Physics and CS professor @DavidsonCollege. Computational scientist. AI/ML for nuclear physics and sometimes HEP. Mediocre runner/dancer. (she/her)

Davidson, NC
Joined April 2015
Interesting #APSapril meeting mini-symposium on Applications of Advanced Statistics and ML Methods in Nuclear and Particle Physics in Sacramento, CA kicked off by an excellent overview on recent ML advances in the field by @MKizzyy from @DavidsonCollege meetings.aps.org/Meeting/APR…
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We've seen some worrisome patterns in the way that members of the press engage with women in tech, the questions they ask and the angles they take. Being proactive folks, we've created a 🤗guide to make sure that doesn't happen! linkedin.com/pulse/rules-pre…
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Michelle Kuchera retweeted
🧵 The historic NYT v. @OpenAI lawsuit filed this morning, as broken down by me, an IP and AI lawyer, general counsel, and longtime tech person and enthusiast. Tl;dr - It's the best case yet alleging that generative AI is copyright infringement. Thread. 👇
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Partial list: 1. Transparency about what is actually in OAI models/datasets (ht @BlancheMinerva) 2. Azure cloud contract transparency--who's licensing GPT, for what use, how much $ 3. Transparency on training/calibration (RLHF etc) costs, w details on labor process + worker pay
what would you like openai to build/fix in 2024?
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Whoa, impressed by this strongly worded letter from science committee leaders to @NIST & @WHOSTP about the due diligence required for us to properly evaluate AI systems in deployment. "Evaluations...cannot be based on speculation or.. unsound research" science.house.gov/press-rele…
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Found a kindred spirit at #icml2023 #feelthelearn
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💻Here's @MITAppInventor's take on our recent Joint @ictpnews–@IAEAorg Advanced School/Workshop on #MachineLearning in #CitizenScience 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼organized with @APSphysics @UNESCO @unescoWATER @EuroPhysSoc #AI #AI4Good #AIforGood #ArtificialIntelligence
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This is interesting! But I’d point out that this is a feature of ML research in much of the physical sciences. We have mechanistic models that can be used as a causal, generative ground truth models & use them to further AI research. That was a message of my NeurIPS2016 keynote – at Wisconsin, USA
Replying to @DrJimFan
Compiling explicit, hand-written algorithms into weights means that we can now generate groundtruth models with a known mechanism. Then we can evaluate existing interpretability tools by applying them to these well-behaving models and examine the resulting explanation. 2/
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A tech CEO is not the source to interview about whether chatbots could be effective therapists. What you need is someone who studies such therapy AND understands that the chatbot has no actual understanding. Then you could get an accurate appraisal. My guess: *shudder* >>
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Michelle Kuchera retweeted
It just occurred to me that there's been a big plot twist: 2016: Huggingface - we're going to make a chatbot OpenAI - we're going to do open AI 2022: Huggingface - we're making AI open OpenAI - we made a chatbot ... 😅
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Yes, ChatGPT is amazing and impressive. No, @OpenAI has not come close to addressing the problem of bias. Filters appear to be bypassed with simple tricks, and superficially masked. And what is lurking inside is egregious. @Abebab @sama tw racism, sexism.
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Another absolutely phenomenal panel in our Broadening Research workshop. Dissecting how entrenched the legacy of colonialism is in technology and how we can better democratize power, decide what research questions are worthwhile, and build coalition in the global south
The third and final problem is happening right now on geographic disparities in research. Moderated by @pcastr. Panelists @sunipa17 @alienelf and Johan.
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Michelle Kuchera retweeted
I enjoyed meeting with this seminar full of ⁦@DavidsonCollege⁩ sophomores! Thanks to Professors Joseph (Piko) Edwoozie and ⁦@MKizzyy⁩ for the invite. Great conversation on justice, race, student activism, and the potential of sophomore year.
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spotify the only tech company to figure out how to successfully rebrand "we've been tracking you" to "isn't this FUN"
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All of twitter’s ML Ethics, transparency, and accountability team (except one). was laid off today. So much for that responsible ML initiative, huh?
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JOB: Ready to take the next step in your career shaping the forefront of AI/tech ethics education? Seeking folks with industry or academic experience leading research, product development or integrity policy to help us build a one-of-a-kind program. jobs.naz.edu/postings/3047
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Michelle Kuchera retweeted
As an aside, the ALT text on this image is just fantastic.
🌟 A star is born! Behind the curtain of dust and gas in these “Cosmic Cliffs” are previously hidden baby stars, now uncovered by Webb. We know — this is a show-stopper. Just take a second to admire the Carina Nebula in all its glory: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages/ #UnfoldTheUniverse
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If you're interested in the intersection of physics and ML definitely consider the IAIFI fellowship! Such an incredible group of researchers doing some of the most interesting work
Now accepting applications for the 2023-2026 IAIFI Fellows search! Visit our IAIFI Fellows page (iaifi.org/fellows) for details and apply at academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…. Applications are due by October 11, 2022. #postdocjobs @NSF @mit @Harvard @Northeastern @TuftsUniversity
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I not infrequently see an argument that goes: "Making ethical NLP (or "AI") systems is too hard because humans haven't agreed on what is ethical/moral/right" This always feels like a cop-out to me, and I think I've put my finger on why: >>
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Dear @StephenCurry30, Congratulations on your graduation! From writing papers during NCAA tournaments to completing your thesis project during the NBA playoffs, you have shown you are a @DavidsonCollege student through and through. Glad I could be a small part of your journey.
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