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Barak A. Pearlmutter

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Abusing minions, torturing cats, maligning the innocent. 🐘 @[email protected]

THE REPEATED-STIMULUS CONFOUND IN EEG (Jack Kilgallon, Jeff Siskind, Barak Pearlmutter) We identify 16 affected publications. Decoding accuracies were overestimated by 4.46-7.42%. arxiv.org/abs/2508.00531

BAPearlmutter's tweet image. THE REPEATED-STIMULUS CONFOUND IN EEG
(Jack Kilgallon, Jeff Siskind, Barak Pearlmutter)
We identify 16 affected publications.  Decoding accuracies were  overestimated by 4.46-7.42%.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.00531

According to the US Constitution, tariffs are up to Congress. Choosing to delegate this to someone else, Joe Blow in Poughkeepsie or some guy in the White House or whatever, does not absolve them of sole responsibility. People should be furious at their congressmen.

BAPearlmutter's tweet image. According to the US Constitution, tariffs are up to Congress. Choosing to delegate this to someone else, Joe Blow in Poughkeepsie or some guy in the White House or whatever, does not absolve them of sole responsibility. People should be furious at their congressmen.

I never thought I'd see Geoff Hinton being respectful to nobility. What a time to be alive!

BAPearlmutter's tweet image. I never thought I'd see Geoff Hinton being respectful to nobility. What a time to be alive!

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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”

NobelPrize's tweet image. BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”

Let Readers Read: An Open Letter to the Publishers in Hachette v. Internet Archive: - Sign the Petition! chng.it/CKVJCCkXTM via @Change


Time to throw in the towel, @DougJBalloon, satire cannot hold a candle to this sort of self-parody.

News Analysis: American officials said they had no advance warning of the attack on a Hamas leader in Iran, raising worries of a power vacuum that could lead to a broader geopolitical crisis. nyti.ms/3yiGcCh



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Post-Doctoral Researcher (Formalising Specifications for Software Verification) (Temporary Contract to 31.1.26) Department of Computer Science / Maynooth University | University Vacancies Ireland universityvacancies.com/maynooth-unive…


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Congratulations to Socha (9B) on winning 1st place in Intermediate Individual category in Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences at this year’s @BTYSTE with her project ‘The Math Behind Dobble’. All at @StKiliansDS are very proud! Amazing achievement! 🤩🙌

StKiliansDS's tweet image. Congratulations to Socha (9B) on winning 1st place in Intermediate Individual category in Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences at this year’s @BTYSTE with her project ‘The Math Behind Dobble’. All at @StKiliansDS are very proud! Amazing achievement! 🤩🙌

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A second fantastic project from @StKiliansDS, this one on the ‘Math Behind the Dobble’ 🟰

josephamadigan's tweet image. A second fantastic project from @StKiliansDS, this one on the ‘Math Behind the Dobble’ 🟰

If we can't even get simple stuff like this right, how can anyone be less than petrified about our ability to get actually important AI safety stuff right?

BAPearlmutter's tweet image. If we can't even get simple stuff like this right, how can anyone be  less than petrified about our ability to get actually important AI  safety stuff right?

We're desperate, get used to it We're desperate, get used to it We're desperate, get used to it —X (the rock band? the window system? the company? you decide.)


Bing Chat dispensing incorrect medical information. (Ibuprofin is in fact a commonly used muscle relaxant.)

BAPearlmutter's tweet image. Bing Chat dispensing incorrect medical information. (Ibuprofin is in fact a commonly used muscle relaxant.)
BAPearlmutter's tweet image. Bing Chat dispensing incorrect medical information. (Ibuprofin is in fact a commonly used muscle relaxant.)

The warnings on the splash page of @OpenAI's ChatGPT don't seem to include this sort of horror:

BAPearlmutter's tweet image. The warnings on the splash page of @OpenAI's ChatGPT don't seem to include this sort of horror:

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Do you reckon the authors of the Galactica paper read and understood what they’re citing here: “Despite these limitations, today’s large models will become cheaper with experience (Hirschmann, 1964)”? Because it’s about process improvements during mass-production runs.


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Applications open now for the 5th intake of PhD students in the foundational areas of data science. Please RT!

📢Recruitment call! Fully-funded PhD scholarships are available with our CRT commencing in Sept 2023. Join 113 students & begin your 4-year PhD journey with us. data-science.ie/how-do-i-apply/ Application portal opens 2nd Dec data-science.ie/the-crt-progra… #believeinscience #phdchat

data_science_ie's tweet image. 📢Recruitment call!

Fully-funded PhD scholarships are available with our CRT commencing in Sept 2023. Join 113 students & begin your 4-year PhD journey with us.  
data-science.ie/how-do-i-apply/

Application portal opens  2nd Dec data-science.ie/the-crt-progra…

#believeinscience #phdchat


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Our #Researcher of the week is Maynooth University @MU_Hamilton #PhD student Jonathan Giordano. Jonathan's work is on "Sleep and Memory Consolidation". Check out Jonathan's video. vimeo.com/724388292 @scienceirel @BAPearlmutter


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