Friday, June 26, 2026

6/26/26: Readings evaluations

Artificial Intelligence Study Group

Welcome! We meet from 4:00-4:45 p.m. Central Time on Fridays. Anyone can join. Feel free to attend any or all sessions, or ask to be added to the invite list - or removed as we have no wish to send unneeded emails of which we all certainly get too many. 
Contacts: jdberleant@ualr.edu and mgmilanova@ualr.edu
Agenda, Minutes & Status (213th meeting, June 26, 2026)
  • Today: 
    • Evaluate some things if time allows.
      •  (Evaluation was 2.5 by 4 participants) ScientistOne: Towards Human-Level Autonomous Research via Chain-of-Evidence. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.26340 
      • On the Origin of Algorithmic Progress in AI, https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.21622
    • Read/view something if time allows.
      • The Misclassification of Autistic Writing as AI-Generated. Paywalled at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-98420-4_7. See https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EAq0ZjVpwtDPfVcoTZ0PILxyrFP5X6KS/view, p. 89. Article got a 4.
  • Soon: EWG will give a 5 min. demo of DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) (when?)  
  • Let me know of anything you'd like to have evaluated for a fuller reading, viewing or discussion.
  • For future activities
    • Read/view items suggested by attendees. Evaluate some of them, then do one which is highest in full.
    • What if we read from papers authored by people in this group? Then an author would be present to help everyone understand it.
    • Invite paper authors at UALR or anywhere to host a reading session on the abstract and various paragraphs of a paper they published or plan to submit.
    • Any projects that MS students can sign up for? If anyone has an idea for an MS project where the student reports to us for a few minutes each week for discussion and feedback - a student might potentially be recruited! Let me know. 
      • Please suggest a project!
    • Any other announcements?  


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Friday, June 19, 2026

6/19/26: AI medical startup hackathon redux

Artificial Intelligence Study Group

Welcome! We meet from 4:00-4:45 p.m. Central Time on Fridays. Anyone can join. Feel free to attend any or all sessions, or ask to be added to the invite list - or removed as we have no wish to send unneeded emails of which we all certainly get too many. 
Contacts: jdberleant@ualr.edu and mgmilanova@ualr.edu
Agenda, Minutes & Status (212th meeting, June 19, 2026)
  • Today: 
    • AI medical startup hackathon redux
      • This group can be used for customer discovery, consulting suggestions / ad hoc board member suggestions
      • Intros.
      • If you were going to redo it what would you do differently?
      • What next?
      • What was the breakdown of group members and roles, technical and other/ 
      • If hackers are bad, then how is a hackathon good? 
    • Evaluate some things if time allows.
      • ScientistOne: Towards Human-Level Autonomous Research via Chain-of-Evidence. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.26340 
      • On the Origin of Algorithmic Progress in AI, https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.21622
    • Read/view something if time allows.
      • The Misclassification of Autistic Writing as AI-Generated. Paywalled at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-98420-4_7. See https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EAq0ZjVpwtDPfVcoTZ0PILxyrFP5X6KS/view, p. 89. Article got a 4.
  • Soon: EWG will give a 5 min. demo of DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) (when?)  
  • Let me know of anything you'd like to have evaluated for a fuller reading, viewing or discussion.
  • For future activities
    • Read/view items suggested by attendees. Evaluate some of them, then do one which is highest in full.
    • What if we read from papers authored by people in this group? Then an author would be present to help everyone understand it.
    • Invite paper authors at UALR or anywhere to host a reading session on the abstract and various paragraphs of a paper they published or plan to submit.
    • Any projects that MS students can sign up for? If anyone has an idea for an MS project where the student reports to us for a few minutes each week for discussion and feedback - a student might potentially be recruited! Let me know. 
      • Please suggest a project!
    • Any other announcements?  



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Friday, June 5, 2026

6/5/26: AI Sign Reading

Artificial Intelligence Study Group

Welcome! We meet from 4:00-4:45 p.m. Central Time on Fridays. Anyone can join. Feel free to attend any or all sessions, or ask to be added to the invite list - or removed as we have no wish to send unneeded emails of which we all certainly get too many. 
Contacts: jdberleant@ualr.edu and mgmilanova@ualr.edu
Agenda, Minutes & Status (211th meeting, June 5, 2026)
  • Announcements:
    • AI Hackathon! June 12. Announcement: https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/04/ai-hackathon.html. Audience members help vote for winning teams.
  • Today: 
    • AI sign reading (https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/05/ai-reads-unreadable-sign.html)
    • Evaluate some things if time allows.
      • ScientistOne: Towards Human-Level Autonomous Research via Chain-of-Evidence. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.26340 
      • On the Origin of Algorithmic Progress in AI, https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.21622
    • Read/view something if time allows.
      • The Misclassification of Autistic Writing as AI-Generated. Paywalled at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-98420-4_7. See https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EAq0ZjVpwtDPfVcoTZ0PILxyrFP5X6KS/view, p. 89. Article got a 4.
  • Next week: No meeting, I am going to be judging projects at the AI Hackathon.
  • Soon: EWG will give a 5 min. demo of DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) (when?)  
  • Let me know of anything you'd like to have evaluated for a fuller reading, viewing or discussion.
  • For future activities
    • Read/view items suggested by attendees. Evaluate some of them, then do one which is highest in full.
    • What if we read from papers authored by people in this group? Then an author would be present to help everyone understand it.
    • Invite paper authors at UALR or anywhere to host a reading session on the abstract and various paragraphs of a paper they published or plan to submit.
    • Any projects that MS students can sign up for? If anyone has an idea for an MS project where the student reports to us for a few minutes each week for discussion and feedback - a student might potentially be recruited! Let me know. 
      • Please suggest a project!
    • Any other announcements?  


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Thursday, May 28, 2026

5/29/26: short demos

Artificial Intelligence Study Group

Welcome! We meet from 4:00-4:45 p.m. Central Time on Fridays. Anyone can join. Feel free to attend any or all sessions, or ask to be added to the invite list - or removed as we have no wish to send unneeded emails of which we all certainly get too many. 
Contacts: jdberleant@ualr.edu and mgmilanova@ualr.edu
Agenda, Minutes & Status (210th meeting, May 29, 2026)
  • Announcements:
    • Sign up for the UALR outreach AI newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/6ACE1AA80DF773AD2540EF23F30FEDED (I did!).
    • AI Hackathon! June 12. Announcement: https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/04/ai-hackathon.html
    • "AI Arkansas" magazine now exists! Online at https://aiarkansas.org/. Hard copies are available too (on paper, remember that method?). 
  • Today: 
    • DD will demo ChatGPT's "Playground."
    • MM has a student who can do a demo.
  • Soon: Read or view if time allows.
    • The autistic writing and AI detection article. The Misclassification of Autistic Writing as AI-Generated. Paywalled at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-98420-4_7. See https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EAq0ZjVpwtDPfVcoTZ0PILxyrFP5X6KS/view, p. 89. Article got a 4 today.
    • Video got 3.82: https://x.com/Ai_Tech_tool/status/2056403236769435934/video/1?s=46: Stanford lecture
    • Evaluate some things if time allows.
      • ??
    • AI sign reading (https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/05/ai-reads-unreadable-sign.html)
    • EWG will give a 5 min. demo of DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) (when?)  
  • June 12: No meeting, I am going to be judging projects at the AI Hackathon.
  • Let me know of anything you'd like to have evaluated for a fuller reading, viewing or discussion.
  • For future activities
    • Read/view items suggested by attendees. Evaluate some of them, then do one which is highest in full.
    • What if we read from papers authored by people in this group? Then an author would be present to help everyone understand it.
    • Invite paper authors at UALR or anywhere to host a reading session on the abstract and various paragraphs of a paper they published or plan to submit.
    • Any projects that MS students can sign up for? If anyone has an idea for an MS project where the student reports to us for a few minutes each week for discussion and feedback - a student might potentially be recruited! Let me know. 
      • Please suggest a project!
    • Any other announcements?  



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Friday, May 22, 2026

5/22/26: Evaluations; handwriting and AI

Artificial Intelligence Study Group

Welcome! We meet from 4:00-4:45 p.m. Central Time on Fridays. Anyone can join. Feel free to attend any or all sessions, or ask to be added to the invite list - or removed as we have no wish to send unneeded emails of which we all certainly get too many. 
Contacts: jdberleant@ualr.edu and mgmilanova@ualr.edu
Agenda, Minutes & Status (209th meeting, May 22, 2026)
  • Announcements
    • Sign up for the UALR outreach AI newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/6ACE1AA80DF773AD2540EF23F30FEDED
    • AI Hackathon! Announcement: https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/04/ai-hackathon.html
    • "AI Arkansas" magazine now exists. Let MJ know if you want hard copies to distribute around! Put out by "AI in the Rock." Expect to see them around campus and get a copy.
  • Today: 
    • Evaluate some things. 
      • https://transformer-circuits.pub/2025/attribution-graphs/biology.html got a 3 today.
      • https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/opinion/ai-labor-work-force-silicon-valley.html got a 2 2/3 today.
      • The autistic writing and AI detection article got a 4 today.
      • video got 3.82. 
    • AI generated handwriting (https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/03/can-ai-draw-by-hand.html) 
  • Soon: AI sign reading (https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/05/ai-reads-unreadable-sign.html) 
  • Next time: DD will demo ChatGPT's "Playground."
  • MM has a student who can do a demo next week, along with DD's demo. 
  • Soon: EWG will give a 5 min. demo of DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) (when?) 
  • Let me know of anything you'd like to have evaluated for a fuller reading, viewing or discussion.
  • For future activities
    • Read/view items suggested by attendees. Evaluate some of them, then do one which is highest in full.
    • What if we read from papers authored by people in this group? Then an author would be present to help everyone understand it.
    • Invite paper authors at UALR or anywhere to host a reading session on the abstract and various paragraphs of a paper they published or plan to submit.
    • Any projects that MS students can sign up for? If anyone has an idea for an MS project where the student reports to us for a few minutes each week for discussion and feedback - a student might potentially be recruited! Let me know. 
      • Please suggest a project!
    • Any other announcements?  



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Friday, May 15, 2026

5/15/26: finish randomized algorithms article

Artificial Intelligence Study Group

Welcome! We meet from 4:00-4:45 p.m. Central Time on Fridays. Anyone can join. Feel free to attend any or all sessions, or ask to be added to the invite list - or removed as we have no wish to send unneeded emails of which we all certainly get too many. 
Contacts: jdberleant@ualr.edu and mgmilanova@ualr.edu
Agenda, Minutes & Status (208th meeting, May 15, 2026)
  • Announcements
    • Sign up for the UALR outreach AI newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/6ACE1AA80DF773AD2540EF23F30FEDED
    • AI Hackathon! Announcement: https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/04/ai-hackathon.html
    • "AI Arkansas" magazine now exists. Let MJ know if you want hard copies to distribute around! Put out by "AI in the Rock." Expect to see them around campus and get a copy. Read MM's feature article! here is the magazine link:  https://aiarkansas.org/?lm_source=calendar&lm_api_id=cal-PBwm9B54OjEwboD&lm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=luma
  • Today:
    • Finish LLMs and randomized algorithms, https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/p/readings-and-videos-queued-for-possible.html. 
  • 5/29/26: DD will demo ChatGPT's "Playground."
  • Soon: AI generated handwriting (https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/03/can-ai-draw-by-hand.html) and AI sign reading (https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/05/ai-reads-unreadable-sign.html) 
  • Soon: EWG will give a 5 min. demo of DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) (when?)
  • Let me know of anything you'd like to have evaluated for a fuller reading, viewing or discussion (thanks ZR!).
  • For future activities
    • Read/view items suggested by attendees. Evaluate some of them, then do one which is highest in full.
    • What if we read from papers authored by people in this group? Then an author would be present to help everyone understand it.
    • Invite paper authors at UALR or anywhere to host a reading session on the abstract and various paragraphs of a paper they published or plan to submit.
    • Any projects that MS students can sign up for? If anyone has an idea for an MS project where the student reports to us for a few minutes each week for discussion and feedback - a student might potentially be recruited! Let me know. 
      • Please suggest a project!
    • Any other announcements?  


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Friday, May 8, 2026

5/8/26: How to find a job in AI (plus notebookLM)

Artificial Intelligence Study Group

Welcome! We meet from 4:00-4:45 p.m. Central Time on Fridays. Anyone can join. Feel free to attend any or all sessions, or ask to be added to the invite list - or removed as we have no wish to send unneeded emails of which we all certainly get too many. 
Contacts: jdberleant@ualr.edu and mgmilanova@ualr.edu
Agenda, Minutes & Status (207th meeting, May 8, 2026)
  • Announcements
    • Sign up for the UALR outreach AI newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/6ACE1AA80DF773AD2540EF23F30FEDED
    • AI Hackathon! Announcement: https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/04/ai-hackathon.html
    • "AI Arkansas" magazine now exists. Let MJ know if you want hard copies to distribute around! Put out by "AI in the Rock." Expect to see them around campus and get a copy. Read MM's feature article! here is the magazine link:  https://aiarkansas.org/?lm_source=calendar&lm_api_id=cal-PBwm9B54OjEwboD&lm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=luma
  • Today:
    • More on "How to get a job in AI" (& NotebookLM)
  • Soon or today if time: Finish LLMs and randomized algorithms, https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/p/readings-and-videos-queued-for-possible.html. We got up to "Obtuseness" section.
  • AI generated handwriting (https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/03/can-ai-draw-by-hand.html) and AI sign reading (https://aintwhatitusedtobe.blogspot.com/2026/05/ai-reads-unreadable-sign.html) 
  • Soon: EWG will give a 5 min. demo of DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) (when?)
  • Let me know of anything you'd like to have evaluated for a fuller reading, viewing or discussion (thanks ZR!).
  • For future activities
    • Read/view items suggested by attendees. Evaluate some of them, then do one which is highest in full.
    • What if we read from papers authored by people in this group? Then an author would be present to help everyone understand it.
    • Invite paper authors at UALR or anywhere to host a reading session on the abstract and various paragraphs of a paper they published or plan to submit.
    • Any projects that MS students can sign up for? If anyone has an idea for an MS project where the student reports to us for a few minutes each week for discussion and feedback - a student might potentially be recruited! Let me know. 
      • Please suggest a project!
    • Any other announcements?  


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