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troos

@troos@sigmoid.social

Your Friendly Neighborhood #AI Professor đŸ§™â€â™‚ïž Professor of Computer Science @University of Helsinki đŸ’†â€â™‚ïžLeader of AI Education at FCAI (Finnish Center for AI, https://mastodon.online/@FCAI) đŸ‘šâ€đŸ« Lead Instructor #ElementsofAI đŸ‘šâ€đŸ’» #datascience #machinelearning #diversity #tekoĂ€ly he/him

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troos, to random Finnish
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EnsiesittelyssĂ€ Somekone — sosiaalisen median toiminnan helposti ja hauskasti esittelevĂ€ sovellus opetuskĂ€yttöön. KyseessĂ€ on Generation AI-hankkeemme hedelmĂ€, josta olen kyllĂ€ tosi innoissani. Suomalaisten lasten ja nuorten medialukutaito ja datatoimijuus tarvitsee kipeĂ€sti pĂ€ivitystĂ€. Pian lĂ€hikoulussasi! https://yle.fi/a/74-20075569

troos, to Finland
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It's been very cold here in the North (–20°C and below). Proper winter! This is our cottage sauna ❄

miiakosonen, to random Finnish
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Tiedolla johtaminen on ollut kaikkina aikoina utopia, jota ihmiskunta ei aivokoppasyistÀ saavuta, mutta Suomessa se saattoi olla 50 vuotta sitten lÀhempÀnÀ kuin nyt.

VielÀ tuolloin isojen pÀÀtösten tekemisessÀ kÀytettiin lÀhteenÀ tutkimusta ja asiantuntijoita, ei ajan henkeÀ.

https://www.hs.fi/paakirjoitukset/art-2000010038888.html

troos,
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@miiakosonen Paljosta tuossa kirjoitetusta olen samaa mieltÀ, mutta sen verran panen vastaan ettÀ tarkoituksenmukaiset ja fiksut tavat kÀyttÀÀ Àlylaitteita on varmasti tÀtÀ nykyÀ aivan keskeisiÀ kansalaistaitoja, joita tarvitsee jokainen alkaen siitÀ hetkestÀ kun saa Àlylaitteen kÀteensÀ. Ei nÀitÀ taitoja opi, jos kielletÀÀn ko. teknologian olemassaolo, eikÀ oppisen jÀttÀminen kotien vastuullekaan edistÀ tasa-arvoa.

j2bryson, to random
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First INTERNATIONAL law on AI. Don’t dismiss what China, Australia, Brasil, & others have achieved. But not only is the big in itself. It, the the , & yes the are important first steps to how we can ALL regulate transnational entities https://video.consilium.europa.eu/event/en/27283

troos,
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@dimillian @nojhan @j2bryson I’ve been a wholehearted fan of the idea(l) of Mastodon as open-source, non-commercial platform, but I’m starting to seriously lose faith. I’ve tried my best here, switched servers, used hashtags, and other recommended tricks, but the engagement is almost zero
 Even LinkedIn is about 50 times more active, and Twitter was about 100 more so. Well, at least it’s not too addictive.

troos, to random Finnish
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Voi voi Hesarin tiedeviestinnĂ€n tasoa
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Vertaisarvioimaton kÀsikirjoitus, jonka pohjalta vedetty mutkat suoraksi kysymÀttÀ asiasta muilta kuin artikkelin ensimmÀiseltÀ kirjoittajalta, joka on koulutukseltaan matemaatikko. Saavat toki paljon klikkauksia ja muutaman pÀivÀn pÀÀstÀ uuden jutun, jossa otsikon vÀite kumotaan

jaoler, to OpenAI Finnish
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Reutersin lÀhteiden mukaan :n tutkijat olisivat onnistuneet kehittÀmÀÀn "ihmiskunnan olemassaoloa uhkaavan tekoÀlyalgoritmin" https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2023/11/23/openai-yleinen-tekoaly-altman-potkut

troos,
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@jaoler rohkenen epĂ€illĂ€. ”Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence” Carl Sagan

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    troos,
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    @UlrikeHahn @deshipu Fair point. To me (not a cogn. scientist), it feels more productive to investigate how humans think instead of negotiating the semantics of (explicating) words like ”think” (cf. Feynman on bird names)

    I’ll always remember a diligent student who was writing his MSc thesis. All was well until suddenly we heard nothing in a week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks. Still nothing. After two months we got hold of him. He’d gotten stuck trying to define ”definition”!

    troos,
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    @deshipu @UlrikeHahn That’s exactly the way I read it. In a similar vein, here’s the well-known story about bird names not constituting knowledge (about birds) by Feynman in his own words: https://youtu.be/px_4TxC2mXU?si=ihbBkheSLBdB-Q87

    troos,
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    @dcm @deshipu @UlrikeHahn Good point! Names are not the issue here, so the reference to Feynman is not quite to the point. It’s rather the other part of a definition. What I mean is that if a definition involves i) specifying the scope of a concepts or a phenomenon, and ii) giving a name for it, then I’d still maintain that neither of these constitute knowledge about the phenomenon itself.

    troos,
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    @dcm @deshipu @UlrikeHahn I admit that I’m unable to grasp what you mean by characterization of a phenomenon, since I see that you draw a distinction between it and a definition. Can you give an example?

    troos,
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    @dcm @deshipu @UlrikeHahn I see, thanks. In that case, I’m tempted to say that a characterization, i.e., a ”fuzzy definition”, is no different from an actual definition in the sense that neither of them constitute any knowledge. Would you disagree?

    troos,
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    @dcm @deshipu @UlrikeHahn Indeed, we may define ”knowledge” differently. I was using the term in a rather narrow sense to refer to a collection of facts, which can be true or not. A definition cannot be true or false – even less a fuzzy one! – so I counted definitions as non-knowledge. This is not to say that definitions wouldn’t be useful. Just like language (including names of various birds)

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    @UlrikeHahn @dcm @deshipu Possibly. Although I tend work a lot on applications in various fields from neuroscience to astrophysics and from epidemiology to anthropology, so I’ve worked on both sides of that fence


    themaklin, to random

    Brand new Finnish Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor unexpectedly dropped off grid on 19 November, and Nordpool energy prices spiked as a result not only in Finland but across entire Baltic region. Building several smaller units instead of the 1600 MW monster (10-20% of the daily usage in Finland) might've been wiser in retrospect..

    troos,
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    @themaklin Slightly off-topic but I find it impossible to tell which curve is which. The lines are so thin and the colors so similar. @jhilden, pls tell us how this should be fixed!

    ct_bergstrom, (edited ) to random
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    Update: Thanks and I'm starting to think it's not actually in the house. Will continue in AM.

    tl;dr new iPhone 12 not yet set up.

    I set it down somewhere in the house, and after hours of looking I can't find it. I still have the old iphone and it's working fine. I didn't transfer the sim card yet. Find my iphone is off.

    The new iphone has plenty of battery life and is connected to wifi.

    How can I find it in the house? Make it beep, use the old one for homing? Etc.

    troos,
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    @ct_bergstrom Ask ChatGPT? 😅

    jhilden, to random
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    Curious how your computer creates and preserves this digital microhistory of past visited wifis. Like these here, a bunch of networks used on a trip to Iceland back in 2016. This was even with a different computer.

    troos,
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    @jhilden I remember seeing reports that many devices were broadcasting SSIDs of all networks that you had ever visited (and not deleted from the device settings) when probing for known networks to connect to, which would reveal all this info to everyone around you. Which is just mad.

    However, it seems this privacy issue has apparently been fixed in more recent OS versions: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wifi-probing-exposes-smartphone-users-to-tracking-info-leaks/

    jhilden, to architecture
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    Unable to can with these guys.

    Hospital symbols exhibited in the excellent ”Concrete dreams” exhibition, showing until the 15th of October in the Helsinki Museum of Architecture
    https://www.mfa.fi/nayttelyt/betoniunelmia/

    “The new generation. International symbols for the hospitals”. A grid of 1970s modernist hospital symbols, some of which look quite amusing. Kidneys or two swollen pac-man characters chatting?

    troos,
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    @jhilden Possibly E. Christopher Klumb Associates https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/language_portal/symbol%20usage%20in%20healthcare2_0.pdf

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    Sad to read this by Ben Fry.
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    Impossible to overstate how important Processing has been (and still is), both as software and as a concept of working in the intersection of programming and design.

    https://x.com/ben_fry/status/1709400641456501020?s=20

    troos,
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    @jhilden @benfry What does it say? (I don’t visit dubious websites.)

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    @jhilden thx! sounds weird. I agree that Processing has been important not only as a piece of technology but as an initiative and a way of thinking about programming as as a medium of creative work

    troos, to random Finnish
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    Kaksi uunituoretta kirjaa tekoÀlystÀ!

    Hannu Toivonen @HannuToivonen (kollega yliopistolla, joka aikanaan suisti meikÀlÀisen opettamaan tekoÀlyÀ), "MitÀ tekoÀly on? 100 kysymystÀ ja vastausta", Teos

    Petteri JĂ€rvinen (eturivin ATK-guru jo silloin kun teininĂ€ koodailin Amigalla), TekoĂ€ly ja minĂ€ – IhmisenĂ€ tekoĂ€lyn aikakaudella, Tammi

    Molemmat alun perusteella sujuvaa ja asiantuntevaa kansantajuistamista 👍

    Kiitos nĂ€ytekappaleista kirjailijoille 🙏

    jhilden, to random
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    The weird Finnish trend among schoolkids to pronounce O.K. as ”ook”. [ook]

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    @ilkkajii @aleksi @felixbernoully @jhilden Oh gosh, this is
 wow!

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    @ilkkajii @aleksi @felixbernoully @jhilden While we’re at it, quite a non sequitur, but has someone figured out why the heck does Helsingin Sanomat have such hard time with missing spaces after proper nouns and unnecessary newlines nowadays. I know it’s probably due to web content with links to named entities but how hard can it be? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, I can give examples tomorrow when I read the paper.

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    @aleksi @ilkkajii @felixbernoully @jhilden Today in HS


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    juuhaa, to ChatGPT Finnish
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    Puhutko tekoÀlystÀ?

    "Silti tekoÀlystÀ puhuttaessa ÀÀneen pÀÀsevÀt vain insinöörit tai minun kaltaiseni nörtit, vaikka siinÀ keskustelussa pitÀisi kuulua myös juristien, sosiologien ja muiden yhteiskuntatieteilijöiden ÀÀni."

    https://www.ku.fi/artikkeli/4906774-tekoaly-on-jo-taalla-eika-siihen-pida-suhtautua-kuin-luonnonvoimaan-sanoo-tietojenkasittelytieteen-professori-teemu-roos

    troos,
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    @osma @juuhaa EipÀ ole tainnut tulla luettua Gulliverin seikkailuista lilliputien maassa ainakaan niin ettÀ muistaisin!

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    @osma @juuhaa hahah! loistavaa – selvĂ€sti kyse LLM:stĂ€!

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