Machine Learning Has a Pseudoscience Problem @RahulSam

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#shorts An excerpt of my conversation with philosopher of science Mel Andrews, who primarily focuses on machine learning and the role of mathematical and computational methods in scientific modelling. In this episode, we discuss the philosophy of artificial intelligence and machine learning, AI ethics and safety, scientific and mathematical realism, the ontology of the free energy principle and critical theory's relationship to AI research.

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$Machine Learning Has a Pseudoscience Problem #shorts An excerpt of my conversation with philosopher of science Mel Andrews, who primarily focuses on machine learning and the role of mathematical and computational methods in scientific modelling. In this episode, we discuss the philosophy of artificial intelligence and machine learning, AI ethics and safety, scientific and mathematical realism, the ontology of the free energy principle and critical theorys relationship to AI research. Watch the full podcast here: https://youtu.be/I0yil_3dvjs {Podcast} Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake Available on other platforms at https://link.chtbl.com/PDBAf9Zd {Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ https://substack.com/@trsam/ https://x.com/trsam97 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at trahulsam@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.$ $Daniel Lakens: Metascience, Open Science and a Philosophy of Statistics Prof Daniel Lakens is an Associate Professor in the Human-Technology interaction group at Eindhoven University of Technology. His areas of expertise include meta-science, research methods and applied statistics. Prof Lakens main lines of empirical research focus on conceptual thought, similarity, and meaning. He also focuses on how to design and interpret studies, applied (meta)-statistics, and reward structures in science. Outside academia, Prof Lakens has a podcast on science called Nullius in Verba with his cohost, Smriti Mehta, from UC Berkeley. In this episode, we discuss metascience, the openness initiative in science, incentive structures, scientific realism vs anti-realism, and the philosophy of applied (meta)-statistics. You can find more of Prof Lakenss work at https://sites.google.com/site/lakens2/, https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/daniel-lakens and https://x.com/lakens. Nullius in Verba: https://nulliusinverba.podbean.com/ The 20% Statistician: https://daniellakens.blogspot.com/ RSam Podcast #50 {Podcast} Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake Available on other platforms at https://link.chtbl.com/PDBAf9Zd {Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ https://substack.com/@trsam/ https://x.com/trsam97 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ {Reference Links} https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/1745691614528520 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691612462586 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.150547?cpetoc= If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at trahulsam@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.$ $Love Is Pouring from an Empty Cup | Žižek, Rollins & McGowan Loves not something one could perfectly plan for because “it is something without precedent, something that emerges as if from nothing, but is nonetheless imminent and urgent.” And more radically, “Love is giving what you don’t have.” (Transference: the Seminar of Jacques Lacan) Full essay: https://theunhappyman.substack.com/p/the-metaphysical-case-for-love Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJ6nqGscKreQBDp0q9NurY2-mnT-3D1Y Podcast with Dr Grace Tarpey: https://youtu.be/xP_xCDFyGu0 {Podcast} Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake {Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ {Music Used} P!nk - True Love (Official Video) ft. 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Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you. The description may contain affiliate links to products. I receive a commission for purchases made through these links. I only recommend products that have genuinely helped me.$ $Cognitive Scientist Explains How Humans Read Most laypeople equate the ability to read with acquiring language. However, Prof. Iris Berent explains how reading ability fundamentally differs from language acquisition. 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The truth of love lies in the contradiction where two fully assume “the fall”, the absolute unconditional necessity of the other person for our being, and building a new truth together with daily habits, rituals, conversations, etc. {Podcast} Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.minds.com/trahulsam/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ https://trahulsam.medium.com/ https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/JoL9CA {Reference Links} https://www.lacan.com/zizfamily.htm {Images & Videos used} The Perverts Guide to Ideology (2012) - Slavoj Žižek: https://youtu.be/oBcFLmu_tlc If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. 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