2026-06-04T02:51:51Z https://yabu.me Arjen P. de Vries Timmers 🕊️ https://yabu.me/npub1v0c2ars47a8m86d8nhmw09yh7tahqun69na72rgzktumqnwj040q59m0pk https://idf.social/system/accounts/avatars/000/000/001/original/e18614dcbe618f58.jpg https://idf.social/system/accounts/avatars/000/000/001/original/e18614dcbe618f58.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy3rwgjhx7y6c7c97q7ac6zl00dfvxfhjzlzgqjtzkldu6jr8u7hczyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74um0qdpg The phrase &#34;stochastic parrot&#34; introduced by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15xvq07ttjr063lkf99nvm62y74w9fgkhqsehg96ynjqpmh37uukqmq0jms" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)</span> (<span class="italic">npub15xv…0jms</span>)</a></span> &#34;isn’t an argument. It’s a description or a metaphor, an attempt to make vivid what language mimicking machines do&#34;.<br/><br/>Parrot refers not to the bird, that may even have communicative intent, but to the English verb &#34;to parrot&#34;.<br/><br/>Read the whole article on &#34;frequently unasked questions&#34; about stochastic parrots, grounded in five years of (ab-)use of the phrase:<br/><br/><a href="https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/stochastic-parrots-frequently-unasked-questions-49c2e7d22d11">https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/stochastic-parrots-frequently-unasked-questions-49c2e7d22d11</a><br/><br/>1/2 2026-05-16T11:05:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswush9rvjv5w37l7cjjrt06z48k82q8etdfn3e5e8ypcswf6j0gagzyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74u85vtqd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdm2kpr83x2k5jc2egka5wfjkfwkjemu4qkk05q36favmk90h3tpslt3pyg'>nevent1q…3pyg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>next step: join the fedi :) Triggered by her web page, a question from a theory noob: is there an easy way to understand the difference between &#34;answer set programming&#34; and &#34;constraint programming&#34;? I am slightly families with the latter coming up in the nineties and come across ASP often these days. Does ASP include CP? 2026-04-20T06:35:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd7q3njva07v2uy22lvjxnt08sldv5uyw0887qvk8d8qymh8wtt4szyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74uzr0zmg Meer AI leed vandaag:<br/><br/>Rechter zet streep door huwelijksakte vanwege ChatGPT-toespraak babs - <a href="https://nos.nl/l/2597239">https://nos.nl/l/2597239</a> 2026-01-07T09:42:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsztazmnsj8g3fjsvnndghwr2l3qmr9wzyfeuactk3gdqerylwy6pqzyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74ukqarp4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv0fhzky6857k08a43sjp3qar0gqccxs4zjjlvudmkladfzq3f3lgzvy658'>nevent1q…y658</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and why would AI help anyone populate GALAXIES? What&#39;s the argument here? 2025-06-04T19:16:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvv749d9l2nwrr9z9y5ld2c9kfr3ravmflq3zj3fgzmp54txy9jpszyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74u56c0uy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfnez564mdk3hz2ttt30wmsj40ym6256akqehvwgcq295upq99dlgnr692w'>nevent1q…692w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The regulatory context in the EU, Article 50 of the AI Act, requires transparency when micro-targeting people (on detected personality) using AI.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, a popup intervention to warn people they&#39;re being micro-targeted with generated ads (that depended on their openness inferred from online behaviour), did not help mitigate the assumed barrier of this requirement of transparency:<br/><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00188-8">https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00188-8</a> and <a href="https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/akfsu_v1">https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/akfsu_v1</a><br/><br/>/cc [@Frederik_Borgesius](<a href="https://akademienl.social/@Frederik_Borgesius">https://akademienl.social/@Frederik_Borgesius</a> ) <br/><br/>9/n<br/> <img src="https://idf.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/477/456/870/471/804/original/0f4e67269a4f5e5e.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-09T10:38:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfnez564mdk3hz2ttt30wmsj40ym6256akqehvwgcq295upq99dlgzyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74u6psvct In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszjpq5lpzn8w52es4llfvd43zkers96zytfvc0fyzj0w7j2yehcmggvxp7m'>nevent1q…xp7m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bristol&#39;s Stephan Lewandowsky presents their work with the goal of detecting psychological micro targeting online, published in PNAS:<br/><a href="https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/2/6/pgad191/7191531">https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/2/6/pgad191/7191531</a><br/><br/>From reading behaviour on Reddit they show they can predict Big Five personality traits, especially &#34;openness&#34;. <br/><br/>Then looks into the question whether targeted ads are persuasive, and looks into generating text with LLMs that match &#34;openness&#34;.<br/><br/>Details:<br/><a href="https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/2/pgae035/7591134">https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/2/pgae035/7591134</a><br/><br/>8/n<br/> <img src="https://idf.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/477/396/466/569/795/original/efbd1094d0c992dc.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-09T10:31:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszjpq5lpzn8w52es4llfvd43zkers96zytfvc0fyzj0w7j2yehcmgzyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74udpxc0y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx3rvy765520up28fwnuy7tklufr42raw7tufxekkxzjvzpyjuf4sqzqu6w'>nevent1q…qu6w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>She continues with research from EMNLP to detect visual misinformation:<br/><a href="https://tubiblio.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/150736/">https://tubiblio.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/150736/</a> <br/><br/>Can we help fact checkers to identify the original meta-context of the image that needs validation?<br/><br/>Next: exciting (unpublished) new work, with Leuven&#39;s Marie-Francine Moens and Tine Tuytelaers, on detecting misleading visualization, e.g., wrong scales on graphs:<br/><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.20503">https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.20503</a><br/><br/>With accompanying data:<br/><a href="https://tudatalib.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/handle/tudatalib/4507">https://tudatalib.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/handle/tudatalib/4507</a> <br/><br/>7/n 2025-05-09T10:07:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx3rvy765520up28fwnuy7tklufr42raw7tufxekkxzjvzpyjuf4szyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74ucp9dmp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfjk37f0y8xnamxev6lndtv5cau83m7ywcxtdunksp7dr07vkmd7sj9pjek'>nevent1q…pjek</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Objective: assess the validity of claims given an assumed reference, detecting fallacies in arguments online.<br/><br/>ACL 2024 paper:<br/><a href="https://tubiblio.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/149288/">https://tubiblio.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/149288/</a><br/><br/>One observation is that, unfortunately, LLMs like people are also likely to fall for fallacies.<br/><br/>6/n<br/> <img src="https://idf.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/477/231/742/747/760/original/80988def50b363d0.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-09T09:55:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfjk37f0y8xnamxev6lndtv5cau83m7ywcxtdunksp7dr07vkmd7szyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74u0f37w5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg9m0m4rxy95vultjy2dwf22qvp7n6dm4ejwfd8mnrlllmtng4d6gzw3wrl'>nevent1q…3wrl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And we continue with the (prolific and leading in NLP and large language models) - tada - Irina Gurevych!<br/><br/>She gives a more technical talk on detecting misleading information.<br/><br/>In the introduction, she highlights the problem that visual mis-information dominates the area, referring to the Dufour et al. survey <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.11697">https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.11697</a><br/><br/>5/n<br/> <img src="https://idf.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/477/219/811/059/374/original/48be0793a34c6974.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-09T09:44:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg9m0m4rxy95vultjy2dwf22qvp7n6dm4ejwfd8mnrlllmtng4d6gzyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74u3zrxjv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy27apz4a8vexqxhvwxsafwz3pludsq8pwl59aund7yfylp9twh2q8dlfwk'>nevent1q…lfwk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Final toot on Anna Rogers&#39; talk (with photo):<br/><br/>The pointer to the Columbia study on AI search often presenting erroneous references: <a href="https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php">https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php</a><br/><br/>4/n<br/> <img src="https://idf.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/477/198/530/900/876/original/3a08ca8fad4c733f.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-09T09:38:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy27apz4a8vexqxhvwxsafwz3pludsq8pwl59aund7yfylp9twh2qzyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74utqknrz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy6ruz2psaptxn8utnr9ks0f6rcem2tm06qlq88q789xcvg5g4nasl025g9'>nevent1q…25g9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Anna Rogers showed this slide of a clearly stolen book, adding the discomforting remark that Amazon now limits the number of self-published books... to a maximum of **three per day**.<br/><br/>Plus: who would even think of stealing from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jyhvvjsyj06dpujdhk3v8vgdxnx355fmcau4gmwrke9kl0nxnrdsc02ttt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Melanie Mitchell</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jyh…2ttt</span>)</a></span> - horrible thought.<br/><br/>(She&#39;s looking for new PhD candidates starting in 2026.)<br/><br/>3/n<br/> <img src="https://idf.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/477/049/618/139/738/original/1a3047e4e90415fc.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-09T09:04:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy6ruz2psaptxn8utnr9ks0f6rcem2tm06qlq88q789xcvg5g4naszyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74uvm89ps In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyrqsxhshy2q9agy8u7ulesqp52nruqes45warccwjm7q50306jlgul22vg'>nevent1q…22vg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Anna Rogers from University Copenhagen discusses her ACL 2024 paper that studied fake news-like sites in the wild.<br/><br/>Bad news on the chances to detect these (but I&#39;m having my hopes up for ongoing WebIS research). <br/><br/>Phrases of the day: &#34;Obituary pirates&#34; and &#34;Zombie blogs&#34; (resurrected full of &#34;AI Slop&#34;).<br/><br/>2/n 2025-05-09T08:57:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyrqsxhshy2q9agy8u7ulesqp52nruqes45warccwjm7q50306jlgzyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74utdtwnv Today at CWI, for the symposium: <br/><br/>&#34;Truth is in the Eyes of the Machines&#34;.<br/><a href="https://www.cwi.nl/en/events/cwi-research-semester-programmes/truth-is-in-the-eyes-of-the-machines-symposium/">https://www.cwi.nl/en/events/cwi-research-semester-programmes/truth-is-in-the-eyes-of-the-machines-symposium/</a><br/><br/>Series of talks on online misinformation and LLMs.<br/><br/>1/14<br/> <img src="https://idf.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/477/022/279/917/642/original/99323cda63f28007.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-09T08:52:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9tkvmsap3sr8l4ly4ujl3e0dhg07xt5nfhw67ugpplkpxnt80mwgzyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74uecpz2p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspguyhnrn6eyng65htrq9ywpnky8u7mulpfvu05pnd6t29lgtuceg8x2r9k'>nevent1q…2r9k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>also, to get to those minerals in the first place isn&#39;t easy at all, due to the location of most of the resources being front war areas now, and setting up mining would require the safety they seek. Good for Ukraine I guess. 2025-05-01T07:29:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2wwqqnpd3kx9r7f64ky5687y3nzu5wj4mp3zsdz55tpfathe0jagzyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74uv3ynpf &#34;Maatschappelijk belang groter dan goedkoop wonen&#34; <br/><br/>Vonnis rechter: sociale huurder met twee koopwoningen moet huissleutels inleveren<br/><a href="https://www.ymere.nl/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2025-03-28-vonnis-rechter-sociale-huurder-met-twee-koopwoningen-moet-huissleutels-inleveren/">https://www.ymere.nl/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2025-03-28-vonnis-rechter-sociale-huurder-met-twee-koopwoningen-moet-huissleutels-inleveren/</a><br/><br/>En terecht! Unieke zaak van idealisme (sociale woningbouw) tegen egoïsme (persoonlijk gewin, of misschien nog duidelijker, een verkeerd begrepen &#34;recht&#34; om goedkoop te wonen en tegelijkertijd anderen te mogen uitknijpen). <br/><br/>Heel verstandig dat rechter deze afweging maakt. 2025-03-29T09:46:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy3aawfnsv2emddz6576krezfee0r6dxx7t8alj8umhflcwfclfuszyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74udrudqd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs27pjjque798v2flygfw6tfkp55uafqd9dgg86krgay62lx2wprag3t7qzs'>nevent1q…7qzs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the PR is very informative for learning about ActivityPub and the Mastodon implementation.<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/32615">https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/32615</a> 2025-03-12T09:53:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqzffsw32azdpj9h7ve227yfesuep0tjnav8nzeefr44mpyct824szyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74u22l9yx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxvy7ympex6mqdn2chx5ystsjmpcql79e8phsar7a3vnlg5v0ppmqxhgrf3'>nevent1q…grf3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>never believed we would reach AGI but it looks like it 🤣 2025-02-26T14:06:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfyndfhwva08zxp5yd0fmgpmq8sk9ncc90pf2l7e3m9f5e963xxwgzyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74un6c25a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszap0auut738u59szxp9akzz4u37y3pp4atvcv5ea0ldg4n6t5uxs35cxun'>nevent1q…cxun</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>heb ik vorig jaar eindelijk gedaan. Nooit van huis meegekregen en leek nooit zo nodig. Maar in november realiseerde ik me dat de bonden mij wel vertegenwoordigen, en dat echt prima doen. Dus... Snel lid geworden. Eindelijk dan. 2025-01-24T07:27:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsft4zykuq55nfqrnquqvdc64l8w3ym638fhxquy3ny9a87z234kygzyp3lpt5wzhm5lvlf57wldeu5jle0kurj0gk0hegdq2e0nvzd6f74uf7kdur Today is Aaron Swartz Day:<br/><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/celebrating-life-aaron-swartz-aaron-swartz-day-2024">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/celebrating-life-aaron-swartz-aaron-swartz-day-2024</a><br/><br/>Can we together build free Internet as he envisioned it: a thriving ecosystem for open knowledge? <br/><br/><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/farewell-aaron-swartz">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/farewell-aaron-swartz</a><br/><br/>And, the #internetarchive features the documentary The Internet&#39;s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz<br/><a href="https://archive.org/details/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaronSwartz">https://archive.org/details/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaronSwartz</a> 2024-11-09T08:27:49Z