News & Musings
News & Musings
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1/ Excited to share RealMath: a new benchmark that evaluates LLMs on real mathematical reasoning---from actual research papers (e.g., arXiv) and forums (e.g., Stack Exchange).
Ce matin, 6h. Notre fille de 7 ans part pour la 1re fois en classe verte, sereine, sourire aux lèvres. Nous? Larmes, crises existentielles, GPS activé sur trois applis. (Spoiler: elle reste en FR; on la revoit vendredi. C’est nous qui aurions eu besoin d’un accompagnement psy...)
We develop and estimate a model of search with spatial learning. Consumers update on unsearched items that are close to searched items in characteristic space. This rationalizes path dependence in search data and allows platforms to manipulate search paths.https://www.econometricsociety.org/publications/econometrica/forthcoming-papers/0000/00/00/You-Can-Lead-a-Horse-to-Water-Spatial-Learning-and-Path-Dependence-in-Consumer-Search/file/19576-3.pdf
Despre extremism, continuitate și funcții nedefinite:
Studiu de caz — România, mai 2025
Concluzie:
Extremismul a fost respins prin contradicție. Speranța a fost aleasă prin extrapolare.
Validitatea soluției? Rămâne DE DEMONSTRAT.
Întreg documentul PDF: http://www.sebastianbuhai.com/pictures/Media/MatematicDespreAlegeri_19mai2025.pdf
Academic masochism at its finest: undeterred by criticism, unburdened by doubt… Somebody stop him before he kills himself, though.
Gell-Mann sadly committed late in life the worst sin that another top theoretical physicist, Pauli, had warned against: to write that "not even wrong" paper.
But I hazard he'd know what a scientific KO is the very moment it touched him—e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDvBrcytU7Q—unlike Peters.
A sign that work is not good: the author refers to their own thing as a "secret classic"
Something is rotten in econ academe when 2nd-year MIT PhD students fake research to get into QJE. That some still express surprise shows willful blindness to a system built to reward speed & visibility over rigor & insight. Integrity should be a standard, not a personality trait.
Update on this paper from last year on AI in scientific discovery.
MIT put out a press release:
"no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data...[or] veracity of the research."
"The author is no longer at MIT."
Roumanie : l’extrême droite arrivera-t-elle au pouvoir ce dimanche ?
Reportage en 🇷🇴
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/le-reportage-de-la-redaction/l-extreme-droite-arrivera-t-elle-au-pouvoir-ce-dimanche-en-roumanie-3562796
Mulțumesc Adevărului pentru preluarea scrisorii deschise adresate celor doi candidați prezidențiali din turul II:
P.S. Comentariile decente & pertinente la care chiar se dorește răspuns sunt binevenite pe blogul meu.
(anterior: )
După nenumărate discuții și dezbateri fără argumente concrete,
După prea multe acuzații că nu îmi asum o poziție,
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SCRISOARE PUBLICĂ DESCHISĂ
Către Candidații la Președinția României 2025, domnii Dan & Simion:
https://blog.sebastianbuhai.com/2025/05/scrisoare-publica-deschisa-catre-candidatii-la-presedintia-romaniei-in-2025-turul-ii-george-simion-si-nicusor-dan/
(anterior: https://x.com/sbuhai/status/1916973919359193593)
