John Gallagher

johnrgallagher.bsky.social

17 October 2026 11:51

There’s a lot of pedantry from the public about the meaning of words right now: understanding, intelligence, consciousness, etc. On behalf of all academics, I say: welcome

Artjoms Šeļa

artjomshl.bsky.social

17 October 2026 11:12

this is very exciting paper, but for me the biggest insight is that classic LDA still goes hard as a topic model. using SAE features as inputs to topic models is uncanny, like strapping a vivisected reader to a corpus. just look at mLDA topics for Wheatley here: they are aware of ~context~

Ian Milligan

ianmilligan1.bsky.social

16 October 2026 13:03

Through some administrative mishap, Queen’s is claiming it’s been _twenty_ years since I graduated in 2006. 👴 Off to my first homecoming. I wonder if they make non-alcoholic beer kegs?

Ian Petrie

icpetrie.bsky.social

16 October 2026 04:01

You make risotto, you get to drink wine during all the stirring I don't make the rules

Melissa Terras

melissaterras.bsky.social

15 October 2026 22:38

Finishing up a few days in #London with the super interesting Digital Leaders event at Parliament, and fab chats after, including hanging out with the Father of the House (the UK’s longest serving MP), Edward Leigh.