u/gwern
"An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry" (log scaling of inner-monologue compute in probability solving Erdős's planar unit distance problem)
openai.comu/gwern — 1 day ago
▲ 5 r/QuantifiedSelf
"Modernizing Variolation", Preston Estep [inactivating kid snot with hydrogen peroxide]
prestonestep.substack.comu/gwern — 2 days ago
▲ 1 r/Scholar
[Article] "Examining Selection Pressures in the Publication Process through the Lens of Sniff Tests", Snyder & Zhuo 2026 (MIT)
DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01410 (final publication please, no preprints)
u/gwern — 8 days ago
▲ 20 r/mlscaling
"What Is Massively Parallel Computing, and Why Is It Important?", Hillis 1992
gwern.netu/gwern — 8 days ago
▲ 5 r/mlscaling
"How fast is autonomous AI cyber capability advancing?", AISI Work (rebenchmarking the Glasswing Mythos shows it is even better than the older preview numbers)
aisi.gov.uku/gwern — 8 days ago
"What working at Mechanize is like" (RL environment data-labeling/generation company)
mechanize.worku/gwern — 10 days ago
▲ 1 r/Scholar
[Article] "A growing soft robot with climbing plant–inspired adaptive behaviors for navigation in unstructured environments", Del Dottore et al 2024 (Science)
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adi5908 (final published version please, not preprint or manuscript)
u/gwern — 11 days ago
▲ 6 r/QuantifiedSelf
"I Couldn’t Escape Poison Oak. So I Started Eating It."
wsj.comu/gwern — 11 days ago
▲ 5 r/DecisionTheory
"Are Prediction Markets Good for Anything? We all know they’re casinos. It’s time to look at the data behind the froth", Dan Schwarz
asteriskmag.comu/gwern — 13 days ago
▲ 1 r/genomics
"Deleterious coding variation associated with autism is shared across ancestries", Avila et al 2026
nature.comu/gwern — 13 days ago
u/artemisgarden — 20 days ago
▲ 9 r/mlscaling
u/gwern — 20 days ago
▲ 17 r/mlscaling
u/gwern — 20 days ago