Prof developing fast algorithms, reliable software, and healthy communities for computational science. Opinions my own. https://hachyderm.io/@jedbrown https://PhyPID.org | aspiring killjoy | against epistemicide | he/theyhttps://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.org/post/3mke3knwsl22kThis EA-funded propagandist also got a lot of attention for a supposed takedown of heat islands based on flawed assumptions/misapplication of physics. He got quiet and did not correct his post when I explained this. He has not been conducting himself in a manner befitting a curious person. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mke3knwsl22khttps://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.org/post/3mkdyauh3fs2kFrom the jump, LLM products have been counterfeiting. If the business model was not counterfeiting, CEOs would be mocking products like this one. Technology to make convincing counterfeit money has existed for a long time, yet politicians do not go to the mat for the counterfeit money cartel. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdyauh3fs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.org/post/3mkdhflh6ek24Yes! Faculty governance and unions should assert freedom to stay off Canvas and similar platforms, and demand to scrutinize vendor contracts in advance, with enforceable terms to prevent abuses like we're seeing at ASU. @mattseybold.bsky.social in https://theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/historyofcanvas [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdhflh6ek24https://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.org/post/3mkdbibmshc2kCirca 2012 or 2013 and we have to know whether to name the SI unit of mansplaining the Lew or the McDonough. "[Kimberlé Crenshaw] recalls being interrupted by Obama’s chief of staff, who, she says, incredibly, told her she perhaps didn’t understand the meaning of intersectionality.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdbibmshc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.org/post/3mkc3idmcyc2tFaculty: please recognize that regent laws are not self-enforcing. Unions and lawsuits get results. Consider joining your union (check out ucw-cwa.org) and/or @aaup.org chapter. ✊ [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkc3idmcyc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.org/post/3mkbz3mgofk23The Prohibited Uses of ASU Computing and Communications Resources are coming from inside the house. The University does not have rights to this IP. Colorado friends: ASU was one of the panelists at Regent McNulty's disinformation panel on AI during the public meeting on January 15. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbz3mgofk23https://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.org/post/3mkbrziaj322zDOJ coming at SB24-205 seeking to nullify disparate impacts, claiming one has to prove intent, ignorant of animus by AI executives and known biases. "There is no evidence of past intentional discrimination by Colorado or by private algorithmic developers or deployers in the nascent industry of AI" [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbrziaj322zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.org/post/3mk6kit2z6c2dReminder that if you are doing serious and responsible data-driven work but don't want to hitch yourself to this meaning of "AI", you are free to use descriptive names such as signal processing, data assimilation, remote sensing, natural-language processing, multi-scale/reduced-order modeling. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6kit2z6c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.org/post/3mk5act6dss2yThis (ongoing) thread may feel silly, but if the task was to convince someone who doesn't know baseball and isn't checking too hard that you are a sophisticated data-driven fantasy team manager, the LLM works. See also medicine, law, transportation regulation, policing, and nuclear reactor safety. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 05:03 +0000at://did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5act6dss2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.org/post/3mjzngc2ni22qChatGPT Edu contracts say that the university must prevent end-users (incl. students) from misusing the service and commits the university to indemnify OpenAI for claims related to "(a) use of the Services in violation of this Agreement; (b) Customer Applications, if any; or (c) Customer Content." [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzngc2ni22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.org/post/3mjryhfpj6c2yI am struck by the privilege and serendipity of a cold email recieving prompt and thoughtful personal replies from both study authors. This is utterly unsustainable, yet even that was not sufficient to overcome the anchoring effect of the epistemically-nihilistic affirmation machine. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjryhfpj6c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jedbrown.org/post/3mjo6fnnlgs2y@alixdunn.com is a great interviewer and I'm looking forward to this series. This first episode engages with the liability-laundering, automation bias, and error-prone-by-design nature of these applications, and the consequences of low-friction warfare. https://csm.transistor.fm/episodes/computer-says-kill-collapsing-the-chain-w-with-matt-mahmoudi17 Apr 2026 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:rbjag77ol7yqto2ph5gxttf2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjo6fnnlgs2y