Anti-cynic. Towards a weirder future. Reinforcement Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, transportation systems, the works. Asst. Prof at NYU https://emerge-lab.github.io https://www.admonymous.co/eugenevinitskyhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.socialhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mn63v22kds2sSometimes I can feel Claude gnawing at my ability to think31 May 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn63v22kds2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mn5rrpr5u22pwhen I see people complaining about LaTeX31 May 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn5rrpr5u22phttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mn4465xcf222Happy Saturfish30 May 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn4465xcf222https://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mn3uocrrgk2hGoogle's AI search hitting new heights. Unsure how this one happens tbh30 May 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3uocrrgk2hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mn3hjuawuc2qDo not fully understand the anti-hype about humanoids. Humans do lots of manual labor. These companies aim to to replace and add more manual labor of the type that humans do.30 May 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3hjuawuc2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mn25vrxbu22qIf the government meant to destroy science in the US, what would they do differently than what they’re doing now?30 May 2026 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn25vrxbu22qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmxmsabr7k2wCannot believe anthropic managed to trick people into handing it 50 billion dollars29 May 2026 03:46 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmxmsabr7k2whttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmsk55c66s2pPersonally have found coding agents fairly useful but after someone informed me I'm not a real programmer I've been forced to reconsider27 May 2026 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmsk55c66s2phttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmrd7pb2ws2h26 May 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrd7pb2ws2hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmpccr35ls2jEngineers now think they don't need managers now that they have AI. Managers think they don't need engineers now that they have AI. Fun dichotomy.25 May 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmpccr35ls2jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmn6ixqozs2fThe bitter lesson was not “just scale data collection!” You can tell this because the author of it is not mindlessly scaling data collection!25 May 2026 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmn6ixqozs2fhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmmgftkzr22kIf I say something positive about immigration on twitter, I get DMs explaining that they can look up my class schedule and come to NYU and kill me or that Jews shouldn't be allowed in this country. It's great that twitter is fun for some people though24 May 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmmgftkzr22khttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmkhmu6frc2mNew RL variance reduction estimator just dropped: arxiv.org/abs/2605.19235 https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.1923523 May 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmkhmu6frc2mhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmjsbg5bqs2uevery morning a coin is flipped and if it turns up heads the US government enters this loop23 May 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmjsbg5bqs2uhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmhqs5v2pk2jPanicked researchers coming back from China: "Hey, the US is losing all of its competitive advantages" The US gov: "Hey, what if we attempted to destroy the immigration system again, would that help"22 May 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhqs5v2pk2jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmhn2iyjkk2zAnyone who was out there stumping for the idea the trump admin was pro legal immigration should not be allowed to show their face in polite society. Either too gullible to function or bad faith beyond compare22 May 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhn2iyjkk2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmhgpa2pqs2tIf you think of algorithmic short form video as a new medium, it feels totally obvious that it will generate intense upheaval just like every other new medium before it22 May 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhgpa2pqs2thttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmfxvphx3k2yThe only acceptable use of AI in music is to re-record the entire Muse catalogue with different lyrics22 May 2026 03:17 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfxvphx3k2yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmfldkhyls24My least favorite part of programming was waiting 2-3 minutes between commands and agentic coding feels like that on steroids21 May 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfldkhyls24https://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmfc2dvubs2oAnother side effect of schools being so expensive in the US is it's also miserable for teachers! I feel like given how much students are paying, I owe them a class that is so much better than what I can feasibly give21 May 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfc2dvubs2ohttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmeza73kmc2aAs with every year, we have a journal to conference track at RLC! Don't miss out just because you missed submitting a paper [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmeza73kmc2ahttps://blacksky.community/profile/eugenevinitsky.bsky.social/post/3mmdfkboz2c2qplaying with atproto just feels a bit like what the internet was intended to be21 May 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:5wm25vgenhgut3iqfjf4ozj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmdfkboz2c2q