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Blake Richards

@tyrellturing.bsky.social

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Researcher at Google and CIFAR Fellow, working on the intersection of machine learning and neuroscience in Montréal (academic affiliations: @mcgill.ca and @mila-quebec.bsky.social).

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@tyrellturing.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:27 PM

Very cool!

@schnaus.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:10 PMReposted by @tyrellturing.bsky.social

DINOv2 has never seen a caption, and Qwen3 has never seen an image. We still aligned their embedding spaces without a single image-caption pair. It even works when the images and the captions come from different datasets. Project page: dominik-schnaus.github.io/unpaired-rosetta ⬇️

@jenna-m-norton.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:20 AMReposted by @tyrellturing.bsky.social

4 reasons the Trump administration is attacking science. 🧵 This is still one of the most common questions I hear from people - but why!? Isn't science good for everyone?! So, here is my current thinking on why...

@timkellogg.meOct 9, 2026, 12:22 AMReposted by @tyrellturing.bsky.social

Pope Leo takes a hard stance in favor of stateful agents

Pope Leo XIV v
@Pontifex
X.com
Intelligence must draw on memory. The mind must not simply compile data — as an algorithm now does more quickly than we can — but recall lived experiences, which contain depths of meaning that only the human soul can recognize, and connect more deeply with the goodness of these experiences. Everything that is good begins "with the Spirit" and thus possesses a breath, a dynamism and a sense of communion that, once experienced, are engraved upon the heart.
@tyrellturing.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:48 AM

I wonder if there's any possible way that the feds can proceed on the high-speed rail without the province as an enthusiastic partner? Probably not, but I would love if that was the case. Fact is, even many PQ supporters like the Alto plan...

@smfleming.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 9:56 AMReposted by @tyrellturing.bsky.social

Excited to be launching our new PhD program in Minds and Machines at UCL with co-Directors Tali Sharot and @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social

To apply, find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

Our launch event is on Nov 10th, with a cracking lineup of speakers: luma.com/cikzcth0

@tyrellturing.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:56 PM

💯

@carandinilab.netOct 6, 2026, 8:52 AMReposted by @tyrellturing.bsky.social

Ok now we have recognized optogenetics, which massively deserved that Nobel medal. Next on the list is dopamine, right? Wolfram Schultz and colleagues have changed our understanding of the brain and mind to the point that dopamine/reward are now part of popular culture (and for the right reasons).

@haslagter.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 10:03 AMReposted by @tyrellturing.bsky.social

Reposting, in case you missed it! 8-) Reskeet appreciated!

@tyrellturing.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:53 PM

Yup. I'm not enthused at the idea of a referendum, but I'm even less enthused at the idea of a government that pursues a path of resentment-based, ethinically-coded politics. At least it's a minority...

@tyrellturing.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:38 PM

I'd say history suggests it can temporarily exist, but for the reasons you outline, it inevitably degrades.

@deisseroth.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 6:11 PMReposted by @tyrellturing.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone sharing in this moment!
I’m so grateful to all my trainees & collaborators…
dlab.stanford.edu/group-members
(pic: Peter and I together in 2017)

Reading for all those asking:

for technical details: dlab.stanford.edu

for everyone: deisseroth.org/projections

@lastpositivist.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 9:20 AMReposted by @tyrellturing.bsky.social

Honestly I think it's a bit of a fools' errand to try and get people to stop anthropomorphising LLMs. I say my computer is angry at me if it beeps too loud.

@blaiseaguera.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 5:27 PMReposted by @tyrellturing.bsky.social

This week marks one year since “What Is Intelligence?” was published.

@tyrellturing.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 3:30 PM

Thanks Maithe!

@tyrellturing.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 3:29 PM

Thank you so much Blaise! It's such a privilege to get to both do my academic work, and work with you and the whole Pi team. I consider myself incredibly lucky. ❤️

@tyrellturing.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 11:15 PM

Thanks Sheena! 😀

@tyrellturing.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 6:37 PM

Yeah, process telemetry seems like a good option!

@tyrellturing.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 3:29 PM

🥰

@tyrellturing.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 3:27 PM

Thanks Steve! ❤️

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