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DrVeronikaCH

@DrVeronikaCH@dair-community.social

Associate prof in computer science at ITU Copenhagen 🇳🇱 in 🇩🇰

Accidental academic, failed and got lucky a lot, see https://www.veronikach.com

I did AI before it was cool and often share things about its adverse effects. I have two cats, Pixel and Dot, and post cat pictures often.

Profile photo: black and white photograph of me holding Dot. Banner: a drawing of me, my cats and some other things I like, like pubquizzes and open science

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purplepadma, to random
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I feel very tired now

DrVeronikaCH,
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@purplepadma me too, me too. Thank you for sharing

purplepadma, to random
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Morning. Miss Cinnamon didn’t come home last night. Tom slept downstairs to listen out for her, but nothing. I’m very anxious.

DrVeronikaCH,
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@purplepadma @Pawpower glad to hear she is ok. Hope you can get some better sleep!

aetataureate, to random
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I keep seeing people I like on here posting and needing to add big disclaimers that you shouldn't shame them for using Google services. Jesus, my Gmail account is 20 years old, of course I don't want to change it. And the alternatives people suggest for other services are almost always clunkier and/or more technical. That decision absolutely isn't easy at all. If you're shaming people over this stuff, shut the fuck up.

DrVeronikaCH,
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@aetataureate I investigated/tried switching a few years back after Google fired their ethical AI team, but it is a lot of work. In the end, I switched all my government, finance etc accounts to Proton, but my Gmail is how people from 20 years ago can reach me (they don't often try but it's possible 🙈), and what I use for ordering things online

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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Any suggestions for games for Android phones? So far my favorites have been Terraria, open source civilization, "I love hue too" (matching color tiles), Hexamania (a bit like Tetris perhaps but at your own speed), various rogue like RPGs like Pixel dungeon

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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When I meet new people eventually I ask "what year are you from?". Often people will be like "do you want to know how old I am" and while I understand how one question informs the other, I find "when are you from" gives so much more context? I don't like "where are you from", because this changes (where are you REALLY from 😢) but "when" does not

purplepadma, to random
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Amazing how a minor cold impacts on you. I’m going to spend the evening in bed listening to an audiobook because I don’t feel up to anything else. I’ve just bought Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie, narrated by Jodie Comer. I’ve heard really good things about it so looking forward

DrVeronikaCH,
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@purplepadma feel better soon!

DrVeronikaCH,
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@purplepadma I've been around but maybe not posting much?

DrVeronikaCH,
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@purplepadma not doing amazing I won't lie, I think I have a chronic problem with congestion (it's been over a year and I've gotten no answers) so that affects my sleep, and well that affects a lot of other stuff 😔

DrVeronikaCH,
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@purplepadma I got a better bed though and that's soooo nice

timnitGebru, to random
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$660M crypto money to “save humanity from the existential risk of AI.” Same people wrote a few years ago how “without AI we are doomed.” Selling utopia and apocalypse for billions. No one knows how to circle money amongst themselves like these people.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/25/a-665m-crypto-war-chest-roils-ai-safety-fight-00148621

DrVeronikaCH,
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@timnitGebru 🙄 I don't understand whether these people really believe this, or if it's intentional, and I don't know which is worse 😬

onepict, (edited ) to random
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The best way to preserve the fediverse is to provide support to it.

Pay your instance admin if you can, if you can't boost their fundraiser posts

Pay the developers who develop the software you use on there if you can. If you can't, boost their posts and help them fundraise.

Also pay the projects non Dev folks. Because they help Devs to focus on the code while they do community development, moderation etc.

It's an ecosystem and we can't rely on the whims of VCs.

DrVeronikaCH,
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@onepict @alex would like to support the work you are doing, what's the best way?

DrVeronikaCH,
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@alex @onepict will do!

foone, to random
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bad idea: A mouse cursor that's not just a simple floating pointer, it's a cat/dog paw... but it stretches all the way to an edge of the screen like it's a really long leg

DrVeronikaCH,
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@foone @aral Found a thing you could probably make with Kitten 😁

aral, to SmallWeb
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So given it’s Saturday night, I thought I’d have a little fun with Kitten and make a tiny collaborative drawing toy.

You have a 20×20 grid and only black and white to draw with and everyone shares the same canvas.

https://draw-together.small-web.org

Have fun + looking forward to seeing what we all, umm, draw together.

:kitten:💕

PS. It took about 60 lines of code.

View source: https://codeberg.org/aral/draw-together

DrVeronikaCH,
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@aral this is amazing

DrVeronikaCH,
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@cirrus @aral yes! Was going for panda bear first but it turned out well 😁

DrVeronikaCH, to 3goodthings
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  1. Sat outside in the sun yesterday
  2. Discovered a hilarious board game called Incohearent
  3. Artichokes on pizza

@3goodthings

DrVeronikaCH, to animals
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On the beach of Gran Cataria 🏖️

Alice, to random
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The weather is gloomy and I have a tent set up on my bed with a projector ready to go.

Any recommendations for things to binge watch?

Disclaimer: I watch a LOT of movies and TV shows and I've pretty much seen everything, but I’m hoping that by crowdsourcing I can find out about something I somehow missed.

DrVeronikaCH,
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@Alice you might like Man in the high castle or For all mankind. Movie - the Platform

DrVeronikaCH,
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@Alice when I watched it I thought it was a series and then was highly disappointed there wasn't more 😭. Have you seen Snowpiercer? Less good IMHO but features some of the same ideas

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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I joined this workshop on scientific error https://www.eurandom.tue.nl/event/perspectives-on-scientific-error/ organized by @lakens and others. What a great event! So refreshing to talk to people about science, theory building, and incentive structures. No talks proposing LLMs replacing humans. Excellent, highly recommend

DrVeronikaCH,
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@lakens just to preregister this, let's do some science together

markwyner, to dadjokes
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Dogs can’t read an MRI.

But cat scan.

DrVeronikaCH,
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@markwyner possibly the biggest achievement of my career https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468451118300527

DrVeronikaCH, to random
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Do I know any people in/around Rotterdam who could use some IKEA furniture items, pick up next week?

Boosts appreciated if you know it could reach someone in need!

alex, to random

The cat's out of the bag! @emilymbender and I are pleased to bring you THE AI CON, forthcoming at Harper Books in Spring 2025. Thanks so much to Ian Bonaparte for shepherding this project.

In the interim, if you love our work, you can jump in and listen to Episode 26 of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 and work your way back through our archive.

https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k/

DrVeronikaCH,
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@alex @emilymbender so exciting, congratulations!

Edmonds_Scanner, to random

Don't be afraid of ghosts.
Maybe they're just misunderstood & lonely.
Maybe they want to show you their cool howling technique.
Maybe they want to show you a weird mole on their back, or the way all their bones have vanished.

DrVeronikaCH,
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@clive @Edmonds_Scanner how would one tell them apart from non ghosts?

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