PhD candidate in political science. Political speech and ideology in authoritarian politics. Also, ML research. Opinions my own, etc.
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Kevin Foley retweeted
Interesting work on reviving RNNs. arxiv.org/abs/2410.01201 -- in general the fact that there are many recent architectures coming from different directions that roughly match Transformers is proof that architectures aren't fundamentally important in the curve-fitting paradigm (aka deep learning)
Curve-fitting is about embedding a dataset on a curve. The critical factor is the dataset, not the specific hard-coded bells and whistles that constrain the curve's shape. As long as your curve is sufficiently expressive all architectures will converge to the same performance in the large-data regime.
Kevin Foley retweeted
I want to talk about why Palestine and the American complicity in the genocide there has been such a pivotal issue for me , a China research and policy specialist in dc.
Fundamentally it is about being consistent and conscientious about human rights
Kevin Foley retweeted
Hey journos, here's one to look into:
X/Twitter now prevents you from searching Donald Trump and JD Vance's tweets by keyword. However, it's open season on Kamala Harris's account.
I'll make this easy for you. Here are three search terms looking for "Ukraine" under each of their accounts, respectively.
See what comes up for you.
nitter.gq/search?q=from%3Arealdo…
nitter.gq/search?q=from%3Ajdvanc…
nitter.gq/search?q=from%3Akamala…
Kevin Foley retweeted
I am very saddened to learn of the passing of my friend and former colleague Martin Indyk. My deep condolences to Gahl, the rest of the family, and all who loved him. May his memory be a blessing.
Kevin Foley retweeted
I fear folks may misunderstand what these scores mean. Kamala Harris is the second most "liberal" senator only in the sense that she voted more with other Democrats.
American politics folks, can someone do a write-up explaining why DW-NOMINATE ideal point scores are not strictly speaking indicative of ideological extremity?
Kevin Foley retweeted
Peter Hessler’s reckoning with his “sideline Sinologist” critics, via @ChinaFile. chinafile.com/reporting-opin…
Kevin Foley retweeted
A pretty accurate way to interpret the last decade is "Gawker's enemies take over the world"
Kevin Foley retweeted
Important post on how China's Internet is so erased that it is disorienting for Chinese users--entire topics, people, sites are gone, meaning parts of the country's collective memory are erased too. Predictably, the original article was...erased (but saved on @internetarchive)
The Chinese Internet is Collapsing: What's it like to live in a country where the Internet is constantly being erased? What does it do to people's collective memory? Chinese social media influencer He Jiayan (何加盐) reflected on this in a popular post:
web.archive.org/web/20240523…
Kevin Foley retweeted
fun fact: there is a policy that will fix this, reduce pollution, and fund $15B of MTA improvements…
but @GovKathyHochul is cancelled it at the last minute because some guy from New Jersey at a diner near Grand Central was mad
Kevin Foley retweeted
Newsletter: Goldman Sachs has called BS on Generative AI, and I believe that it's time that everybody follows suit - generative AI is unreliable, unsustainable, requires an entire rebuild of America's power grid, and is most decidedly not the future.
wheresyoured.at/pop-culture/
Kevin Foley retweeted
MY NEW COLUMN: Is it smart for foreign leaders to ignore tradition and openly take sides in America’s election? Well… it’s not necessarily dumb. Check out my latest (and do read past the headline, please!): politico.com/news/magazine/2…
Kevin Foley retweeted
Incredible to me that this stuff only surfaces because the Biden campaign and media watchdog types tweet it out. To the extent it figures into campaign coverage at all (even pre-debate) it’s just ho-hum, in passing, nbd, etc.
Kevin Foley retweeted
Yes, the SCOTUS immunity decision boosted the power of the president.
It also moved power to the judiciary — and ultimately SCOTUS itself — by holding in reserve many specific judgements on exactly what presidential behavior can be criminally prosecuted.
Kevin Foley retweeted
We've released a new dataset, Newswire arxiv.org/abs/2406.09490 2.7M unique newswires reproduced 32M+ times over a century (1878-1977). Articles have location and topic tags and person ids (from Wikipedia). Fun fact: see the prohibition related crime spike in the 1920s
Kevin Foley retweeted
During a night meant to bring the cultures of the world together, a second-grade student in Montgomery County was performing a well-known Palestinian poem when a parent rose from the audience and began to shout derogatory comments, stated a press release.
bit.ly/3XECGfC
Kevin Foley retweeted
It's incredibly funny that every AI post is like "what if the Girl with the Pearl Earing turned her head slightly left? What if the Mona Lisa smiled... showing her teeth?"
Kevin Foley retweeted
Dallas is losing movie theaters but it’s getting a fucking Netflix Mall. Great job everyone.
Netflix has announced the first two cities for its gigantic new in-person experience venues, slated to open in 2025.
The new Netflix Houses — to open next year in King of Prussia, Pa. and Dallas — will feature a wide array of shopping, eateries and experiential activities tied to the streamer’s major franchises like “Bridgerton,” “Stranger Things” and “Squid Game.”
Read more here: variety.com/2024/digital/new…
