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I do not think it is wise to make human understanding a requirement, says person who's made a career out of failing to understand string theory
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People really have no idea what string theory is, most have never talked to a string theorist nor bother to read up on it. Its public perception is driven by remarkably confident statements constructing a bogeyman that has nothing to do with the actual research
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I had been holding off on posting my thoughts until the interview was released. Director Iñárritu’s “DIGGER” is a film that all of us living in today’s world should see. It is a work that remains with the audience, provoking reflection and sounding alarms. As you absorb this film and carry it with you, a “tool (a digger)” for delving deeper into the future will surely begin to take shape within you. This is a film that will stay by your side for years to come.
賛否両論? 小島秀夫監督は『DIGGER/ディガー』のどこに震えたのか。イニャリトゥ監督と語る”新たな現実”
gizmodo.jp/article/inarritu-…
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Coming up next week: "From Quantum Gravity to Cosmology", Sep. 28-Oct. 2, Kavli IPMU indico.ipmu.jp/event/520/
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dice Alain Connes recepient of Fields Medal, Crafoord Prize, CNRS Gold Medal & Ampère Prize.
"To work in mathematics, we need to always have a mental image in mind. When we get help from Artificial Intelligence, the enormous danger, which is now present everywhere, is the danger of not allowing time for the brain to create this mental image.
"In fact, it is not just about time, it is about effort. That is to say, if we get a result without effort, and if we trust Artificial Intelligence, there are two dangers. The first danger, of course, is that it is false, and this happens quite often. But the second danger is much worse. The second danger is to no longer follow the reasoning with your mental image, and, as a result of this, the brain finally decides that it is not worth the effort, since Artificial Intelligence does the work. And so something very subtle happens, and the brain abandons its own governance, and will no longer believe in things unless they are certified by Artificial Intelligence."
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The Navier Stokes announcement of @OpenAI certainly impressed the investors but this was a major blow in terms of trust and sympathy from the (non-commercial) research community around the globe.
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>We began working on the Millennium problems due to viral twitter rumors
straight up trashy behaviour
Replying to @SebastienBubeck
Some more technical points:
(a) We began working on the Millennium problems due to viral twitter rumors that Anthropic had resolved 2 Millenium problems. Our aim was to see whether our system was also capable of this impressive feat, especially given our excitement regarding the large recent capability increases of our internal model detailed in our blog post.
(b) We did not see any of their work until they released it publicly last night. One can in hindsight see that our proofs differ significantly and even the precise results proved are different in the Euler case (forced vs unforced). It is also worth noting that our team consisted largely of mathematicians, physicists and computer scientists with the deepest roots in academia and respect for the stature and integrity of the Millennium problems.
(c) Levent reached out unprompted to an OpenAI employee on Wednesday. Due to his numerous posts on Twitter (S^6, Jacobian, Hadamard…) which appear to represent Anthropic and use Anthropic internal models, we believed that their project was, at least in part, an Anthropic project. Additionally recent further tweets by Levent (“augustus mirabilis”) led us to believe that they had solved at least 1 Millennium problem and would likely release it soon.
(d) Regarding the level of human involvement on our end: although a group of people was involved in our efforts, we collectively had no research-level expertise in fluid dynamics and the Navier-Stokes problem, and therefore were unable to meaningfully contribute to the mathematical content. We involved several people in order to initially attempt multiple Millenium problems using a variety of multiagent techniques.
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It's already the season—Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Kavli IPMU (PD2026)! ipmu.jp/index.php/ja/job-opp…
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To all academics on this platform, please consider reading and signing (if you agree) this letter
Protect Academic Life in Iran:
sites.google.com/view/protec…
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Are you obsessed about fundamental physics and want to make physics instead of only reading/hearing about it? Do you have high grades in quantum field theory, relativity, math? Then you might be interested in this Phd job opening in our group: inspirehep.net/jobs/3111665
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If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
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Dune warned us of times like this.
Amazon is investing into Showrunner, an AI-generated streaming service
• Lets people type in prompts to generate scenes or full episodes for new ideas or existing IPs
• Disney and other studios are in talks to license IP for the service.
(Source: variety.com/2025/digital/new…)
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Hello I am a North American journalist and op Ed writer. For the last 18 months my dang computer has been auto correcting all of my writing and posts to say that what’s happening in Gaza is complicated but necessary. What I actually meant is that it’s bad. Thank you




































