Sunday notes #2: AI math, the Epstein emails, and why Steve Jobs wanted to buy General Motors

Brief notes from what I've been reading

Hello! I hope you enjoyed my piece this week on why GDP numbers in poor countries are untrustworthy. There’s a piece that was supposed to be published on Friday, but I held it up to add some more stuff. It’ll be coming out early this week instead. And thank you to all those who’ve subscribed in the last week—several hundred people! I hope you enjoy what I’ll be publishing going forward. This is my weekly round-up of things I’ve been reading. Friend-of-the-newsletter Alex Kesin has a new podcast called Approved, “chronicling the most significant breakthroughs in biotechnology.” The first…

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• Mathematicians in the Age of AI1footnote 11footnote 1I am grateful to Johan Commelin, Sidharth Hariharan, Bryna Kra, Emily Riehl, and Akshay Venkatesh for comments, corrections, and suggestions.arxiv.org
• expMath | DARPAdarpa.mil
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• Mathematics in the Library of Babel - Daniel Littdaniellitt.com
• A History of the Future, 2025-2040 — LessWronglesswrong.com
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