News & Musings
News & Musings
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All you—current and former—quantum theoretical physicists rejoice: not all you've been learning/ doing is arcane!😉
P.S. To top that, you don't have to worry about decoherence either in this setup (used to love that topic some quarter century ago, e.g., http://www.sebastianbuhai.com/pictures/UCU/Physics_AppliedMathematics/Quantum_physics/fighting_decoherence_qec.pdf)!
The pardon that Pres. Joe Biden granted to his son Hunter Biden on December 1, 2024 is a tragedy for US institutions.
Of course, it is understandable that Biden was worried about partisan attacks that his son would suffer from a Republican-dominated…
I agree with almost everything in this Guardian piece on Elon Musk de facto becoming a one-man rogue state , except for the "most charitable interpretation" bit: that is really *infinitely* charitable... (earlier on that same topic: https://x.com/sbuhai/status/1582295457254236160)
Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in | Alexander Hurst
He has bankrolled elections, stoked riots and ignored laws. We mustn’t make the mistake of playing nice with the...
www.theguardian.com
Terry Tao has an insightful overview on machine-assisted proofs in the latest AMS Notices:
One thing I'd add: as I've recently become aware (e.g., Bryan's talk ), there's already notable competition to Github Copilot, such as Cursor.
Another fruitful BPLIM December workshop earlier this week, this time on "Empirical Research in the AI Era"—among my favorite presentations, Kevin Bryan's on 'Generative AI for Econ Research' and Nelson Areal's on 'Local LLMs & RAG for Exploring Articles':
https://github.com/BPLIM/Workshops/tree/master/BPLIM2024
I'm 36.
When I was 26 I worshipped identity politics, went woke & believed in the fantasy of equality.
Then I discovered Alexander Grothendieck, and he changed my life forever. Now, instead of identity politics and equality, I believe in isomorphisms.
Another fruitful BPLIM December workshop earlier this week, this time on "Empirical Research in the AI Era"—among my favorite presentations, Kevin Bryan's on 'Generative AI for Econ Research' and Nelson Areal's on 'Local LLMs & RAG for Exploring Articles':
https://github.com/BPLIM/Workshops/tree/master/BPLIM2024
‘Our analysis indicates that taking account of the investment effects of market integration is key to understanding the benefits of investing in transmission lines.’
Expanding renewable energy: lessons from Chile | Microeconomic Insights
Despre Nobelul pentru Economie acordat lui Acemoglu, Johnson și Robinson, plus câteva aplicații ale concluziilor laureaților privind România actuală, în interviul meu din ziarul Adevărul de azi: https://adevarul.ro/economie/ce-invata-romania-de-la-economistii-cu-nobel-2409301.html
(Direct dacă avem sau nu un stat eșuat în fragmentul atașat.)
De 'Fijne Feestdagen'-kaart van de Universiteit Utrecht voor haar alumni heeft dit keer een werkelijk prachtig ontwerp:
