Blake Richards

@tyrellturing.bsky.social

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Researcher at Google and CIFAR Fellow, working on the intersection of machine learning and neuroscience in Montréal (academic affiliations: @mcgill.ca and @mila-quebec.bsky.social).

Picture of the drag queen Alyssa Edwards with a huge silver wig on.
A patch of trilium flowers in the forest.
An image from the Kids in the Hall Premise Beach sketch.
LiNC Lab Family Photo, everyone dressed in transit themed clothes.
Image illustrating infinite theory of mind recursions.
Image illustrating robots converging on a cooperative solution.
Cartoon illustrating the distinction between decoupled and embedded agents.
Cartoon illustrating the distinction between prospective and retrospective learning.
Image of robots struggling with a social dilemma.
A Buesky post shaming people for using ChatGPT for cooking ideas.
Party poster for dance party on final night of Cosyne 2025 workshops. It will take place April 1st, 2025, 10PM to 3AM at Le P'tit Caribou.
Percent of spike rate variance for a linear-nonlinear versus nonlinear-linear-nonlinear model of a neuron.
Equation of the derivative of membrane potential with respect to time.
Image of pedestrianized Bernard Av in Montreal in the summer.
Plot showing difference between short-term facilitation and short-term depression at synapses.
Image generate from prompt "mouse looking at itself in the mirror in the style of Picasso"