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📢 Fennec | 💻 Assistant Professor of Computer Science | 🤖 AI and autonomous systems research | 🇪🇺🇸🇪🇳🇱 Dutch Swede | 💚💙 Married to dark fen
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Well, this year the Gävle Goat didnt burn, but collapsed.
December 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Well, this year the Gävle Goat didnt burn, but collapsed.
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Don’t necessarily try to defend “AI” here but the amount of word twisting and reframing from the original paper to the article here is pretty astounding.
The thing about this diagnostic disparity is that it’s always been an issue because the dataset contains mostly white patients.
The thing about this diagnostic disparity is that it’s always been an issue because the dataset contains mostly white patients.
December 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Don’t necessarily try to defend “AI” here but the amount of word twisting and reframing from the original paper to the article here is pretty astounding.
The thing about this diagnostic disparity is that it’s always been an issue because the dataset contains mostly white patients.
The thing about this diagnostic disparity is that it’s always been an issue because the dataset contains mostly white patients.
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“The defense industry is bad because killing people is bad and building things that kill people is bad,” the most common popularist opinion, utterly defeated by the concept of imperialism in the end because sometimes Yes You Do Need Tools For Killing
December 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“The defense industry is bad because killing people is bad and building things that kill people is bad,” the most common popularist opinion, utterly defeated by the concept of imperialism in the end because sometimes Yes You Do Need Tools For Killing
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There is a Scandinavian Christmas tradition of making and selling small straw goats, called the Yule Goat. The most prominent example is in the Swedish town of Gävle, where a giant Goat is displayed every year.
But what makes it famous is that it has been burned in arson attacks almost every year.
But what makes it famous is that it has been burned in arson attacks almost every year.
December 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
There is a Scandinavian Christmas tradition of making and selling small straw goats, called the Yule Goat. The most prominent example is in the Swedish town of Gävle, where a giant Goat is displayed every year.
But what makes it famous is that it has been burned in arson attacks almost every year.
But what makes it famous is that it has been burned in arson attacks almost every year.
A huge 'thank you' to the Finnish medical staff who saved my brother's life. And to anyone else, please don't forget to tell your loved ones that you love them.
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A huge 'thank you' to the Finnish medical staff who saved my brother's life. And to anyone else, please don't forget to tell your loved ones that you love them.
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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Every single tech cycle is just-
Computer scientist: "Yeah this technology is groundbreaking, but only for this really niche thi-"
Some tech bro who just graduated buisness school: "Yayayaya, shut the fuck up, I'm trying to think of how to make a money laundering scam out of this."
Computer scientist: "Yeah this technology is groundbreaking, but only for this really niche thi-"
Some tech bro who just graduated buisness school: "Yayayaya, shut the fuck up, I'm trying to think of how to make a money laundering scam out of this."
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Every single tech cycle is just-
Computer scientist: "Yeah this technology is groundbreaking, but only for this really niche thi-"
Some tech bro who just graduated buisness school: "Yayayaya, shut the fuck up, I'm trying to think of how to make a money laundering scam out of this."
Computer scientist: "Yeah this technology is groundbreaking, but only for this really niche thi-"
Some tech bro who just graduated buisness school: "Yayayaya, shut the fuck up, I'm trying to think of how to make a money laundering scam out of this."
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Luchtmacht heeft wapens ingezet tegen drones boven vliegbasis Volkel
Luchtmacht heeft wapens ingezet tegen drones boven vliegbasis Volkel
De drones werden gezien door bewakingspersoneel, waarna luchtmachtpersoneel vanaf de grond wapens heeft ingezet om de drones neer te halen.
nos.nl
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Luchtmacht heeft wapens ingezet tegen drones boven vliegbasis Volkel
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This is an *amazing* level of derangement about generative AI.
We are headed for weird anti-AI purity movements where ppl turn on personal computing entirely and start LARPing as Dune mentats, because they think the magic fascism math is hiding in every transformer, search algorithm, and BART.
We are headed for weird anti-AI purity movements where ppl turn on personal computing entirely and start LARPing as Dune mentats, because they think the magic fascism math is hiding in every transformer, search algorithm, and BART.
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is an *amazing* level of derangement about generative AI.
We are headed for weird anti-AI purity movements where ppl turn on personal computing entirely and start LARPing as Dune mentats, because they think the magic fascism math is hiding in every transformer, search algorithm, and BART.
We are headed for weird anti-AI purity movements where ppl turn on personal computing entirely and start LARPing as Dune mentats, because they think the magic fascism math is hiding in every transformer, search algorithm, and BART.
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Alright I wanna take a second to pull up a chair and talk a little bit about something right now. I want to make a journal on FA w links and stuff soon, but for now.
Let’s talk about pride, shame, and using food banks.
Because I see a lot of you deciding not to use them when you need them.
Let’s talk about pride, shame, and using food banks.
Because I see a lot of you deciding not to use them when you need them.
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Alright I wanna take a second to pull up a chair and talk a little bit about something right now. I want to make a journal on FA w links and stuff soon, but for now.
Let’s talk about pride, shame, and using food banks.
Because I see a lot of you deciding not to use them when you need them.
Let’s talk about pride, shame, and using food banks.
Because I see a lot of you deciding not to use them when you need them.
I see Wilders (NL) is having a right-wing insurrection FOMO moment, hinting at election fraud and corruption for coming in second place.
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I see Wilders (NL) is having a right-wing insurrection FOMO moment, hinting at election fraud and corruption for coming in second place.
Once again, this is a distraction: www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovat...
October 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Once again, this is a distraction: www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovat...
Based on recent conferences, including some not even specific to ML, this is painfully accurate. What makes it worse is that the reviewers appear to favour LLM research over anything else.
unfortunately ai researchers found out they could get lots of treats by just pressing the llm button harder and more frequently and now theyve mostly forgor how to research anythign else
October 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Based on recent conferences, including some not even specific to ML, this is painfully accurate. What makes it worse is that the reviewers appear to favour LLM research over anything else.
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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Knowledge has been effectively free since widespread support of public libraries in the 19th century. Students have been able to check out books and learn material on their own for longer than higher ed as we know it has existed. Profs have never been merely content delivery vectors.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Knowledge has been effectively free since widespread support of public libraries in the 19th century. Students have been able to check out books and learn material on their own for longer than higher ed as we know it has existed. Profs have never been merely content delivery vectors.
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I am begging the denizens of Bluesky to understand that I am one of dozens of people who live in countries other than the United States
October 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I am begging the denizens of Bluesky to understand that I am one of dozens of people who live in countries other than the United States
Sucks to get sick the day before you can get vaccinated for COVID and influenza.
October 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Sucks to get sick the day before you can get vaccinated for COVID and influenza.
Where are the innocent bystanders referenced by this headline? edition.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...
Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business
Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.
edition.cnn.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Where are the innocent bystanders referenced by this headline? edition.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...
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As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease.
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
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There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
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October 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease.
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
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There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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I can't get over how the right-wing doesn't understand modern militaries, with the majority serving non-combat roles. You think the best IT security & logistics personnel spends two hours in the gym every day to look like the cast of 300? They're at furry conventions and model train shows.
Hegseth: "I don't want me son serving alongside troops who are out of shape or in combat units with females who can't meet the same combat arms physical standards as men"
September 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I can't get over how the right-wing doesn't understand modern militaries, with the majority serving non-combat roles. You think the best IT security & logistics personnel spends two hours in the gym every day to look like the cast of 300? They're at furry conventions and model train shows.
A lot of academia is about being asked to do more stuff for free (preferably in your own time) for exposure.
September 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
A lot of academia is about being asked to do more stuff for free (preferably in your own time) for exposure.
Scarf time!!!
September 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Scarf time!!!