Machine learning and AI

"Hundreds of AI tools have been built to catch covid. None of them helped"

Science doesn’t work well under time pressure. Continue reading ›

Aug 18, 2021 2 min read Link post, COVID-19, Machine learning and AI

"Robo-writers: the rise and risks of language-generating AI"

The hilarious, and terrifying, lack of commonsense in AI writing. Continue reading ›

Mar 4, 2021 1 min read Link post, Machine learning and AI, Writing

Clutching our crystals

It’s all fun and games until someone believes in witchcraft. Continue reading ›

Mar 1, 2021 2 min read Science, Machine learning and AI

My response in Nature – the director's cut

The SciTLDR saga continues. Continue reading ›

Feb 2, 2021 4 min read Machine learning and AI, Writing, Paper

Let's let the AIs summarize our research. What could possibly go wrong?

‘Search engine’s tool for summarizing studies promises easier skim-reading.’ To what end? Continue reading ›

Nov 25, 2020 4 min read Science, Machine learning and AI

Democratizing AI - new paper

I have a new paper out this week, Democratizing AI: Non-expert design of prediction tasks. Let’s discuss. Continue reading ›

Sep 8, 2020 6 min read Paper, Machine learning and AI

Will AI cause a large-scale industrial accident?

The tragedy that occurred in Beirut this month is a chilling reminder of how short-term thinking and organizational blind spots endanger all our lives. Here, sadly, it appears the mistakes were human. Continue reading ›

Aug 24, 2020 4 min read Machine learning and AI

Will AI cause a large-scale industrial accident?