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currough.bsky.social
Educator, maker, computer scientist, aikidoka, queer. ML researcher, skeptical of generative AI. Asst. Prof of Computer Science at Colorado College. I like to make things out of wood/code/both. Black lives matter, trans rights = human rights. He/they
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[shepard tone] I should take some time to relax. although now I feel stressed, maybe I should work on the thing so that I don't fail to live up to expectations. although now I feel stressed, so maybe I should take some time to relax. although now I feel stressed maybe I should–

submitted 22 days ago • 7 comments

I've been trying to think about how to word this all day. These are the same. And if you helped make this happen, fuck you.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

These are the same picture.

submitted 23 days ago • 65 comments

One issue with modern LLMs is I don't really care what a machine has to say

submitted 23 days ago • 11 comments

Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository. (The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)

submitted 23 days ago • 57 comments

Oh!! So copyright and intellectual property IS important now?!?

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order threatening to override families with transgender youth and shut down access to gender-affirming care for trans people under the age of 19 nationwide. This order will not take immediate effect, and we will not allow this policy to stand.

submitted 26 days ago • 69 comments

We are living through Republicanism boiled down to its essence: Everyone should be deprived of everything, because otherwise, somebody I don't like might get something I don't want them to have. We call it an ideology, but it's really a personality: Greedy, withholding, suspicious, angry, cruel.

submitted 26 days ago • 108 comments

@govofco.bsky.social

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Genuary, days 18-22. I'm running late but it felt good to get back into making these. Prompts "What does wind look like?" "Op Art" 'Generative Architecture " "Collision Detection" "Gradients only" With the exception of the 'wind' one, these were all generated with code I use to do research!

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

I usually donate every year but I made an extra one when the deranged sociopath targeted Wikipedia. Like all of the extreme right, Musk doesn't want the public to have any access to truthful information. While you're at it, check out freeourfeeds.com, which aims to billionaire-proof ATproto/Bluesky.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

The tech space has done everyone a disservice by clumping machine learning (actually useful), LLMs (jury's out on how useful) and some kind of promised future AGI (almost certainly vaporware) in the same AI bucket, and increasingly sweaty leaders in the space like Altman sure aren't helping

submitted 30 days ago • 17 comments

I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks

submitted 31 days ago • 305 comments

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

submitted 31 days ago • 2540 comments

This is a great piece. "As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."

submitted 32 days ago • 333 comments

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯

submitted 32 days ago • 2388 comments

This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️

submitted 32 days ago • 119 comments

Buckaroo is not sure about this whole "boots" thing (he's worn them several times before).

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Genuary 17 - "What if π=4"

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Genuary 16 - "Generative pallette"

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Genuary day 15- Design a rug.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Genuary Day 15: "Design a Rug".

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Most of what I have posted so far has been art, but my day job is as an educator and a researcher in machine learning. Here's my google scholar profile: scholar.google.com/citations?us...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Genuary Day 14: Black and White, no Greys

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Genuary 13 - Triangles and Nothing Else #genuary #genuary2025 #plotterart #genuary2025day13

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Genuary, days 11 ("do something impossible") and 12 ("subdivision")! Tilings of a cute cat and a heightmap of CO. Matching Truchet tiles to an image wasn't impossible, but it was tricky enough that these are a little late. #genuary #genuary2025 #plotterart #genuary2025day11 #genuary2025day12

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Genuary, day 10. "the only number you can use in your code is tau". I wanted to draw the Hilbert curve, so I found ways to approximate +90deg and -90deg with tau. As contrast I included a small piece of what it usually looks like. #genuary #genuary2025 #plotterart #genuary2025day10

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Genuary Day 9: "Inspired by the textile patterns of public transit". #genuary #genuary2025 #genuary9

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment