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We find the usual types in the signatory list: Assistant Professor of Sustainability Lecturer in Critical Intersectional Perspectives on AI Professor of
by lysace 1y ago
We find the usual types in the signatory list:
Assistant Professor of Sustainability
Lecturer in Critical Intersectional Perspectives on AI
Professor of History and Anthropology
Assistant Professor of Gender and Diversity in AI
Professor of English Language and Literature
(From https://www.iccl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251110_Scientists-letter-to-the-President-AI-Hype.pdf https://www.iccl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251110_Scie... - to be fair I cherrypicked these.)
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- Insanity 1y agoThis is really cherry-picked as you call out. Plenty of computer science related signatories as well. And besides, a professor of e.g Anthropology can still advocate for critical thinking and evaluating claims.
- Lapra 1y agoI'll counter your cherrypick with my own: Dr. Olivia Guest, Assistant Professor of Computational Cognitive Science Dr. Abeba Birhane, Assistant Professor of AI Prof. Iris van Rooij, Professor of Computational Cognitive Science Prof. Dr. Dagmar Monett, Director of Computer Science Dept., Professor of Computer Science (AI, Software Engineering) Dr. Alex Hanna, Director of Research, DAIR Roel Dobbe, Assistant Professor of Public Interest AI and Algorithmic Systems Dr. Mark Blokpoel, Assistant Professor of Computational Cognitive Science Dr. Dan McQuillan, Senior Lecturer in Critical AI Dr. Ronald de Haan, Assistant professor of Artificial Intelligence Joost Vossers, PhD Candidate on Artificial Intelligence Dr Esther Mondragón, Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence Prof Eduardo Alonso, Professor of Artificial Intelligence Dr. Andrea E. Martin, Research Group Leader, Language and Computation in Neural System Dr. ir. Gabriel Bucur, Assistant Professor in Statistical Machine Learning and Explainable AI for Health Prof. M. Dingemanse, Professor of Language and Communication & cofounder, EU Open Source AI Index All of these people definitely stand to very much directly benefit from AI hype.
- lysace 1y agoFrom the first two of your cherrypicks' web pages: I am committed to [...] the broader decolonisation of cognitive and computational sciences. My research interests comprise (meta)theoretical, critical, and radical perspectives on the neuro-, computational, and cognitive sciences broadly construed. and Central to my research is challenging and dismantling societal and historical inequalities and power asymmetries; holding responsible bodies accountable; and paving the way for a future marked by just and equitable AI systems that work for all. Notice a theme?
- topynate 1y agoThe first two people you mentioned co-wrote a paper titled "Towards decolonising computational sciences" and certainly anyone at DAIR would also be in that ideological cluster. I don't think an absolute majority of the signatories have those sorts of associations, but a good many do. What's puzzling me is why so many are Dutch?
- hitarpetar 1y agowhat's the point of this comment? you just wanted to share your disdain for these titles?
- lysace 1y agoI disdain this type of comment. It's (ironically?) deeply anti-intellectual. Its only purpose is to suppress thoughts.
- hitarpetar 1y agodid you mean to leave this under your own comment?
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- biophysboy 1y ago“Usual types”: you included a history professor and an English professor, which are arguably better candidates for judging the quality/accuracy of LLM writing than a CS professor.