In 2021, researchers were asked how smart AI would be in 2022. They predicted 12% pass-rate on the MATH dataset;…
1. WSJ profile of David Autor. 2. By Dean Ball, a simple public choice theory of what will go wrong…
With sentiment analysis over time, messages containing the word “sorry, and more. Trends! There is also a graph on how…
By John Strausbaugh, an excellent book. Here is one good passage of many: Putting dogs on top of rockets was…
Animals have exquisite control of their bodies, allowing them to perform a diverse range of behaviors. How such control is…
1. David Friedman reminiscences about his earlier colleagues. 2. John Arnold, on the debt. 3. South Africa vs. Nigeria. 4.…
1. Good thread on AI and national security. 2. NYT on South African jazz. Here is one cut. 3. Scott…
Kathryn R. Johnson and Claudia Persico have a new NBER working paper on exactly that topic: Between 2000 and 2008,…
I am receiving inquiries as to whether I have upgraded my view of Luka, as his last series against Minnesota…
Yes, in Tokyo women pay men in make-up to flatter them. But what does the whole market look like? Yamada…