#Researchers

Alex Tamkin

AlexTamkin

Some takeaways from @openai's impressive recent progress, including GPT-3, CLIP, and DALL·E:[THREAD] 1/ 1) The raw power of dataset design.These models aren't radically new in their architecture or training algorithmInstead,

Inspired Aquariums

InspiredAquaCA

A very different opinion than the Vancouver doctors I've talked to.When I was first told of this talk the narrative was these were some Prince of Wales Secondary moms who

haonan

haonan

What happened to the replicability crisis? Should you believe famous social scientists? Are all the pages in these best selling books you're reading any use? Or have you just purchased

Wandering plant wonders.. Vinita Gowda 🇮🇳

vinita_gowda

Thread: Why a rebuttal when we published a phylogeny in 2018? Cryptic species and taxonomic troubles: a rebuttal of the systematic treatment of the Asian ladies’ tresses orchids ( Spiranthes

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

56%—that the increased transmission of the B.1.1.7 variant vs common strain from new study. Researchers warn that the #SARSCoV2 variant is so contagious that new control measures, including closing

jonstokes.com

jonst0kes

Having gone a little further down this rabbit hole, I want to nuance this a bit. Specifically, I'm better informed re: the nature of the beef Gebru has with LeCun.

Sean Morgan

QanonFAQ

Today is a historic day for the USA. Today is when the Vice President presides over the counting of dueling electors. He alone has the choice to reject fraudulent electors

R. Vincent Pohl

rvpohl

A few thoughts on working in policy research as an Economics PhD. A thread that could be interesting for Econ JMCs in light of a shortage of academic jobs, but

Julia Brokaw

juliabonz

Hey #EntSoc20! Are you interested in using emergence traps for ground-nesting #bees but aren’t sure where to start? Check out my talk on the benefits and challenges of using them,

Josh Budlender

joshbudlender

This is outrageous - an RCT cutting off water to tenants in Nairobi "slums" to see if it induces their landlords to pay the utility bill. And reading the paper

hclaytonwright

HClaytonWright

Thread: Episode 2 of It’s a Sin by the phenomenal @russelldavies63 on @Channel4 this evening and you may have spotted yours truly making a little cameo!The show is a triumph,

Zachary Elwood

apokerplayer

I've had psych & social media researchers tell me my piece on 'How social media divides us' includes some psych studies they've never seen referenced before in context of social

Tom Cheshire

chesh

We’re here in Wuhan - tune into @SkyNews at 8am UK time.https://twitter.com/PeterDaszak/status/1359004160360779777 Ready and waiting Press conference delayed until 1700 local/0900 UK... The @WHO press conference is underway. Mi Feng,

Infectious Diseases

InfectiousDz

Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine has been bought by countries with promises of high efficacyBrazil just burst that bubbleBrazilian researchers report the CoronaVac efficacy is 50.4%This is why we need published phase

Dr. Britt Wray

brittwray

Reproductive anxiety in the climate crisis is growing amongst younger generations who live in Western industrialized nations. Yes these are private decisions, but they're also deeply collective, as our ability

Stephen Fisher

SeaSpitfires

I've had a bit of feedback from yesterday's thread, and I have of course read a lot of other comments about Kew's reopening, so I'd just like to add a

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