strangeloops85

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by strangeloops85 6d ago
A very important point! In Tristan (NYU prof)’s write up he noted evidence of the OpenAI mathematician team doing a lot of correction and guidance along the way. We are never told about this with openness and clarity. At a minimum, complete
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by strangeloops85 1mo ago
Are these companies expending any of their lobbying efforts or funds on this problem? Or are they just going to the easiest option? I'm not shedding any tears for the AI companies and their infra challenges. They're the ones drivi
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by strangeloops85 1mo ago
Gotta love how all the companies' platitudes about sustainability become ludicrous as they begin burning natural gas at prodigious scales. But don't worry, "AI will solve climate change" so we can just pump extra CO2 now
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NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say(science.org)
160 points by strangeloops85 3mo ago|95 comments
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by strangeloops85 8mo ago
The energy economics in space are also a bit more complicated than usually thought. I think Starlink has been using Si cells instead of III-V-based ones, but in addition to lower output they also tend to degrade faster under radiation. I gu
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by strangeloops85 8mo ago
The elephant in the room for all lunar scenarios is lunar regolith. Even ignoring the toxicity to humans (big problem and will happen quite quickly for any humans there!), it will be a big long-term problem for robots and machinery in gener
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Gut bacteria have evolved rapidly to digest starches in ultra-processed foods(newsroom.ucla.edu)
7 points by strangeloops85 9mo ago|0 comments
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by strangeloops85 1y ago
Really outrageous extortion. UCLA and UC as a whole are running budget deficits and facing reduced state support (as well as the grant cancelations). There's simply no money for this and the white house knows it.
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by strangeloops85 1y ago
The particular type of fraud described here (paper mills etc.) is less common in the U.S. (different types of fraud may exist but that's more subtle and complex). There tend to be specific geographic clusters associated with this behav
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by strangeloops85 1y ago
It’s interesting how hard and widespread a push they’re making in advertising this - at this particular moment, when there are rumors of more high level recruitment attempts / successes by Zuck. OpenAI is certainly a master at trying t
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by strangeloops85 1y ago
I assume there was tool use in the fine tuning?
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by strangeloops85 1y ago
To those saying all you need is a lot of radiators.. remember that the radiators themselves gain heat from both sunlight and the Earth itself. It is a surprisingly tricky problem and, yes, all heat can be dissipated to achieve a desirable s
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by strangeloops85 1y ago
At least for many engineering and science disciplines a solution remains to force students to actually try to learn the material: in-class, closed book exams. Nothing is ideal, but this does force students to actually engage with the materi
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NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones(nature.com)
112 points by strangeloops85 1y ago|11 comments
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by strangeloops85 1y ago
Public schools in the US get a relatively small fraction of their budget from state funding. The distinction between public and private is not as large or substantial as one might imagine. For example the 10-campus UC system's total bu
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by strangeloops85 1y ago
I have to wonder what DOGE (including the alleged wunderkind Farritor that all the SV VCs were hailing) is planning for NSF. It’s amazing the arrogance of these people, to walk in and just do “hulk smash” on decades of hard work, infrastruc
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FDIC to Cut 1200 Jobs(news.bloomberglaw.com)
8 points by strangeloops85 1y ago|0 comments
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Doge sets up shop at the National Science Foundation(science.org)
12 points by strangeloops85 1y ago|0 comments
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Trump Administration Wants to Install Federal Oversight of Columbia University(wsj.com)
18 points by strangeloops85 1y ago|2 comments
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Department of Agriculture's National Plant Germplasm System Under Threat(nytimes.com)
8 points by strangeloops85 1y ago|1 comments
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University of California orders hiring freeze, cuts(latimes.com)
7 points by strangeloops85 1y ago|2 comments
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The Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed with Elon Musk(nytimes.com)
29 points by strangeloops85 2y ago|5 comments
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by strangeloops85 2y ago
This is perhaps a simplistic observation, but Bhartrihari’s linguistic idealism connects with how LLMs and their apparent intelligence is fundamentally language-driven. He would argue that is sufficient since our reality is fundamentally li
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Doge seeks to cancel lease on key NOAA computing facility(axios.com)
64 points by strangeloops85 2y ago|22 comments
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Mass federal firings imperil plant and animal inspections(nytimes.com)
8 points by strangeloops85 2y ago|0 comments
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by strangeloops85 2y ago
In theory it is less at risk, but in practice there may be fewer TAships due to general budget shortfalls and also more students competing for those spots.
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by strangeloops85 2y ago
OP here: I think the reason for reducing Ph.D. admissions is very simple and should be understandable to anyone who has ever been responsible for making payroll. We (at universities) have great uncertainty about future "revenue" (
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Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid research cuts(thedp.com)
331 points by strangeloops85 2y ago|656 comments
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DOGE's Cuts at the National Nuclear Security Administration(thebulwark.com)
46 points by strangeloops85 2y ago|9 comments
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by strangeloops85 2y ago
A very important statement is in the peer review file that everyone should read: "The editorial team wishes to point out that the results in this manuscript do not represent evidence for the presence of Majorana zero modes in the repor

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