Keith Frankish
@keithfrankish.com
Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα. Friend of @philosynthesis.com Website: https://keithfrankish.com Manages Philosophy Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/5aps8sbv
For #YorkshireDay, here's my reading of a poem by Yorkshireman Tony Harrison: soundcloud.com/keith-franki...
Them and [uz] by Tony Harrison
Recorded 28 September 2017
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'Willow in Winter', Blackheath (exhibited 1928) by Francis Dodd (Manchester Art Gallery)
There's a new Viz in the shops (issue 358). Sorry no refunds.
Interesting fact: The youngest daughter of Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, lived till 1943, when David Attenborough was 17.
Tip: If you are carrying a canister vacuum cleaner with the hose attached, pretend you are an Apollo astronaut going to the launch pad.
Anyone going to Models of consciousness in Copenhagen and wants to hang out over margaritas before the conference so we can solve #consciousness before the registration opens? Asking for a friend.
Last day of a Springer-wide discount for the price of two airport sandwiches (sandwiches might be a better deal if you're hungry but still): link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #science #ai #philosophy #philsky #cogsci
Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Or not? aeon.co/ideas/death-...
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What's the difference between the Sage of Down and a tabloid headline reporting that the woman who cleans for the author of Matilda has won the lottery?
The plan for Season 2 was that Odysseus would go back to Troy to search for Helen, taking Penelope and Telemachus with him. Homer had seven seasons planned, but it was cancelled after the first.
Elon Musk has a trillion dollars, but right now I have some olives, a hunk of paximathia, and a glass of cold water. So who's really winning? (It's the bloke with $1tn, isn't it?)
1968: A Spinster's Life | Man Alive | BBC Archive - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZbv...
1968: A Spinster's Life | Man Alive | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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Omega: The Last Days of the World - Camille Flammarion's Visions of A Dying Planet (1883) - Flashbak flashbak.com/omega-the-la...
Omega: The Last Days of the World - Camille Flammarion's Visions of A Dying Planet (1883) - Flashbak
Apocalyptic visions are nothing new. The end of the world has long been nigh. But in 1893, the world really was ending. French author and scientist Camille Flammarion (1842–1925) shared his vision in ...
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Vibrant Vintage Illustrations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey by Alice and Martin Provensen – The Marginalian www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/i...
Vibrant Vintage Illustrations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey by Alice and Martin Provensen
Ancient Greek mythology meets mid-century art.
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A really nice piece of AI-colourization: footage of Carnaby Street in 1967 (don't read the comments) www.youtube.com/watch?v=myGR...
London 56 years ago - England 1967 - 4k/60fps
YouTube video by AI Colouring
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Martin Short as Jerry Lewis in Scenes from an Idiot's Marriage - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=NESW...
Martin Short as Jerry Lewis in Scenes from an Idiot's Marriage
YouTube video by LeonardHaid
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Plots, love letters and remedies: The medieval secrets being revealed by AI www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Plots, love letters and remedies: The medieval secrets being revealed by AI
A 400-year-old coded text found at the Vatican Library is among the historic documents and messages that are being cracked with the help of artificial intelligence.
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A question for experts in LLMs: To what extent is the distinctive style of LLM-produced text due to RLHF as opposed to the initial training?
I really enjoyed the interview, particularly how it brought out in turns the commonsense and the alien aspects of illusionism. Comments section was one of the most uniformly positive I've ever seen on an Alex o' Connor video, they were very fond of Keith. And his accent, if i recall correctly.
Keith Frankish@keithfrankish.com · 2w agoI'd be interested to know what you make the interview www.youtube.com/watch?v=557P...
The Persuaders discuss Keith's interview with Alex O'Connor www.youtube.com/live/rWdXnMk... @petemandik.bsky.social
13. Discussing Keith's interview with Alex O'Connor
YouTube video by Keith Frankish
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It's Persuaders' day again! Join @petemandik and me at 6pm UK time / 1pm EDT time, when we'll be discussing my recent interview with Alex O'Connor. Watch live here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWdX...
13. Discussing Keith's interview with Alex O'Connor
YouTube video by Keith Frankish
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