Andy Masley
@AndyMasley
When the going gets weird the weird turn pro Director of EA DC
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An advanced version of Gemini with Deep Think has officially achieved gold medal-level performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad. 🥇 It solved 5️⃣ out of 6️⃣ exceptionally difficult problems, involving algebra, combinatorics, geometry and number theory. Here’s how 🧵
The most compelling case that AI's energy use probably isn't the main thing to focus on for the climate might just be the IEA's graph of which sectors are going to drive electricity demand growth through 2030

It is a little hard to relate to people who don't kind of wish they could pause time for 20 years. There's just so much to do.
I bought these face-masks for my family. In a future pandemic they offer: • the comfort of a surgical mask (can confirm) • the protection of an N95 mask or better • can use every day for a year, so much cheaper Every adult in a rich country should own one IMO.
I think one of the most radicalizing things about listening to Peter Singer talk when I was a teenager was that he had one of the first deeply numerate views of the world I'd heard. So many other big thinkers were so surface level. Think a lot of friends felt the same.