Making things sing. Senior Research Associate at UCL CS, Founder @animalsystems, formerly Lord Creator @chirp. Looking forward to meeting you.

London
Joined June 2009
Everything is interesting, unfortunately.
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RIP Éliane Radigue, 1932 - 2026
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Ancient controversy still runs hot over the actual value of Plato's Number. Of the candidates I enjoy 216 (6^3) but personally endorse 5040 (7!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%…
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We often think of our genes as the script of our fate. But genes are not the whole story. New research has shown the extent to which cell metabolism has an important, underappreciated role in directing the development of each of our cells. quantamagazine.org/how-metab…
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What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, But poisoned flattery? - Shakespeare, Henry V
👀Today’s AIs are already hyper persuasive. A controversial study where LLMs tried to persuade users on Reddit found: “Notably, all our treatments surpass human performance substantially, achieving persuasive rates between three and six times higher than the human baseline.”
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‘There are a lot of ways to avoid death, one is to be magnificent’ - Ian Dury
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Sounds vaguely familiar
Today I was sent the following cool demo: Two AI agents on a phone call realize they’re both AI and switch to a superior audio signal ggwave
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[Diseases of Modernity, pt 92] Chronic anthrophobia davidbrin.com/nonfiction/dog…
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You donate plasma to help others. I donate plasma to reduce my serum microplastic concentrations. We are not the same.
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It's just a lot of pressure ...
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Curse this merciless heat.
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