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Goodhart’s Law Distorts Poverty Rate Measurements
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By Goodhart's law, since being below the poverty line makes you eligible for benefits, the poverty rate will be overestimated. And that's exactly what happens.
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Demis Demonstrates Excellence in AI Research Leadership
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Demis illustrates why he runs the best AI research lab in the world.
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AI Growth Barriers Will Determine 21st Century Global Dominance
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The 21st century will be won by the country with the fewest barriers to the growth of AI.
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Code an App Before Lunch, Become a Millionaire by Dinner
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Vibe-code an app before lunch, millionaire by dinner.
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Trump embraces AI disruption of legacy media
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Legacy media: AI is going to destroy us!
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Intelligence Requires Better Heuristics Not Just More Compute
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Intelligence is heuristics + compute. Don't mistake more compute for better heuristics.
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GPU Power Compensates for Limited AI Mathematical Intelligence
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Humans are extremely inefficient at math. Throw a mountain of GPUs at IMO problems and it's no wonder they succeed, even if their intelligence is limited.
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Tokenizer Struggles with Matilda Misspelling Issues
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The tokenizer was thrown off by the misspelling of "Matilda".
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Physics vs Engineering: Different Standards for Validation
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Physicists have a hard life because their empirical test is an equality (prediction = measurement). Engineers have an easier one because theirs is an inequality (performance > SOTA).