@srdas

Professor of Finance & Data Science & Amazon Scholar I work on ML/AI in Finance

 Bay area, California
srdas.github.io/
Joined January 2009
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As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the Machines quantamagazine.org/as-ai-clo… via @QuantaMagazine

As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the Machines | Quanta Magazine

In the shadow of a rumored AI proof of one of the biggest problems in their field, three computer scientists rushed to publish their own milestone result.

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I Can Save You From a Bad Relationship open.substack.com/pub/platyp…

I Can Save You From a Bad Relationship

How to teach the sunk-cost fallacy, and why it matters

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Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy? Here’s What the New Research Actually Shows. nytimes.com/interactive/2026…

Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy? Here’s What the New Research Actually Shows.

We’re starting to learn more about how the technology can change us.

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An author who uses AI (for research, writing, editing, etc) should disclose it, verify it, take full responsibility. No difference between asking your research assistant to do what AI does. You still need to ackonwledge your RA, check the work, and be responsible for it.
Guillaume Meyer
@guillaumemeyerAug 16

Why I stand against AI watermarking

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Why the Legendary Erdős Problems Are Falling to AI quantamagazine.org/why-the-l… via @QuantaMagazine

Why the Legendary Erdős Problems Are Falling to AI | Quanta Magazine

AI’s greatest mathematical successes have come from answers to problems posed by a mid-20th century iconoclast. By examining what makes the Erdős problems unique, mathematicians are trying to...

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A Master of the Traveling Salesperson Problem Finds His Own Path quantamagazine.org/shayan-ov… via @QuantaMagazine

Shayan Oveis Gharan Wins 2026 IMU Abacus Medal | Quanta Magazine

Shayan Oveis Gharan has won the Abacus Medal for using tools from across mathematics to boost the power of algorithms.

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Amid Life’s Chaos, a Meticulous Mathematician Finds Stability quantamagazine.org/yu-deng-w… via @QuantaMagazine

Yu Deng Wins the Fields Medal 2026 for His Work on the Random Data Problem | Quanta Magazine

Before he won a Fields Medal for his pioneering work balancing randomness and order, Yu Deng first had to achieve equilibrium in his own life.

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The Quietest Mathematician Has Always Been Worth Listening To quantamagazine.org/john-pard… via @QuantaMagazine

John Pardon Wins the 2026 Fields Medal for Work in Symplectic Geometry | Quanta Magazine

John Pardon sees connections between different areas of math that others don’t. For that vision, he’s now been awarded a Fields Medal.

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Living Fully in the Math World Means Threading the Needle quantamagazine.org/hong-wang… via @QuantaMagazine

Hong Wang Wins 2026 Fields Medal, the Third Woman Ever | Quanta Magazine

Focus, commitment, and insight resulted in a “once in a century” proof. Hong Wang is now just the third woman to win a Fields Medal.

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Sometimes Being First Means Seeing the End Before Anyone Else quantamagazine.org/jacob-tsi… via @QuantaMagazine

Jacob Tsimerman Wins 2026 Fields Medal for André-Oort Conjecture Proof | Quanta Magazine

Determination and effort propelled Jacob Tsimerman to the top of the math world. But now that he’s won a Fields Medal, he worries that the field is in jeopardy.

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The University As We Know It Is Finished open.substack.com/pub/persua…

The University As We Know It Is Finished

That’s a good thing.

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Is Your College Losing Money? chronicle.com/article/is-you…

Is Your College Losing Money?

Search this database to see how your institution stacks up.

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Opinion | The Faculty Workload Myth chronicle.com/article/the-fa…

Opinion | The Faculty Workload Myth

Politicians think faculty members don’t teach enough. Here’s what the data says.

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How are you dealing with time-space compression? businessesgrow.com/2023/10/0… via @markwschaefer

How are you dealing with time-space compression? - Schaefer Marketing Solutions: We Help Businesses...

The marketing world isn't just changing. It's changing at a blinding speed. This presents a time-space compression that challenges our careers, and perhaps our sanity! Time-space compression might be...

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Shaking one’s faith in college chronicle.com/article/the-sh…

Opinion | This Semester Shook My Faith as a Professor

AI has taken something fundamental from the business of teaching and learning.

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How Terry Tao Became an Evangelist for AI in Math quantamagazine.org/how-terry… via @QuantaMagazine

How Terry Tao Became an Evangelist for AI in Math | Quanta Magazine

With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with confidence that every piece is correct. For some, this heralds a new area in...

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Can America Escape the Cycle of Vicemaxxing? open.substack.com/pub/derekt…

Can America Escape the Cycle of Vicemaxxing?

Donald Trump did not invent political corruption. But he may be accelerating something more dangerous: the collapse of universal moral standards into a culture of endless special exceptions.

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What Can We Gain by Losing Infinity? quantamagazine.org/what-can-… via @QuantaMagazine

What Can We Gain by Losing Infinity? | Quanta Magazine

Ultrafinitism, a philosophy that rejects the infinite, has long been dismissed as mathematical heresy. But it is also producing new insights in math and beyond.

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Quantum Cryptography Pioneers Win Turing Award quantamagazine.org/quantum-c… via @QuantaMagazine

Quantum Cryptography Pioneers Win Turing Award | Quanta Magazine

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard were recognized for their foundational work in quantum information science.

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Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI? quantamagazine.org/why-do-we… via @QuantaMagazine

Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI? | Quanta Magazine

Our tales of AI developing the will to survive, commandeer resources, and manipulate people say more about us than they do about language models.

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