📢New paper! In which I work through a lot of my uncomfortable observations since joining academia, examining the alarming-but-quiet capture of academic AI research by big tech, what this means for how and what we know about AI, and how we can resist. interactions.acm.org/archive/view/n…

In Retrospect: 60 years of Landauer’s principle. In 1961, Rolf Landauer noted that erasing a bit of information has a thermodynamic cost. This observation explained the Maxwell's demon paradox and was influential in the early days of quantum computing rdcu.be/cByFV

It was such a joy to serve as Ethics Review co-chair with Samy Bengio NeurIPS Conference. The scale was ridiculous - over 100 ethical reviewers, over 450 ethical reviews - but beyond worth it to see authors, technical reviewers & ACs engage with the social implications of their work.

Our December issue is live - in time for Christmas! Read about geometric deep learning in drug discovery, generating avatars with AI for education and health, 'guerrilla modding' for ensuring online platforms show product information users need and more! nature.com/natmachintell/

A fundamental change in data set culture is necessary, states a recent Nature Machine Intelligence article. Creators must monitor the use of their #datasets, update licenses and documentation, and limit access when necessary bit.ly/3o9RSPy

We interviewed several authors of commentaries published in Nature Machine Intelligence in the last year - how did the topic they wrote about develop, how did the pandemic affect their work, what are their hopes for AI in 2022? Read the article for free this month nature.com/articles/s4225…

A thought experiment evolved into a computational proof for how #AI for drug discovery could be misused for de novo design of #bioweapons #ChemicalWeapons. New article with Sean Ekins out now in Nature Machine Intelligence. It's free to read for the next month. nature.com/articles/s4225…

I repeat: The objective of an ethics code is to provide guidance for researchers to properly engage in ethical reflection & communicate those risks broadly. To think critically about the harms they can cause through their research process or outcomes and address those issues.

I asked a group of 6 year olds "How can adults become happy?" Take some notes A THREAD

Very glad to see this well-written and stimulating Perspective live! (With our friendly dog Baylen in a starring role in Fig 2 :-) )

Unsupervised machine learning algorithms reduce the dependence on curated, labeled datasets. A Perspective in Nature Machine Intelligence argues that developmental science of infant cognition could be key to unsupervised learning approaches. go.nature.com/3naeQ87

Things that mean "no": -Yeah, could do -I'm easy really -Well, yes and no -We'll see -Maybe -If that's what you fancy -I'll see how I feel -Perhaps -Let me check the diary -Let’s play it by ear -Certainly an option -We’ll leave it open -Hmm -I’ll let you know -Definitely -Yep

Interested in AI research as well as science communication? The Nature Machine Intelligence team is expanding and we have a job opening for an editor in London, Berlin or New York. Do get in touch with questions. careers.springernature.com/job/London-Ass…

One more week to apply to our vacancy of associate/senior editor with Nature Machine Intelligence! careers.springernature.com/job/London-Ass…

I have finally written about this. wired.com/story/effectiv…

In the LLM-science discussion, I see a common misconception that science is a thing you do and that writing about it is separate and can be automated. I’ve written over 300 scientific papers and can assure you that science writing can’t be separated from science doing. Why? 1/18

Me & Abeba Birhane wrote about how, with the new large language models, everything old is new again - we're still talking about the harms observed since 2016 with products like BERT-enabled search & the chatbot Tay. And facing the same pushback to critique. wired.com/story/large-la…

Our editorial on how LLMs like ChatGPT could affect scientific publishing. nature.com/articles/s4225…

"We come to bury ChatGPT, not to praise it." Excellent piece by danmcquillan (@[email protected]) danmcquillan.org/chatgpt.html I suggest you read the whole thing, but some pull quotes: >>

Physics makes a lot of assumptions about time that may be getting in the way of understanding the fourth dimension. Experts explain. bit.ly/3Jpglev