| Places lived | LA, SLC, AZ, MN, NM, IL, NY, Edinburgh, London, Bonn, Tehran |
| Education | BS, Harvey Mudd; MS&PhD Courant Institute NYU, Mathematics |
| Academic Jobs | U of MN, Uni Bonn, Heriot Watt, Courant NYU, UIUC (Asst Prof), <long hiatus>, University College London (Hon Reader) |
| Finance Jobs | Lehman, Sanford Bernstein, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Citadel, Nomura, Symmetry, Exodus Point, Exos Securities |
Across the US, Elon Musk’s Boring Company shows up to pitch transport projects far below the cost of competitors. Local officials get excited and pursue them, for cost savings and to associate with Musk.
But when it has to deliver, the company disappears. https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-boring-company-tunnel-traffic-11669658396
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/parismarx/status/1597928946514874368
For Unherd @[email protected] notes that increasing ethnic diversity is one factor slowing down the secularisation of Britain - it has brought more Christians to Britain, as well as those of other minority faiths
https://unherd.com/thepost/ethnic-minorities-are-keeping-britain-christian/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/sundersays/status/1598244652951666688
Britain is fast becoming a country dominated by people who don’t affiliate with Christianity, the latest census figures reveal. Fewer than half (46%) of residents of England and Wales ticked the ‘Christian’ box in 2021, compared to 59% in 2011 and 72% in 2001. The raw number of Christians fell from 33.3 million to 27.5 [...]Read More...
today we launched ChatGPT. try talking with it here:
A reminder for no particular reason: We are (sort-of) on Mastodon https://on.ft.com/3GBwnRI
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/FTAlphaville/status/1598216149027946498
Machine learning is increasingly being used globally by governments and companies to make or recommend decisions that have far-reaching effects on individuals, organizations, and society. Join us this Thursday where we cover the ACM TPC Principles https://www.acm.org/public-policy/ustpc/hottopics/algorithmic-responsibility
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AxSaucedo/status/1597900961967935490
Algorithmic systems, often based on artificial intelligence, are increasingly being used globally by governments and companies to make or recommend decisions that have far-reaching effects on individuals, organizations, and society. While such systems hold the promise of making society more equitable, inclusive, and efficient, those results do not automatically flow from automation. Like decisions made by humans, machine-made ones can also fail to respect the rights of individuals and result in harmful discrimination and other negative effects. Join a panel of ACM experts—Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Lorena Jaume-Palasi, Jeanna Matthews, and Alejandro Saucedov—moderated by Technology Policy Council Chair Jim Hendler on Thursday 12/1 from 3–4:30pm EST for a transatlantic deep dive into the Council’s brand new Joint Statement on Principles for Responsible Algorithmic Systems and an exploration of the legal, ethical, and scientific implications of life in the new machine age.
I deplore memes but good God does this one hit the spot https://twitter.com/alifarhat79/status/1597707198486163456
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/dailydirtnap/status/1597764171869081600
Will a child only taught by AI possess actual intelligence? Or should we stick the “Artificial” in everywhere?
With generative #AI, #Amazon's Alexa can create original bedtime stories for kids
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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/richardkimphd/status/1597852828873023495
Some prominent antifascist organizers and journalists have had Twitter accounts suspended in the past week, after far-right trolls appealed to Musk to ban them (The Intercept)
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/29/elon-musk-twitter-andy-ngo-antifascist/
http://www.techmeme.com/221130/p2#a221130p2
