Russell's Paradox of ghostwriters(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

25 points by luu 2 years ago | 21 comments

I disagree with Geoff Hinton regarding "glorified autocomplete"(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

178 points by magoghm 2 years ago | 222 comments

What happened with HMOs?(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

28 points by luu 3 years ago | 31 comments

One night in Uzbekistan: Why was this one data point so influential?(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

89 points by paulpauper 2 months ago | 17 comments

What major works of literature were written after age of 85? 75? 65?(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

117 points by paulpauper 7 months ago | 81 comments

Using predictions from arbitrary models to get tighter confidence intervals(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

66 points by luu 3 years ago | 3 comments

Private equity is buying everything from vet offices to tech conglomerates(theverge.com)

482 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 312 comments

A Verge Decoder interview with prosecutor Brendan Ballou on how private equity buys companies from vet offices to tech firms, why the system is broken, and fixes.

Remote work doesn't seem to affect productivity, Fed study finds(bloomberg.com)

706 points by simula67 2 years ago | 467 comments

Bloomberg article reporting a San Francisco Fed study finding no evidence that remote work affects productivity, with about 30% of paid workdays remote at end of 2023.

The Mathocalypse(scottaaronson.blog)

361 points by 6bitquant 18 days ago | 380 comments

Scott Aaronson blog post reacting to OpenAI releasing hundreds of AI-generated math results, including a claimed proof of Khot's Unique Games Conjecture.

We need scientific dissidents(chronicle.com)

355 points by Georgelemental 3 years ago | 848 comments

Chronicle of Higher Education opinion essay arguing that the early artificial consensus on Covid's origins shows the need for scientific dissidents.

Working from home is powering productivity(imf.org)

513 points by rwmj 2 years ago | 366 comments

IMF Finance & Development magazine article by Nicholas Bloom (September 2024) arguing that working from home is boosting productivity.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.