⚡ talks continues with
- Colin (#ESCES) Training for env scientists, multiple levels and bring your data sessions.
- Shoaib ( @SoftwareSaved ) RSQKit improve the quality, sustainability and reusability of #researchSoftware.
- Debs (#NuRSE) pre-seeds, teaching looking for writers, reviewers,designers, developers
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- Oscar (@SoftwareSaved ) exploring cohort-based and peer learning as part of the #SSIFellowship.
- Sara (#OLS) filling the gaps with human connection - 16 weeks programme with mentoring.
- Dirk (#CNRS) Teaching #RSEs in France.
- Jeremy (#Imperial) understanding the dRTP landscape (a meta project on top of Charted, DisCouRSE, Scale-Up)

The @ResearchSoftEng Teaching & Training #SIG is being launched. It's formed by Sam, Aleks, Dimitrios and Liam.
Main themes: Development of trainers, teaching materials for researchers and for RSE CPD

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Last section from @jamespjh What about the politic, philosophy and economics of AI
Machines of loving grace (Richard Brautigan, 1967)
The history of AI, can it think?, economic system of AI research (humanity last exam), environmental impact, labour market economics, copyright
In 1991 OS were hard, big corporations held the power...and then #linux happened. Will the same happen?
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Continuing from @jamespjh
We should learn, from the bottom stack up to the end.
GPUs and data centers, linear algebra, ML, Transformers, Big data, guess the next word engine, reinforced learning human feedback #RLHF (rewards models trained on human responses, open rewards models)

But then, all that took us to 2024, now we've got reasoning models. Which produces less mistakes, but it is more expensive as it does have many inference calls.

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The day starts with @jamespjh keynote on #RSEing and #LLMs and #teaching.
This is a social-technical problem. If I have a problem on a topic I get fascinated by it.
We need a lot of thinking and learning to do before we understand what's going on enough to define best practice
There's no shame in ignorance, only in persistent ignorance.
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And though yesterday was last #RSECon25 day, today there are two extra 🛰️ sessions. #Rday and #TrainingCommunityDay. Weirdly enough, I'm on the Training Community day 😅
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