Michael Black ✓

@Michael_J_Black

VP Digital Human Research, Epic Games. Emeritus Director, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (@MPI_IS). Opinions are my own.

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Michael Black ✓@Michael_J_Black10 Sep

There are multiple things going on here that I didn't fully separate and that the comments bring out. * Academia does not have the resources to even evaluate top models as I suggest. This is a critical problem that should be addressed by a coordinated effort between the 4.6K views · 17 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Michael Black ✓@Michael_J_Black9 Sep

@Michael_J_Black This resonates with me. One option is to work less on solving tasks and more on understanding the solutions. A paper that analyzes Astra + open models might have more lasting impact than one that tries to solve a new task that Astra+ will inevitably solve. 5.5K views · 146 likes · 8 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Michael Black ✓@Michael_J_Black9 Sep

To be clear - I'm not knocking VIGA. I think VIGA is a great paper, which changed my thinking entirely. And it clearly changed the thinking of others. But all of this happened by putting it on arXiv and social media. The follow-on work on inverse graphics has happened outside of 9.9K views · 41 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Michael Black ✓@Michael_J_Black9 Sep

What is the role of academic computer vision research in the age of increasingly powerful large models? Is GPT-6 Astra a step change? How can a researcher have an impact today in academia? These are the questions I ask myself as I head off to ECCV 2026, a conference I’ve 576K views · 2.1K likes · 340 reposts · 85 replies Open on X →

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4 posts des 90 derniers jours, à côté de la tranche de 100K–1M abonnés. diffusé largement, mais peu de ces spectateurs réagissent.

Vues médianes7 666ce compte6 000médiane pour 100K–1M

Portée, %7.37%ce compte1.62%médiane pour 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.44%ce compte0.98%médiane pour 100K–1M

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Vues médianes par post	7 666	6 000	1.28×
Portée (vues ÷ abonnés)	7.37%	1.62%	4.55×
Taux d'engagement	0.44%	0.98%	0.45×

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Reposts9.2%349 in total

Replies2.4%93 in total

Quotes1.6%62 in total

Bookmarks26.4%1 004 in total

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