Sendhil Mullainathan
sendhil.bsky.social
Sendhil Mullainathan
@sendhil.bsky.social

Sendhil Mullainathan is an American professor of economics and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Really excited about this paper. Part of our continued efforts to make sense of what ML models are and aren’t doing.
Can an AI model predict perfectly and still have a terrible world model?

What would that even mean?

Our new ICML paper (poster tomorrow!) formalizes these questions.

One result tells the story: A transformer trained on 10M solar systems nails planetary orbits. But it botches gravitational laws 🧵
Can an AI model predict perfectly and still have a terrible world model?

What would that even mean?

Our new ICML paper (poster tomorrow!) formalizes these questions.

One result tells the story: A transformer trained on 10M solar systems nails planetary orbits. But it botches gravitational laws 🧵

Honest people don’t lie. Or do they? Liars aren’t honest. Or are they?
One puzzling conundrum in contemporary politics is that politicians who seem to be estranged from facts and evidence are nonetheless considered honest by their followers.
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First was #SSAC day 2 w/sessions on basketball analytics (@deepakmalhotra.bsky.social, S Bird, E Wasch, M Zarren, D Morey), NFL front office (L Horton, @scottpioli51.bsky.social, K Demoff, @espnbillc.bsky.social), & AI (@sendhil.bsky.social, @pablo.show, Morey) www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG1A... (2/5)
SSAC25: Main Stage: Day 2
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An incredible opportunity for the right person:

The Santa Fe Institute is seeking applications for full-time resident faculty positions at all academic levels

For me, this has been the best possible job ever.

More info here: santafe.edu/about/jobs/r...
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