Assoc. Prof. of Computer Science, Colorado State University. I hate technology. https://www.nikhilkrishnaswamy.com/ #AI #NLProc Add me to your war planning chats: NikhilKrishnaswamy.77https://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mpz6wfwh6s2mSpain beat Portugal so I guess they get control of Asia now #worldcup #treatyoftordesillas06 Jul 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpz6wfwh6s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mpnyziqqk22f12 years of school, 4 years of college, 6 years of grad school, 3 years of postdoc, 6 years on the tenure track, all for a job title that can still be abbreviated Ass. Pro.02 Jul 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnyziqqk22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3moqcdi3yrk2lYard sales are just trick-or-treating for adults20 Jun 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3moqcdi3yrk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3moeiwhxmfs2hWant to beat China in the "AI era"? Invest in the humanities. https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/china-ai-university-arts-degree-b2995940.html16 Jun 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3moeiwhxmfs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mnpywfh4rc2aI've been to 3 #AI conferences in 4 weeks. The one week I wasn't at a conference, it was a project site visit. Turn on @npr.org and they're talking about AI. I'd like to be done now. #LREC2026 #AAMAS2026 #CVPR202607 Jun 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpywfh4rc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mnhylzaky22sWhen the CSU doing something crappy isn't your CSU [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhylzaky22shttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mn2cczxwtc2qTenured.30 May 2026 05:16 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn2cczxwtc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mmpedfvtwc2pAI is still just people. When you ask "AI" you're not hearing from "AI", you're hearing from the people who control the AI. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 May 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmpedfvtwc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mmlxbsjljs2sToday I'm going to help my neighbor DIY fix our shared fence. He said he asked "my friend Gemini" how to do it. I didn't give him the spiel about what I do every day. We'll see how this goes. #Al #DIY #LLMs #situatedgrounding24 May 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmlxbsjljs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3miphjbhjbk2pBefore kids: We will raise them to be critical thinkers, with no ridiculous superstitions. After kids: If you don't eat your dinner and stop screaming I'm calling the Easter Bunny and telling him not to come!!!!!!!05 Apr 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3miphjbhjbk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mhlev7as4s2tIf I hit my neighbor and he steals my wallet, so I pay him money to get him to give my wallet back, what kind of strategic genius am I?21 Mar 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlev7as4s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mgxmhjbbsk2oPlease take medical advice from people who count 1, 2, 3, 3.1, 95, 98, ME, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxmhjbbsk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mgnzojns5c2oGoody [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2026 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnzojns5c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mgmwe2dcyc2kWhile there are cases where "AI" (however you define that) can be helpful for things like human flourishing and well-being, the emphasis on scale as necessary for bringing them to fruition is inherently totalizing & makes its integration with the machinery of destruction seem inevitable09 Mar 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmwe2dcyc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mglshszgkc2xCool new benchmark and dataset to appear at LREC 2026. See you in Palma! #NLP #AI #LLMs https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.0545009 Mar 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mglshszgkc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mgag3yar5s26Me 2022: I'm not trying to build Skynet. Me 2026: I'm trying to stop the people (not me) building Skynet.04 Mar 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgag3yar5s26https://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mfwuqlp7mk25Impeccable timing on this one [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Feb 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwuqlp7mk25https://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3metqfaxtbc2hThe 4yo (for context, in her Disney Princess era) is watching the Winter Olympics. Does it inspire her to do figure skating? No, more like the luge, the skeleton, and ski jumping ⛷️ 💀14 Feb 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3metqfaxtbc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3md4iirvpn22aUnsaid here: how many technical researchers and academics are being fundamentally chickenshit about this because they (we) fear losing access to data and/or models. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jan 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4iirvpn22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3md2frrzvqc2fI can't be the only one wondering by @realblucifer.bsky.social is suddenly posting in Ge'ez [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jan 2026 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3md2frrzvqc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mclcpljmkk2zThe most annoying thing about Peppa Pig is how it tries to convince you that the English can possibly be good people17 Jan 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mclcpljmkk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mbzsbyihh22bAm I a bad person for telling the 4yo she can't play with her Paw Patrol toy because it's stuck in traffic?10 Jan 2026 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbzsbyihh22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mbufusbz722wIn mid-2019 in Copenhagen I met a Ukrainian immigrant to Denmark who was weirdly pro-Trump. Really wonder what she's thinking now.07 Jan 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbufusbz722whttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mbk3biw5mk2bVery cool that it is now 2003 and I can be 16 again instead of 3903 Jan 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbk3biw5mk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social/post/3mahe5uxsms2hWho is the target audience for the cartoon Progressive Insurance commercials on Disney Jr+?20 Dec 2025 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:jpc7ukh2vroea2zxtfaaci5f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mahe5uxsms2h