Barry Devereux

@[email protected]
345 Followers
440 Following
120 Posts

Lecturer in AI & NLP, Queen's University Belfast.

Natural Language Processing • Cognitive Science • Semantics • Health Analytics.

wwwhttps://barry.github.io
LocationBelfast, Northern Ireland
G Scholarhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AuyNOI4AAAAJ
Twitter@barryjdevereux
Barry DevereuxSep 19, 2023
Nick BarlowSep 19, 2023
"Twitter rules now insist that all tweets must begin with 500 words of praise towards Glorious Leader Musk, I'm required to join the Nazi Party and I have to supply a pint of blood a week to keep posting, but I think it's important to ensure voices like mine remain there and anyway, Mastodon is too complicated for me. Must go, they're prepping me for the brain surgery to insert my compulsory Neuralink."
Barry DevereuxAug 26, 2023
Shardul ChiplunkarAug 26, 2023
@alexis @radhikalism An alternative theory about “mute”-related phrases comes from some scattered evidence that they were correlated with the cultural practice of moving one’s mouth as if speaking, but without making any sound, as a polite and respectful way of asking permission to speak from one’s interlocutors. Such permission could have been granted by the phrase, “you’re muted”.
Barry DevereuxAug 26, 2023
radhikaAug 25, 2023
the year is 2143, people customarily greet each other with a saying of long-forgotten origin, "let me share my screen", eliciting the enigmatic yet empathic response, "I can see your screen".
Show threadBarry DevereuxAug 14, 2023
@nsaphra Something like ORCID iDs but with more meaningful handles might be a good idea.
Barry DevereuxJul 4, 2023
Dr Emma Kate WardNov 14, 2022

#introduction

Hi everyone! I'm a #postdoc in #cognitivePsychology . I research what happens when we get unexpected sensory input, and how we decide when we should learn from that unexpected input, and when we should disregard it because it's unlikely to be informative.

My PhD tested how #actuallyAutistic people may differ from non-autistic people when they get unexpected sensory input.

I'm also interested in inclusivity, mental health, space & art and will sometimes boost these topics.

Barry DevereuxJul 1, 2023
Greg EganJul 1, 2023
As Emily Post advised us in her most famous work, “Etiquette on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram”: “One should only post on Twitter to announce a birth, a marriage or a death in one’s family, leaving one’s followers’ quotas largely in reserve for the receipt of messages from disaster management authorities in regard to earthquakes, floods and wildfires.”
Barry DevereuxJul 1, 2023
Deprecated Code ⚒️Jul 1, 2023
Tja.
#TwitterDown
Barry DevereuxApr 21, 2023
Shiwali Mohan | शिवाली मोहनApr 21, 2023

A great introduction to #LLM #ML and related tech by @Riedl.

Thanks for writing this Mark! It will be my recommended page to all my product manager friends :). They are now having to add this tech to all their business plans and I do not envy them.

https://mark-riedl.medium.com/a-very-gentle-introduction-to-large-language-models-without-the-hype-5f67941fa59e

A Very Gentle Introduction to Large Language Models without the Hype

This article is designed to give people with no computer science background some insight into how ChatGPT and similar AI systems work (GPT-3, GPT-4, Bing Chat, Bard, etc). ChatGPT is a chatbot — a…

Medium
Barry DevereuxApr 9, 2023
Carl T. BergstromApr 9, 2023

#BlackMirror episode pitch, from last night's nightmare.

Young professional couple living in internet-of-things home with an LLM personal assistant. The LLM "hallucinates" a little-person inhabiting the interstices of their home. They laugh it off but their sensitive, intuitive four-year-old embraces the fantasy. His responses strengthen the AI's conviction that the house is inhabited by imaginary beings—with disastrous consequences given the AI's control over all of the home's function.

Barry DevereuxMar 23, 2023

As part of @turinginst AI UK, @qubelfast is hosting an online event exploring the boundaries and capabilities of #language models in the age of #ChatGPT. Join us as @annargrs, @alex_ander & @raphaelmilliere discuss the scientific and societal impact of #LLMs.

#NLP / #NLProc

https://qubturinguk2023.github.io

QUB @ Turing AI UK 2023 Fringe

Exploring the Boundaries and Capabilities of Large Language Models