The elegance of ML is the elegance of biology, not the elegance of math or physics. Simple gradient descent creates mind-boggling structure and behavior, just as evolution creates the awe inspiring complexity of nature.

I have been applying the Sestina Test to every AI over the past year, to no avail. But Bing is sooooo close to being able to write one of the most difficult poetic forms. It adds one stanza and messes up the envoi a bit. Still pretty amazing that it is able work with the form.

The large model singularity: reaching the year 2030 would require models with an infinite number of parameters, suggesting that time might stop before we get there.

The field of sociolinguistics was born in the 60s when William Labov recorded himself asking shop workers for something he knew to be on the “fourth floor”, at a high-, middle- and low-end department stores in NYC.

Taylor Swift as math functions, for all the Swifties. A thread. y = -x

caffeine is by far the best drug

Publication day! The modeling textbook I started five years ago is finally out today. I'm proud of it, and really grateful to everyone who helped make it better. PUP: press.princeton.edu/books/paperbac… AMZN: amazon.com/dp/0691224145?…

We have received top-up funding for our meta-reproduction and are looking for a few more replication fellows. We pay 2,500 EUR for reproducing a paper that we assign, using a protocol which we also assign. If you are interested reach out via DM or email.

Probably the best thing the EU has ever done for its citizens

On 1 May 2004, the EU gained 10 new member states: 🇨🇿 🇪🇪 🇨🇾 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇭🇺 🇲🇹 🇵🇱 🇸🇮 🇸🇰 In the 20 years since, this historic enlargement has brought benefits and solid economic growth both to these countries and to the EU as a whole. More 👉 europa.eu/!wj4GtQ #20YearsTogether

The Hamburg Lectures in Law & Economics are back! On Oct. 30, Federica Carugati (KCLondon) will talk about "Governance Archaeology: Collective Governance in Global History" Alsterterrasse 1 (room 223) at 18.15. Online, pls. register with [email protected]!

We are about to announce the launch of a new Master's Degree in #Computational Social and Political Science at Università degli Studi di Milano in Milan, starting in September 25. Please share this info and my contact to any student potentially interested! More soon!

My latest cartoon for New Scientist

„Einstweilen kann man froh sein, dass Merz das Erfolgsrezept der CDU noch zu kennen scheint. Denn zur Gefahr für sich selbst wird der Konservatismus nicht, wenn er seine Versprechen bricht. Sondern wenn er glaubt, sie auf Teufel komm raus erfüllen zu müssen.“ Jetzt DIE ZEIT

Trump macht mit Putin den gleichen Fehler wie mit den Taliban: Er signalisiert seinem Gegenüber, dass er dringend -- und zwar sofort -- einen Abschluss braucht. Doch in Verhandlungen gewinnt, wer den Eindruck vermittelt, er habe alle Zeit der Welt. (Und das ist aktuell Putin.)👇

Marco Rubio Thank you, Marco, for confirming that the brave soldiers of Ukraine can count on the vital internet service provided jointly by 🇺🇸 and🇵🇱. Together, Europe and the United States can help 🇺🇦 to achieve a just peace.

Whoah. People aren't buying what Trump's selling. The percentage of people who think business conditions will be worse a year from now is the highest it's been since 1980.

"I am sick and tired that those who scream the loudest about corrupt Eurocrats are actually themselves the biggest fraudsters in this house." My intervention in the European Parliament today. #LePen