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Prof Tim Colbourn

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Prof Tim Colbourn

@timcolbourn

Professor of Global Health Systems, Epidemiology and Evaluation, UCL Institute for Global Health. retweets ≠ endorsements. Views my own.

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Prof Tim Colbourn
@timcolbourn
Jan 30, 2024
I’m 43 today, and I reckon, starting in 2005 I’m about 43% through my career.. Please check out my inaugural for the story of the first 43%, and, from the 43rd minute, what I hope to do in the rest
Prof Tim Colbourn
@timcolbourn
Apr 10
People are relying on AI too much. When’s the backlash start? Who even wants products like Mythos anyway?
Hedgie
@HedgieMarkets
Apr 10
🦔A researcher invented a fake eye condition called bixonimania, uploaded two obviously fraudulent papers about it to an academic server, and watched major AI systems present it as real medicine within weeks. The fake papers thanked Starfleet Academy, cited funding from the
Prof Tim Colbourn
@timcolbourn
Feb 7
Is it the right call? Are they the same 16 people who are saying this?!: x.com/andrewcurran_/… Next model needs an all clear from capable *independent* evaluation *before* release!
Peter Wildeford🇺🇸🚀
@peterwildeford
Feb 5
Replying to @peterwildeford
4/ How did they rule out the need for stronger safegaurds? You'd hope some rigorous evals. But instead it's a survey of 16 Anthropic employees. This is probably the right call, but it's much flimsier than I'd like. And it's not what Anthropic originally advertised.
Prof Tim Colbourn
@timcolbourn
Jan 20
Yes Donald Trump was elected, but why is he, as one man, deciding the fate of US foreign policy? No one voted for upending the world order did they?
Prof Tim Colbourn
@timcolbourn
Jan 14
Sorry I need to steal your house to stop someone else stealing it
The White House
@WhiteHouse
Jan 14
Which way, Greenland man?

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