Computational Biologist. Tenure Track Fellow in Health at the University of Liverpool. π§π·π―π΅πͺπΈπ¬π§π¨π
Phylogenomics and Chemometrics. Prog Rock and Post-Punk. C and Python.
Leonardo de Oliveira Martins (he/him).
What's anthropic going to do, sue them? Insist in court that LLM recreating copyrighted code is a violation of copyright???
Last week I went to a workshop with a few interdisciplinary group activities (in tech bio). Someone on my group: "I don't know about the topic, but here is what Claude AI said we should do"... and then another person, later "I don't have Claude AI, but chatGPT told me that this is the problem"...
Mate, _quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur_ . If you don't want to participate, go outside and have some tea.
Or shut up and learn from those in the table who actually know about it.
**Research institutions tout the value of scholarship that crosses disciplines β but academia pushes interdisciplinary researchers out**
"early career researchers often do the most innovative work. But at this formative career stage, they do not lend their talents to interdisciplinary work as frequently. (...)
Right now, academia rewards scholars who work within disciplinary boundaries and climb the departmental career ladder."
Researchers who focus on one specialty are more likely to rise through the academic ranks, even though wicked societal problems require crosscutting work to solve.
The fear that *still exists* of GISAID is VERY REAL. Even today, respected, serious long-time scientists are scared to do anything that may be viewed as 'unloyal' to GISAID, for fear they, their work, and/or their departments are cut off.
Does that sound like how science should work? Not to me.
Japanese word of the day is 倧ε¨ζ©ζ (Tai Ki Ban Sei), inspired by https://bsky.app/profile/leomrtns.bsky.social/post/3magc4kieos22.
倧ε¨ζ©ζ is usually translated as "late bloomer" but it's not that simple (most JP idioms don't fit into an English expression). If I remember correctly, it was a sign outside the workshop of a famous metalworker/pot maker. It literally means "big utensils will be ready only in the evening", meaning that complex, big pots or cauldrons or bells take longer to be finished than smaller, commodity pieces.
"Exceptional young performers reached their peak quickly but narrowly mastered only one interest (e.g., one sport). By contrast, exceptional adults reached peak performance gradually with broader, multidisciplinary practice. However, elite programs are designed to nurture younger talent." [contains quote post or other embedded content]
In the specific case it was like (I'll be creative), one of my students missed class and I asked Margie why Margie missed the class and Margie told me Margie couldn't find the room.
I guess I could replace Margie by "this student"? Anyway I don't want to oust Margie.
A lazy answer is that I should rephrase it in a way to avoid repetition. Easier said than done, specially for me. You could as well ask me "do not use pronouns. Talk about me in the style of Neoclassical poetry"
What should I do when a student has a "no pronouns, please. Just use my name" in their bio, but I want to generalise the issue or anonymise the student?
I like to use "they" since I'm emphasising that their gender doesn't matter ---in case our subconscious reads differently if HE made a mistake or SHE made the same mistake.
But if I say that Margie make a mistake you might be less lenient than for Homer. And I didn't want to say it was Margie to start with!
jonny (nonvenomous)
Dr Emma Hodcroft 
Marc Robinson-Rechavi