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jbigham

@jbigham@hci.social

Professor of HCII and LTI at CMU SCS. Manage human-centered ML at . #hci, #a11y, #dialog, #nlp. AI/ML. #yinzfluencer of 4 kids. aspire to exceed my attention-seeking pattern regurgitating machine colleagues.

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sommer, to random
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I don’t glory in “no sleep til dub dub,” but also, for some of us, it’s definitely real. The amount of work at this time of year is truly staggering. It’s one of the things that brought me back to this company. It reminds me of putting on a show (and I guess in some ways it is)…everyone is coming together to create something bigger than the sum of us. It’s exiting! And exhausting! 💜

jbigham,
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@sommer good luck!

jbigham, to random
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the nice thing about ML alignment is once you know your problem, who your thing is for, what context it'll be used in… ML alignment can a/b test the shit out of optimizing your thing for those things

jbigham, to random
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it's kind of amazing that the new iPad is more powerful than most laptops, with a 10-core GPU and what not… https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/05/apple-introduces-m4-chip/

jbigham, to random
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apparently some people in my hometown on facebook are mad about the school having received two electric school buses for free. this is why i'm not on facebook anymore.

trochee, to random
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Kernighan's Law II: Revenge of the Debugged

(I agree, @shac !)
https://ioc.exchange/@shac/112391029055067523

jbigham,
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@trochee @shac totally depends what you’re doing, definitely codex is amazing for prototyping

jbigham, to random
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I’m thinking of putting out a yearly report on my toddler, modeled after these LLM expert papers — like there will be a chart on the delta of her math performance from year 3 to year 4, some dubious comparison to gpt4, etc… this is a good idea right?

dave_andersen, to random
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Well, this will be an interesting way to throw away money. :-) I decided to invest (a small amount) in kagi.com - the search engine I've been using since last year.

I remain very happy having switched, but I still !g (have it direct to google) for geo-related queries, something I hope they'll improve upon in the longer term. I love that I can downrank specific sites like pinterest or geeksforgeeks that annoy the hell out of me.

Most early-stage investments lose, but I'm intrigued to watch. 🤓

jbigham,
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@dave_andersen and, if the whole subscription-based small search thing doesn't work out, they can always sell their index to an AI wannabe! :)

jbigham,
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@dave_andersen but, they'd have to grow really big right? i feel like i heard that one reason why macs had so many fewer viruses traditionally is because they were second in the market and so who would bother! (and of course much more secure better products ;P)

jbigham,
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@dave_andersen i wonder what queries they send to apple…

jbigham, to random
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next Thursday at 3:30pm PT, I'll be watching @reladner talk about 20 years of @AccessCompUW, and their work to increase the participation and success of people with disabilities in computing fields -- lots still to do, but remarkably successful :: https://www.cs.washington.edu/events/colloquia/details?id=3343

jbigham, to random
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I’m mostly convinced that LLMs raise the floor, but do they raise the ceiling? I don’t think I’ve seen anything compelling suggesting they do

jbigham,
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which makes sense given they operate over the statistically probable …

jbigham, to random
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the main intellectual value i add to design is that i'm a pessimist who is so pessimistic that i'm even pessimistic about my own pessimism

jbigham, to random
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interesting human problem in the San Francisco $1.7million toilet -- crushed by a thousand policies, each individually may even be (or at least sound) reasonable, but collectively result in huge expense and delays -- and no constituency wants to give up their piece of the convoluted pie

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/opinion/san-francisco-public-toilet.html

BenjaminHan, to running
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My dear / friends: I need to ask for advise on picking for runs on paved roads and mildly unpaved trails (photo 1):

  1. ASICS Trabuco Max 2 (photo 2): the middle in weight (~290g), not waterproof. Bouncy w/ rocker design.
  2. Salomon Speedcross 5 (photo 3): the heaviest (~295g), waterproof(?). Big lugs.
  3. Nike Pegasus Trail 4 GTX (photo 4): the lightest (~270g), waterproof. Smallest lugs.

Do you have experience w/ any of these? What would you pick?

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jbigham,
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@BenjaminHan lots of individual preference involved across different shoes, but i don't think you need any sort of trail shoes for these sorts of surfaces

jbigham,
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@BenjaminHan i've never bothered with waterproof running shoes, but maybe that could be nice? anyway, like i said, so much personal preference! i have always liked Nike shoes, since they run narrow, and my feet are narrow

jbigham,
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@BenjaminHan i live in seattle for 6 years! :)

jbigham, to random
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coauthored 3 papers, reflective of the wonderful diversity of topics I get to work on --

  1. explored how local entrepreneurs might engage with generative AI via a series of workshops:
    https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jbigham/pubs/pdfs/2024/deconstructing-genai.pdf

  2. built and studied a tool called COMPA that uses speech recognition and LLMs to help AAC users not be left behind in conversations
    https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jbigham/pubs/pdfs/2024/compa.pdf

  3. built a tool to help ML engineers optimize ML models, widely used at Apple
    https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jbigham/pubs/pdfs/2024/talaria.pdf

jeremy, to random
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I'm working on a CAREER this year. Advice welcome!!

jbigham,
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@jeremy here's the advice i wrote up a while back! https://jeffreybigham.com/blog/2019/nsf-career-award.html

jbigham, to random
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i've reached that point in my career where i'm purposefully scheduling 15 minute meetings.

jbigham,
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@andresmh 10 years ago i was doing "no meetings", now i'm doing 15 minute meetings all day, what will i be doing in another 10 years?

jbigham,
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@bkeegan @andresmh to be fair, all their questions are coming from their own GPTs too… i like that they can talk to each other, and i can just like sit outside and watch clouds go slowly by

jbigham, to random
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do you ever think about how most of k-12 schooling is training on test?

lobsterofrevenge, to climate
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I am thinking of going into the carbon credits business: Instead of me flying to Paris, which could happen if you refuse to pay, you can pay me $360 to not fly to Paris and thus avoid 3.6 tons of CO2 emissions. If you pay me $1700 I will not fly first class, and thus avoid 17.7 tons of CO2 emissions, which is a better deal for you.


jbigham,
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@lobsterofrevenge i was just about to light this giant mound of tires on fire, but for only my kid's first year of college tuition (and room and board), i could be persuaded not to. it's not extortion, it's environmentalism!

amyjko, to random
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I miss my iPod nano

jbigham,
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@pg @wollman @amyjko whoa, which one don't you have? i thought you were a true fan

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