according to the input given.
And entering 2 x 2 will always give you 4.
Not only do LLMs just...
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Academics telling each other how busy they are is so lame. Let’s tell each other we’re feeling indolent, or have ennui.
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Academics telling each other how busy they are is so lame. Let’s tell each other we’re feeling indolent, or have ennui.
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A question for scientists (construed as broadly as you like) of BlueSky: What makes something data?
(Question inspired by a talk I listened to this morning, and of course I have thoughts, but I wanted to throw this out there first.)
(Question inspired by a talk I listened to this morning, and of course I have thoughts, but I wanted to throw this out there first.)
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A question for scientists (construed as broadly as you like) of BlueSky: What makes something data?
(Question inspired by a talk I listened to this morning, and of course I have thoughts, but I wanted to throw this out there first.)
(Question inspired by a talk I listened to this morning, and of course I have thoughts, but I wanted to throw this out there first.)
Pretty sure that giving your passwords to an AI-enabled browser isn’t a great idea
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Pretty sure that giving your passwords to an AI-enabled browser isn’t a great idea
marimo: next-generation Jupyter notebooks marimo.io
marimo | a next-generation Python notebook
Explore data and build apps seamlessly with marimo, a next-generation Python notebook.
marimo.io
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
marimo: next-generation Jupyter notebooks marimo.io
Just learned that Obsidian support vim key bindings. Score!
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Just learned that Obsidian support vim key bindings. Score!
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donning electrostatic grounding straps prior to assembling a computer is semiotically important, as the act of symbolic ablution that separates the sacred from the profane. this is comparable to the concept of ‘ritual purity’ found in many religious practices.
February 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
donning electrostatic grounding straps prior to assembling a computer is semiotically important, as the act of symbolic ablution that separates the sacred from the profane. this is comparable to the concept of ‘ritual purity’ found in many religious practices.
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A new resource rating >50,000 foods from 3 grocery stores
(Walmart, Target, and Whole Foods) for degree of processing and breakdown of ingredients
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Website for consumers www.truefood.tech
(Walmart, Target, and Whole Foods) for degree of processing and breakdown of ingredients
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Website for consumers www.truefood.tech
January 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A new resource rating >50,000 foods from 3 grocery stores
(Walmart, Target, and Whole Foods) for degree of processing and breakdown of ingredients
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Website for consumers www.truefood.tech
(Walmart, Target, and Whole Foods) for degree of processing and breakdown of ingredients
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Website for consumers www.truefood.tech
Reposted by Dr. Chris Teplovs
Reposted by Dr. Chris Teplovs
How I use generative AI in my work - Nicole Hennig https://nicolehennig.com/how-i-use-generative-ai-in-my-work/ #AI #workplace #libraries #education
How I use generative AI in my work - Nicole Hennig
nicolehennig.com
October 28, 2023 at 9:33 PM
How I use generative AI in my work - Nicole Hennig https://nicolehennig.com/how-i-use-generative-ai-in-my-work/ #AI #workplace #libraries #education
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As my first post, delighted to share our #neurips2023 paper:
Evaluating Cognitive Maps & Planning in LLMs with CogEval
We test cognitive maps & planning in 8 LLMs. Failures like hallucinating invalid paths & falling in loops suggest no emergent zero-shot planning.
1/n 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2309.15129
Evaluating Cognitive Maps & Planning in LLMs with CogEval
We test cognitive maps & planning in 8 LLMs. Failures like hallucinating invalid paths & falling in loops suggest no emergent zero-shot planning.
1/n 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2309.15129
October 14, 2023 at 11:26 AM
As my first post, delighted to share our #neurips2023 paper:
Evaluating Cognitive Maps & Planning in LLMs with CogEval
We test cognitive maps & planning in 8 LLMs. Failures like hallucinating invalid paths & falling in loops suggest no emergent zero-shot planning.
1/n 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2309.15129
Evaluating Cognitive Maps & Planning in LLMs with CogEval
We test cognitive maps & planning in 8 LLMs. Failures like hallucinating invalid paths & falling in loops suggest no emergent zero-shot planning.
1/n 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2309.15129
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A 2023 Nature survey of 1,600 researchers found that more than 25% use AI to help them write manuscripts and that more than 15% use the technology to help them write grant proposals. 👀
AI and science: what 1,600 researchers think
A Nature survey finds that scientists are concerned, as well as excited, by the increasing use of artificial-intelligence tools in research. A Nature survey finds that scientists are concerned, as wel...
www.nature.com
October 14, 2023 at 4:31 PM
A 2023 Nature survey of 1,600 researchers found that more than 25% use AI to help them write manuscripts and that more than 15% use the technology to help them write grant proposals. 👀