@scidata.bsky.socialI'm nobody, but much of my career was spent as a glorified repairman and lab equipment whisperer. The life of a Forth programmer, now mostly retired.
Thus I came to know some scientists. I ignore such (rude) requests. Reputation is all I have. And my kids, which is sort of the same thing.
@scidata.bsky.socialWhich is why I'm always on about the value of understanding computation from first principles. It helps one to notice things that are hidden by compilers, emulators, and simulators. Occasionally crucial things. Machines are watching us; turnabout is fair play.
@scidata.bsky.socialIt's sometimes useful to go backwards too. PygmyForth is an extremely useful language for fossils like me. It's written in Python and new primitives can be coded in Python. I've resurrected some of my ancient code with it (#GOFAI, #Astronomy).
@scidata.bsky.socialA Canadian is someone who can make AI in a canoe.
@scidata.bsky.socialMight have been a big hit iff it had threatened the extinction of our species. Weak marketing, Hasbro.
@scidata.bsky.socialLearning is what humans do by nature. Even if we're not engineers. The current "AI" wave is actually the outsourcing of thought. The enshittification of thought in fact. The KIM-1 and its cousins were true intelligence amplifiers.