Misha

Scholar, biologist

[Pedro Domingos @pmddomingos]

Before the AI boom is over, we in science have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get tech companies to blow millions on solving scientific problems they couldn’t care less about. Let’s not waste it. Hey OpenAI, rumor has it Anthropic is on the verge of cracking P = NP.

[Misha @mishamonahov]

@constantinoff Так наоборот же — не от глупости, а ради простоти. Чем менше лишнего, тем легче писате и читате, особенно детиам. Ето не «доебалис до мишеи», а здравии смисл: убрате то, что давно ничего не значит. Иазик от етого толко вииграет.

[Misha @mishamonahov]

Заметили, сколко в нашем алфавите лишних букв? Половину можно убрате — и все останетсиа пониатно. Писате станет проше, учите детеи легче, клавиатура — компактнее. Всио простое живиот долше. Может, пора?

[Misha @mishamonahov]

European languages have only one arrow, Asian languages - multiple arrows. Russian is like Romance, but with unclear/hidden transition from start to finish.

[Obadiah @carr0tsalad]

Thinking about it again

[Misha @mishamonahov]

@horacejuvenal really? what is gonna happen to treasury bonds?

[The Transmitter @_TheTransmitter]

AI may soon enable researchers to generate high-quality science at a previously unimaginable speed. The effects for researchers will be as disruptive as industrial mass production was for artisan manufacturers, writes @kennethd_harris.
https://t.co/bSkVpJCXyT

[Misha @mishamonahov]

Chatgpt makes everything complicated but finds correct solutions:
teta = arccos(1-x^2/25)
10*sin(22.5deg - teta/4) = sqrt(x^2+(5-2x)^2)
find x
https://t.co/c13zhgxib3

[Misha @mishamonahov]

One of these solutions is clearly better than the others. The one with more uniform pattern!

Bertrand's Paradox (with 3blue1brown) - Numberphile https://t.co/WZQSyzEKxQ via @YouTube

[Misha @mishamonahov]

@MonosovLab You are right, I should have read more before posting this. 2024 paper has much better design. It's just too much to read! (Replying here because I can't DM you without Premium account.)

[Misha @mishamonahov]

Does this subjective value of information (SVOI) really exist? The first reference cited as evidence (Wyckoff 1952) is about rats checking color of a card (white vs black) and then running for reward if the card is white. Clearly card color info has value (non-subjective).

[monosov_lab @MonosovLab]

New beautiful normative/theory paper from Ethan Bromberg-Martin with Josh Merel

Why are we curious? What is the origin of our non instrumental seeming information preference?

https://t.co/Rc3htynYNx

[Misha @mishamonahov]

2/2 ... moral indignation when someone joins shorter line.

[Misha @mishamonahov]

In this 'deli' your are supposed to join one of two parallel lines leading to the same counter, where people from two lines take turns to order. The purpose is efficient use of limited space. You don't know the rules and join longest line instead of shortest. Then you feel 1/2

[memetic_sisyphus @memeticsisyphus]

You’re standing in a long line at the deli. A guy walks in behind you, shifts to your left to walk next to the line and slides in front of the guy several people ahead of you. An urban planner reminds you that really is the most efficient way of managing a line.

[Misha @mishamonahov]

@Dani6CBP__ creative mapping!

[Misha @mishamonahov]

Super counterintuitive, but it is true. (easier to see with an alphabet consisting of only 3 letter A, B, C, and sequences being ABC vs ABA).

[Gro-Tsen @gro_tsen]

Surprising math fact of the day: a monkey is hitting keys at random (uniformly, independently & at constant speed) on a keyboard. The expected value of the time T₁ it takes to type “abracadabra” is greater than the expected value of the time T₂ it takes to type “abracadabrz”.

[Misha @mishamonahov]

Лучше чем было, но всё равно роботы нереально заторможенные. Если coding assistant это как савант который к вашим услугам, то здесь какие-то инвалиды.

[Physical Intelligence @physical_int]

Our newest model, π0.7, has some interesting emergent capabilities: it can control a new robot to fold shirts for which we had no shirt folding data, figure out how to use an appliance with language-based coaching, and perform a wide range of dexterous tasks all in one model!

[annie @_annieversary]

what the Fuck https://t.co/jSWRRiEBQ5

[Misha @mishamonahov]

"Я ничего не делал, я просто нажал ОК!"

[taoki @justalexoki]

You're absolutely right—that was a childrens hospital!

[Misha @mishamonahov]

ещё хорошо если бы музыка играла во время этих пауз

[Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. @ParikPatelCFA]

Anthropic is currently valued at $350

It could be worth $700 billion if they showed ads in your terminal while the agent is coding

[Horace Juvenal @horacejuvenal]

AI correlation hunters be like

[Andrew Côté @Andercot]

A realistic picture of how closely packed molecules are inside a synapse of a nerve cell.