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Robotic insects? Sound useful but still very creepy. @ericowens.bsky.social www.livescience.com/technology/r...

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We're excited to announce the first Evolving Self-organisation workshop at GECCO 2025! Submission deadline: March 26, 2025 More information: evolving-self-organisation-workshop.github.io

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

submitted 20 days ago • 82 comments

This review paper by @guillaume-garrigos.com on SGD-related algorithms is a fantastic resource, offering elegant, self-contained, and concise proofs in a single, accessible reference. arxiv.org/pdf/2301.11235

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

In recent decades, wildland fires have been enabled by many factors, including the legacy of fire suppression, human settlement and distribution patterns, other management actions, and even natural climate variability. 1/

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I have a draft of my introduction to cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning on arxiv. Check it out and let me know any feedback you have. The plan is to polish and extend the material into a more comprehensive text with Frans Oliehoek. arxiv.org/abs/2405.06161

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Why are evolved networks (such as gene and metabolic webs) different from engineering designs? One lesson is provided by evolved electronic circuits, as shown in this @sciam.bsky.social paper by John Koza jstor.org/stable/pdf/2...

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A rare actual good news story: bees – both honey bees and wild bees – seem to be doing better in the UK. Bee-friendly planting, less pesticide use and an uptick in beekeeping are all having results 🐝 🎉 inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

submitted 62 days ago • 19 comments

Astonishing how many RL bottlenecks are resolved simply by “make simulator go fast”. What if we had prioritized engineering over algorithms years ago?

submitted 69 days ago • 8 comments

1/ Okay, one thing that has been revealed to me from the replies to this is that many people don't know (or refuse to recognize) the following fact: The unts in ANN are actually not a terrible approximation of how real neurons work! A tiny 🧵. 🧠📈 #NeuroAI #MLSky

submitted 73 days ago • 21 comments

Pretty much my inner voice as I write proposals

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In today's lecture in my nonlinear dynamics and chaos course, I tried to give intuition for where chaos comes from. It's caused by repeated stretching and folding of phase space.

submitted 80 days ago • 13 comments

Nothing cooler than emulating nature very well: "Bird-inspired drone can jump for take-off" [via EPFL News] 🧪🤖🐦 "EPFL researchers have built a drone that can #walk, #hop, and #jump into #flight with the aid of birdlike legs..." actu.epfl.ch/news/bird-in... #robotics #bird #drone #mechatronics

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#swarm #robotics

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An updated intro to reinforcement learning by Kevin Murphy: arxiv.org/abs/2412.05265! Like their books, it covers a lot and is quite up to date with modern approaches. It also is pretty unique in coverage, I don't think a lot of this is synthesized anywhere else yet

submitted 80 days ago • 9 comments

📚🧵1/7 It is finally here!! Only one more week until the print release of our textbook “Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Modern Approaches” with @mitpress.bsky.social! What you get, why you should be interested and more, all below in a short 🧵👇

submitted 80 days ago • 4 comments

Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky 1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research Open Access journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

submitted 95 days ago • 55 comments

📊 #dataviz A couple of years old, but still worth reading-- The Science of Visual Data Communication: What Works A very thorough review of ideas and evidence by @SteveFranconeri, @LacePadill and others. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

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Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no

submitted 85 days ago • 580 comments

My 8 year old niece explained cryptocurrency better than anyone else I've ever heard: "if cryptocurrency had real value, the people selling it to you wouldn't be accepting bank money." The kids are going to be alright.

submitted 85 days ago • 15 comments

Like 130,000 others, I made a starter pack. This one is people working on or with evolutionary computation in its many forms: genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolution strategies. If you like to be added, or suggest someone else, message me or reply to this post.

submitted 92 days ago • 7 comments

📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't. @smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇 nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 87 days ago • 25 comments

No. Effective governance is also a strong chance, and indeed these two powers (the open source community & governments) collude in the EU. But we need to work well with the rest of the world to stand up to the US and China both. Fortunately, US+CN < 40% global GDP now so this is possible, if hard.

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3D Gaussian Splatting is awesome! BUT, the 3D Gaussian primitives often have difficulty reconstructing fine appearance details. 😩 Meet Textured Gaussians! ✋ Our RGBA Textured Gaussians enhance 3D scene appearance modeling. Learn more at textured-gaussians.github.io

submitted 89 days ago • 7 comments

Since AI is hogging all the hype, I wanted to put together a starter pack specifically for roboticists focused on open-source and education. If you have recommendations, including yourself, let me know! go.bsky.app/5p6RBnm

submitted 102 days ago • 14 comments

#Multi-robot systems on the #Moon are about to be a reality. One of the coolest projects possible. So many hard and interesting problems to solve! #robotics #space www.youtube.com/watch?v=jePS...

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

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This thread is equal parts inspiring (perseverance!) and educational (it's just how impactful work is done). Also, the final comments apply well beyond the Netherlands.

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