tuomaspernu.bsky.social
PhD and all that. Lecturer in Philosophy of Science and Research Ethics at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). Some things I'm responsible for:
http://www.tuomaspernu.london
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Yes. And the main point is, I think, that these are good enough to pollute the internet. *This is the problem - the fact that it takes a lot of effort to tell AI videos/pics/text apart from genuine material. This is enough for knowledge collapse. Which I welcome.
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How about.. MEGA!
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Well, we had a good 20-30 year run with this internet thingy. It was fun for a while, but it - and what it did to everything - got pretty shit in the end. And now, it will gracefully drown in slop. I, for one, am perfectly ready to get back to Real Life.
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Well, we had a good 20-30 year run with this internet thingy. It was fun for a while, but it - and what it did to everything - got pretty shit in the end. And now, it will gracefully drown in slop. I, for one, am perfectly ready to get back to Real Life.
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Nyt mä kans.
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Kerrankin älykkyystesti, joka on selkeästi validi. Hienoa huomata olevansa superälykäs.
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You telling me this image is not informative?!
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"They are still waiting to see the benefits.”
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Kaksipiippuinen miekka: yhtäältä tietty evidence-based policy-making, toisaalta tutkimustietoa on helppo käyttää valikoiden - kuten hallitus nyt tekee. Tärkeintä on, että pidetään tutkimustulokset ja poliittiset agendat (tavoitetilat) selkeämmin erossa toisistaan. Tässä on tietty medialla iso rooli.
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Pohjimmiltaan kyse on varsin yksinkertaisesti ajatusvääristymästä: koetaan, että rahakkailla puku-ukkeleilla on jotakin erityistä ymmärrystä talousasioista - vaikka ko. rahnat on peritty tai/ja huijaamalla ansaittu. Mielikuvat julkisen talouden tehottomuudesta, köyhien laiskuudesta yms. hallitsevat.
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Today, when something extraordinary is being written, the default assumption should be that it's LLM bullshit.
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Trumpia äänestettiin vahvasti talousperusteilla. Tai siis eivät *perusteet vahvoja olleet - vaan perusteettomat mielikuvat. Samanlaista ideologiasumuista ajattelua tietty on meillä Suomessa.
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We should resurrect Peerage of Science:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerage...
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Very apt!
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A perfect fit for this government, that is.
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Oh dear.. A lot depends on how "caring" is understood here - and "ethical" depends on one's moral philosophy. But one quick answer would be that perhaps that would be kosher on some strict deontological account on which doing the right thing is purely a matter of duty. (I wonder why you ask.)
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I really doubt that what's described in the essay has much to do with philosophy. Such things are easy to say - because such Grand Explanations are sexy - but I'd like to see some evidence. (I managed to read the whole piece, and I did not see any.)
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So yea, interesting. To me:
consequentialism = moral/criminal responsibility hinges on *intended consequences
But every action has unintended consequences. And the more effective our technology, the more there will be such too. Awareness of this brings it into the sphere of moral consideration.
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(Thanks! I've just been too lazy to log into the databases - or get my arse off the sofa and walk to the campus and get an automatic access. But I was just about to do that (great excuse to step out and have a little walk).)
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In a wide sense of "philosophy", sure. But the point here is that there is a more specific/substantial "bad philosophy (of science)" going on here. I doubt that. However, I just realised that another physicists has pointed her finger at the same Bad Guy. So I wonder.
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Well, we all go through changes, as Yes once sang.
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I guess it's just you and me then, Lynn.
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I reckon we just need to develop the infrastucture (e.g. have aquaria with some libraries and/or limited access to internet/databases etc.), and perhaps we need to tinker with the assignments too (e.g. that bigger things are made in chunks). The aquaria just form the basic infrastructure.
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I find this fuss around education & genAI weird. A moment's reflection should bring us to the conclusion that we simply need to drop home assignments and move everything (basically) to exam aquaria.
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Oh, crap, I want to join you!
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Did you stop at Viper Room? Definitely the best place to stop at in Vienna.
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Okay, so when you say that "physicists are lost in math", the problem is not maths itself, but wrong kind of maths, or that maths is used the wrong way? (Sorry, should read your book.) Interestingly, in the piece below you put the blame on Popper - like Rovelli.
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But then again, there are those (ping @hossenfelder.bsky.social) who think that it's precisely the over-emphasis of maths in physics that has been leading us astray.
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The way I see it, modern technology, or rather modern scientific understanding in general, has enabled us to *extend the scope of moral responsibility - precisely by extending the scope of predictability/controllability of our actions. This seems pretty obvious to me. Maybe this is his point too?
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I remember Weinberg already stressing, in one of his essays, that empiricism is an over-emphasised element of physics, in terms of confirming theories at least (and he may in fact have blamed philosophers for this!). Anyway, too bad I can't access the whole piece; would like to see where it goes.
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Nonsense. Actions and their *intended consequences have always been predictable and controllable to some reliable extent (e.g. Ceasar crosses the Rubicon and iacta alea est). Surely nobody has ever though that consequentialism entails perfect prediction/control of all possible consequences?
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Sounds like good shit.
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No juuri tässä näen infran kehittämisen paikan.. Tenttiakvaariot täysihoidolla!
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Kuten sanottua: siksi täytyy kehittää infraa. Eli: tenttiakvaarioita lisää, ja kaikki suoritukset oletusarvoisesti niihin. Eihän tämä tietenkään kaikkeen sovi - esim. tuollaiset pitkäkestoiset harjoitukset. Mutta akvaarioympäristöjä voi myös kehittää. Ja joka tapauksessa: en näe muuta vaihtoehtoa.
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Pahus, en pääse tähän. Mutta niin, näinhän se on. Siksi meidän täytyy kehittää infraa, joka säätelee AI:n käyttöä tarkoituksenmukaisesti. Enkä ymmärrä, mikä tässä on niin vaikeata. Ei cooperia suoriteta mopolla ajamalla, eikä esseitä kirjoiteta ChatGPT:llä. Näin se vain on.
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Quibbling - every "buffalo" counts!
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What - no Buffalo Soldier?!
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No olisihan tuon voinut jättääkin - täällähän asiaa setvitään! Itse jäin miettimään, että olisiko tässä voinut olla vuodenaikaan liittyvää hyvin merkittävää vaihtelua: että esim keskellä kesää ja talvea julkaistaan merkittävästi vähemmän juttua (vain yksi sivu). Sitten tulisi mieleen kysymys: miksi?
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Minulla on kyllä käsitys, että netti = printti (tosin otsikot/ingressit saattavat vaihdella). Joka tapauksessa on varmaan jo n. tuhat vuotta ollut niin, koko HS:n aukeama on mielipidekirjoituksia. Tässä on heittämällä 7-10 kpl. Eli väittäisin, että 200-300kpl/kk on normi. Oletko verrannut vuosia?