Ali Furkan Kalay

Congratulations to CIs Prof Henry Cutler, Dr Anam Bilgrami, Dr Ali Furkan Kalay & Dr Alan Woodward on receiving a grant worth $296K from the National Suicide Prevention Office for research to predict self-harm and suicide risk in Australian Local Government Areas. @AIHI_MQ— MUCHE (@MUCHE_Macquarie) November 8, 2024

We recently launched the first productivity workshop series at MUCHE, starting with my presentation on how Jupyter Notebooks and AI can aid coding. I showcased how AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Codium can significantly boost efficiency, and highlighted the collaborative benefits of using notebooks for clearer and more organized coding. [Read More]

I recently attended and presented at AHES 2024. It was a fantastic opportunity to reconnect with familiar faces, receive valuable feedback, and witness some innovative work in the field. [Read More]

I had the pleasure of presenting our research, ‘Social Interactions and Private Health Insurance Demand’ (collaborative work with Alicia N. Rambaldi and Christiern Rose) at the Monash University Centre for Health Economics. This paper is part of my PhD Thesis, to be soon submited to a journal. [Read More]

After reading the article “Beyond Model Collapse: Scaling Up with Synthesized Data Requires Reinforcement,” I felt compelled to write this blog post. I have strong opinions about model collapse in large language models, and my views have dramatically changed since the release of ChatGPT. Prior to ChatGPT, I did not even like the use of the term “artificial intelligence” because they are merely statistical models. While this is still true, there has been a significant leap in what LLMs can do compared to traditional machine learning or deep learning algorithms. Therefore, I now consider large language models, such as Claude,... [Read More]