zwastro.bsky.social
an astrophysicist in Maryland
👤 Joined on 14 November 2024
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@zwastro.bsky.socialUploading one-shotted AI "expositions" of one-shotted AI-generated papers is totally bonkers to me. What value do you think this has? And what do you think your contribution is, "access to buttons?"
Show Post(in case anyone is wondering, this is a reaction to some preprints appearing lately, pretending to explain OpenAI results.)
Show PostDark Academia – How Universities Die, by Peter Fleming I'm not very optimistic that academia can change for the better - I think it's too far gone - but this book at least identifies most of what is wrong. Perhaps, if enough of us read it, we can try to reverse the decline.
Show PostThat’s a wrap on the 5th Astro-COLIBRI Workshop! 🔭☄️ Keynotes on ZTF → Rubin/LSST and the Schmidt Observatory System, plus a Sciathon that, among other things, gave birth to this very account. Full recap: forum.astro-colibri.science/t/5th-astro-...
Show Postthis is the reason these questions are asked. it doesn't matter how well el-sayed answers, the media get to write a headline with his name and the muslim brotherhood in it. heated, islamist, implications, criticize, disavow, dual loyalty, scary man bad
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