DJ Ierardi
djierardi.bsky.social
DJ Ierardi
@djierardi.bsky.social
HPC, primarily for computational chemistry @ DEShawResearch for Anton ASIC design/devel, v[123].
Prev: Tanner EDA (later Mentor Graphics, Siemens); Disney.
USC CS prof.
Edu: Yale, Rochester, Cornell, Princeton.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasierardi
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You’ve probably heard about how AI/LLMs can solve Math Olympiad problems ( deepmind.google/discover/blo... ).

So naturally, some people put it to the test — hours after the 2025 US Math Olympiad problems were released.

The result: They all sucked!
March 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Cancer research is going to disappear in the US because apparently no one in US leadership ever took a biology class. “DOGE found $8 million grant to make mice transgender. This is real.”

- Donald Trump, talking about transgenic mice to the world

www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
Trump baffles with bizarre comment about 'transgender mice' in Congress speech
Donald Trump baffled viewers of his congressional address when he discussed the $8 million he said he and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had found for "making mice transgender"
www.irishstar.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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For those who not know the “concerning” joke here: It’s what Elon always uses when he is tweeting horrible nonsense
December 23, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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The Dems have an opportunity here:

If Trump insists on raising the debt ceiling limit, they should make it *permanent*, i.e., abolish the debt limit. If he doesn't want to do that now, then he can sweat it out in the Spring.
December 19, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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DiffDock, a new diffusion-based ligand docking program, made s big splash earlier this year. But it’s apparently not all it’s claimed to be:
Computational Care
www.science.org
December 6, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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To hear OpenAI tell it, its newest AI models will augur a new era of the AI revolution. Are they magic or a sleight of hand, and does it matter? I've spent months reporting on these "reasoning" bots and the startup's entire approach to erecting superintelligence:

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The GPT Era Is Already Ending
Something has shifted at OpenAI.
www.theatlantic.com
December 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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*AI for Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science*, a workshop hosted jointly by the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing and the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute, will be held in Berkeley at April 7-11, 2025.

simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/si...
Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing and SLMath Joint Workshop: AI for Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
This is an exciting time for mathematics, as new technologies for mathematical reasoning provide novel opportunities for mathematical research, communication, and discovery. Mathlib, a library of form...
simons.berkeley.edu
December 2, 2024 at 10:08 PM