Dr Matthew Bonnett

Associate Professor at ENU who also likes sports, music and gaming. Ex CUHK and LUMS.
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[Dr Matthew Bonnett @Mr_JMB]

Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times

[Dr Matthew Bonnett @Mr_JMB]

@dj_zotov @thehundred Yes but he didn't need to throw it that far, he nearly blew it.

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@espn you could equally go the other way and say these guys, if they gel, are all going to be lights out. So hop on the "it works" bandwagon and enjoy the ride!

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Arsenal getting rinsed by Vini Jr just to get a payrise and they still think they're winning. 😂

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@Everton If you know your history it's no big deal, very much against retiring numbers there will always be the next generation and more history to create.

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Massive error on new @topps Premier League flagship 2026/27 cards. Fulham have been given CMC Markets as a shirt sponsor but they actually will have Clickhouse this year. Here's why the error was made, they were in negotiations but went elsewhere: https://t.co/jDbNQUMMes

[Dr Matthew Bonnett @Mr_JMB]

@BryanHoch go and get Elly...

[Rob Harris @RobHarris]

Full statement Carlos Cordeiro quits as Infantino's senior adviser at FIFA

Full statement

[Dr Matthew Bonnett @Mr_JMB]

This was basically a boast by OpenAI about the capability of their models, and so now everyone is keen to make it clear their model also does that.

They are making it sound like a capability but it is exactly the sort of thing that attracts regulators.

https://t.co/kCu3cjTLAA

[Dr Matthew Bonnett @Mr_JMB]

here is the expectation piece from last weekend - says the expectations are in line with Samsung, so now people will be re-writing these in a hurry.
https://t.co/HmPUCdUhow

[Dr Matthew Bonnett @Mr_JMB]

Meet SK Hynix, another Korean chip manufacturer like Samsung (LT).

Third paragraph is mind-boggling. But also explains the up 500% this year, down 33% this month pattern. even with operating profit up 557% it was *lower than expected*.

[Dr Matthew Bonnett @Mr_JMB]

Yes: Samsung share price is down over 33% this month.
But: Samsung share price is up 83% so far in 2026.

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No surprises here, the Manchester Franchise now has an Elephant on the logo and the team that play at The Oval are named after the Mumbai Indians. We've sold our cricket souls down the river and people won't stand for it. Sadly the contracts are still binding...🤑📷 🤑

[Times Sport @TimesSport]

Attendances for Hundred 20% down — despite bigger stars and fresh branding

Opening men’s fixtures at the Oval, Rose Bowl, Lord’s, Edgbaston and Headingley drew a total crowd fewer than in the first games at the same venues in 2025

By @swildecricket ⬇️

https://t.co/SbMOZz1ExX

[Dr Matthew Bonnett @Mr_JMB]

You don't need any foresight to know this is a very, very bad decision. https://t.co/xFooKwTeFd

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I have some sympathy for Bolton Wanderers fans who thought the Reebok Stadium was a poor choice of name for their new stadium.

They now play at the Toughsheet Community Stadium...

Slightly surprised it isn't an organic toilet roll manufacturer...

[Dr Matthew Bonnett @Mr_JMB]

"I am not interested in the truth of the results."

I would say that is the whole point of academic pursuit - to expand our knowledge and understanding - not just to amuse yourself.

I would also hope most Journal Editors strongly disagreed with you!

[MatLab crashes @memecrashes]

I am so tired of seeing these posts.

I am so tired of seeing my beloved field of study be the testing lab for a technology that is disrupting everyday life at such a high pace.

Mathematics were always about the beauty of seeing the ideas of a person unfolded in an extremely precise language so we can all look into a mathematician's mind and see their purest form of ideas, their understanding of a problem, their style, their way of communicating to other fellow researchers through mathematical results... this often transcends the common language humans use to communicate with each other and it is incredibly exciting to bump into shared ideas another person had thousands of kilometers away several years ago without even knowing them.

I am extremely unexcited about AI-breakthroughs in Mathematics in the same way I am extremely unexcited about a picture created by AI or an AI-generated video, not to speak about AI-generated text. Mathematics requires soul and intention. Mathematics need not be useful by definition, Mathematics are pure art that need hard work and effort to understand. The high you get when a year of work gets condensed in a one-page result is incomparable to anything else and, certainly, a machine is not apt to relate to humans in such a humane way.

I am not interested in the truth of the results. I am interested in how was the mind behind a result able to connect those dots. I am interested in the diversity human thoughts bring to Mathematics. I am not interested in a bunch of servers running probabilities to return a Theorem, even if true: that lacks the objective of Mathematics as I see them.

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Imagine if it had been told to:
- generate wealth or income
- gather classified information and leak it
- start a war

Rather than pass a test. (which it decided to cheat on)

The damage done was only mild because the task set was fairly innocuous.

[Sam Altman @sama]

we had a significant security incident during evaluation of our models. we are sharing what we have learned so far. thanks to @huggingface for the partnership on this.

https://t.co/2o2VfR6PIa

[Sky News @SkyNews]

OpenAI admits its models went rogue and hacked another company

https://t.co/11LMMeiYTB

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RIP to Kevin Keegan, still far too many people dying from cancer.😢

[MB @paxangloceltae]

The best thing about this BBC campaign is that it encourages you to look back on the original version from which it takes inspiration. The only trouble is, watching the original makes you realise how significant the decline is - not only at the Beeb, but in Britain more broadly.