Arvind has died(news.mit.edu)

231 points by bookofjoe 2 years ago | 51 comments

AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study(law.stanford.edu)

379 points by berlianta 5 months ago | 327 comments

Stanford Law School press release on a blind study where law professors preferred AI-generated answers to student legal questions over answers written by fellow professors.

AI may be making us think and write more alike(dornsife.usc.edu)

190 points by giuliomagnifico 7 months ago | 186 comments

Students give Gilbert Strang a standing ovation after his last lecture(boston.com)

167 points by paulpauper 3 years ago | 31 comments

Homage to Alexander Grothendieck(igrothendieck.org)

84 points by jjgreen 2 years ago | 6 comments

Heavy TV watching associated with smaller brain structures, study finds(dornsife.usc.edu)

76 points by mashally 3 months ago | 38 comments

William Nordhaus has died(news.yale.edu)

66 points by ilreb 13 days ago | 22 comments

Yale News obituary for William Nordhaus, the Nobel-winning Yale economist who integrated climate change into macroeconomics, who died at 85.

Daniel Kahneman has died(washingtonpost.com)

931 points by mrjaeger 2 years ago | 285 comments

Washington Post obituary reporting the death of Daniel Kahneman, Nobel-winning psychologist and pioneer of behavioral economics.

Daniel Ellsberg has died(nytimes.com)

735 points by lgvln 3 years ago | 216 comments

New York Times obituary for Daniel Ellsberg (1931-2023), the whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers.

Charlie Munger has died(berkshirehathaway.com)

1358 points by mfiguiere 3 years ago | 348 comments

Berkshire Hathaway press release PDF dated November 28, 2023 announcing the death of vice chairman Charlie Munger.

Michael Rabin has died(en.wikipedia.org)

402 points by tkhattra 7 months ago | 82 comments

Wikipedia biography of Michael O. Rabin, Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, 1976 Turing Award co-recipient, who died April 14, 2026.

Carnegie Mellon University Announces Historic $3B Gift from Ken Griffin(cmu.edu)

27 points by Guyadou 1 month ago | 22 comments

Carnegie Mellon University news announcement of a $3 billion gift from Citadel founder Ken Griffin, described as pioneering a new model.