I will be using this template a lot: "LLMs cannot do X because that is a cognitive capacity and LLMs have none.” Used it here too: irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2026/04/08/r...

Refusal to Review

I wrote the below email, when invited to review a paper that was partially processed by ChatGPT. As I imagine the email could be useful inspiration for others, I decided to make it available. Feel …

irisvanrooijcogsci.com

This declaration on math and AI reminds me that, in science, an accurate prediction of the behavior/state of a system in the absence of explanation might be practically useful, but it is scientifically worthless. See also the “problem (fallacy) of induction” vs the elements of critical rationalism.

Terence Tao@teorth.bsky.social · last wk.

A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...

A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...

I’m seeing an increasing number of spam emails from companies offering “specialized” AI as a research “colleague” or “co-researcher.” Perhaps with the recognition of decreasing research funding, some highlight the idea of “new discoveries” from existing data sets. #AI #academia #science

Interesting thread by @teorth.bsky.social about LLM math proofs inhibiting math research by giving an answer that's correct but doesn't improve understanding. Speculation online is that he's not just musing, some AI lab showed him a Navier-Stokes solution and he's trying to nudge them a better way.

Lac #Ontario Aujourd’hui et pour toujours. 🇨🇦

Clear, informative description of freedom of speech versus academic freedom — notably the expectations that go with each

Charles C Roseman@evoroseman.bsky.social · 4w ago

RE: freedom of speech, academic freedom, and race science. In this (long) thread, I’m going to 1) establish my bona fides on academic freedom and race science, 2) show why academic freedom and freedom of speech are different and… 1/34

Our neighborhood “wild” turkeys like to visit our birdbath — one of their favorite watering spots. Occasionally they will actually try to bathe in it, like the little birds. This mostly just makes a wet feathery mess of things 😂 #wildlife #birds #wildturkey

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee9f...

Natural Disaster Expert: Elites Have NO PLAN for Climate Collapse | Aaron Bastani meets Bill McGuire

YouTube video by Novara Media

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I had been imagining that my spirit animal is a Tardigrade. Always great company. But now I’m rethinking… “Oh hi, David! Give me a moment to fully decelerate here on my viscoelastic slime, then I’ll throw up my neon green solar panels while we talk! Want some algae?”

Jim Labisko💚🐸🦎🐍🐢🦇🐆🧪💙😷4/4@jimlabisko.bsky.social · last mo.

Rowan’s cool butt markings highlight her natural sashay 😂 #dogs #dogsofbluesky #AustralianShepherd

These three 6 m stems of Paulownia tomentosa (princess tree or empress tree or foxglove tree) started as small shoots in June. Native to China, the deciduous hardwood princess tree is among the fastest growing in the world, and it invasively thrives in TN.

To reinforce two well-known points: to advocate for “AI literacy” is to support a bait-and-switch marketing ploy having nothing to do with learning or scholarship to adopt an opt-out versus opt-in policy defies principles of consent and insults students’ sensibilities on the matter at the outset

david jon furbish@davidjonfurbish.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hey, Professor, are you still imagining that your university is something different from a full corporate enterprise — led by business administrators far removed from the actual doing of teaching and scholarship — trying to force AI into all aspects of academic activities?

Because of the continuing relevance of B. K. Forscher’s classic 1963 allegorical Letter in Science, “Chaos in the Brickyard,” we “updated” it in 2020. Science rejected our Letter, and you will see a likely contributing factor when we describe “storage places” 😂 “The Brickyard in 2020”

I am skeptical of the premise that reasoning evolved as a capacity for persuasion and not as a means of discovery. And the authors have a rosier view of doing science than what actually occurs. Nonetheless the arguments presented in the paper do not hinge on these points and it is a delightful read.

Rob Sica@robsica.bsky.social · last mo.

✨"Social epistemology needs a theory of reasoning that would explain the type of social interactions it describes as the root of scientific knowledge production. And here is the good news: the argumentative theory of reasoning is a rather good candidate for that purpose." philpapers.org/rec/HEITUE

I wish more people talked about how universities embraced AI and this helped create a perfect storm for supposedly most students now cheating using chatbots. Many ways of undetected cheating have always existed, but were never promoted as ways to study or write. The complicity is flagrant. 1/

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 7mo ago

got inspired by some questions from phd students the other day — and also really irritated by senior academics who seem to refuse to get the issues and continue to blame students; hope useful for you! 🩷 olivia.science/cheating

✨"Social epistemology needs a theory of reasoning that would explain the type of social interactions it describes as the root of scientific knowledge production. And here is the good news: the argumentative theory of reasoning is a rather good candidate for that purpose." philpapers.org/rec/HEITUE

Excited to share two preprints for companion papers that examine the statistics of bedload motion! We used high-resolution imagery to capture grain tracks from flume experiments across a range of fluid shear stresses. We also subject the sand bed to "stress history" to see how grain motion changes.

Here we go again… second attempt with a second “compact” version. But arrangements centered on extortion never work well.

Trump administration asks colleges to commit to education overhaul

Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s letter contains some similarities to a compact offered to and rejected by a small group of schools last year.

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This is terrifying and it doesn't even get into the inevitable crisis when tens of millions of climate refugees leave places where they can't survive.

Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · last mo.

We are on the verge of a climatic upheaval greater than any of us can imagine. Global leaders and media aren't paying attention. They are focused on a series of self-inflicted crises that have left us dangerously vulnerable and totally unprepared. My latest. charlieangus.substack.com/p/what-keeps...

“AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage.” www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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New in PN: The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift "It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities is that there's no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving billions to Silicon Valley types."

The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift

Trump wants to run scientific research like his family business.

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Just say it. Stop pretending you don't know. Say it each time.

the final reckoning between AI hype and reality is upon us. buckle up.

The AI Hype Reckoning Is Upon Us

The massive chasm between AI hype and reality is finally reaching the breaking point.

karlbode.com

I usually compose footnotes in a manner befitting their normally intended purpose: to support or elaborate material in the main text. But I also view certain footnotes as opportunities to drop serious snark. Here is one of my favorite recently composed footnotes, with context.

Well conceptualized and designed work — and thorough. This paper represents a key reference point for those aimed at pressing this area of sediment transport research forward.

Rachel Glade@rachelglade.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How do bedload velocity distributions change with flow strength? Can measurement bias affect experimental observations? How does all this control bedload flux? See our preprint led by then postdoc (now professor) Anshul Yadav! essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10.... Using CFD-DEM simulations we found:

eBook Preview (continued): Statistical Physics of Sediment Particle Motions and Transport Chapter 7: Master Equations Below is a brief description from my webpage to go with the link. cdn.vanderbilt.edu/t2-my/my-prd...