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Scientist in Artificial Intelligence and the Decision Sciences. https://uli-research.com/About_Me.html

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THE IMPACT OF PREFERENCE LEARNING

Our latest blog entry discusses the impact of #PreferenceLearning in #LLMs, wraps up #MPREF2025, and gives an outlook on this year’s #PreferenceHandling events #DA2PL2026 and #ADT2026. ADT will be held in Paris on Nov. 16-18. Abstracts are due by May 4, papers by May 11.
mpref.org/the-impact-o...

09.03.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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M-PREF 2025 - Submissions to Preference Handling Workshop The 16th Workshop on Advances in Preference Handling M-PREF 2025 is seeking submissions on all computational aspects of preference handling.

Do you need some extra time to write up a fresh idea for #MPREF2025 ? We have extended the deadline to June 17, 2025. You may also present publications from last calendar year to the workshop audience. Hope to see you in Bologna, Italy in October at #ECAI2025! mpref2025.mpref.org/m-pref-2025-...

03.06.2025 05:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY PARADE

Several conferences / organizations have recently had their 50th anniversary. Please check out our latest News Blog Entry to discover them !

Furthermore, we give a short report about #ADT2024 and #PREF2024 and recall the forthcoming #MPREF2025 paper submission deadline.

mpref.org/the-50th-ann...

29.04.2025 06:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We invite all interested researchers to submit papers on any computational aspect of preference handling to the 16th Multidisciplinary Workshop on Advances in Preference Handling #MPREF2025, to be held in Bologna, Italy on October 25 or 26, 2025 in conjunction with #ECAI2025.

01.03.2025 19:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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M-PREF 2025 - Workshop on Preference Handling The 16th Workshop on Advances in Preference Handling M-PREF 2025 addresses all computational aspects of preference handling. This includes methods for the elicitation, learning, modeling, representati...

We are happy to announce the 16th Multidisciplinary Workshop on Advances in Preference Handling #MPREF2025:
πŸ“ Bologna, Italy at #ECAI2025
πŸ“† October 25 or 26, 2025
πŸ“’ Organizers: Khaled BelahcΓ¨ne, Ulrich Junker, Nimrod Talmon
πŸ—žοΈ Submission deadline: June 1, 2025
πŸ”” Workshop web site: mpref2025.mpref.org

01.03.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ulrich Junker (@UlrichJunker@fediscience.org) 8.39K Posts, 657 Following, 467 Followers Β· Scientist in Artificial Intelligence and the Decision Sciences. Study of advanced methods for problem solving, which covers topics such as preference handli...

I will use this Bluesky account mainly for announcements. Please follow me at fediscience.org/@UlrichJunker or at bsky.app/profile/Ulri... for spontaneous discussions and sharing of information.

09.02.2025 15:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ulrich Junker - Talks Menu

Hi, let me give you a short #introduction to my research interests. I got acquainted with #AI research 40 years ago. I study methods for problem solving and the role that explanations and preferences can play for this purpose. You can find some of my work here: uli-research.com/Speech.html

09.02.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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INTRODUCTION

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?

Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.

thebullshitmachines.com

04.02.2025 16:12 πŸ‘ 2709 πŸ” 991 πŸ’¬ 169 πŸ“Œ 241
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Paper page - Fully Autonomous AI Agents Should Not be Developed Join the discussion on this paper page

New piece out!
We explain why Fully Autonomous Agents Should Not be Developed, breaking β€œAI Agent” down into its components & examining through ethical values.
With @evijit.io, @giadapistilli.com and @sashamtl.bsky.social
huggingface.co/papers/2502....

06.02.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 11

I am late, and many dollars short, and still not very good at bluesky! I am nonetheless here to make a #hugoawards pitch: "Computing and Technology Ethics: a Science Fiction-Based Approach," eligible for "best related work" category of the 2024 Hugos mitpress.mit.edu/978026204806...

04.03.2024 17:03 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2