oh54321

[Question] How op­ti­mistic should we be about AI figur­ing out how to in­ter­pret it­self?

[Question] What one pa­per would you show to some­one to get them ex­cited about your field?

[Question] Re­quest for nice ques­tions to think about while try­ing to sleep

• oh54321 21 Mar 2022 1:56 UTC

  1 point

  in reply to: oh54321’s comment on: What are the best el­e­men­tary math prob­lems you know?

  My University has a problem sheet question that presents the first problem in a nice way that feels more real-worldy

  

• oh54321 21 Mar 2022 1:53 UTC

  3 points

  on: What are the best el­e­men­tary math prob­lems you know?

  Prove or disprove the existence of random variables X_n so that the expected value of X_n goes to infinity as n goes to infinity but X_n goes to 0 almost surely (maybe not as much of a problem, but a pretty useful thing to think about for people who use EV calculations to make decisions).

  Find the number of ways to tile a 1000 by 1000 grid with white and black tiles so each tile is adjacent to exactly two tiles of the same color.

  First is much easier than 2nd.

• oh54321 15 Sep 2021 3:02 UTC

  1 point

  on: Is there a bee­minder with­out the pun­ish­ment?

  This might not directly answer your question, but I’ve read a blog post that advocated for using a similar system but if you didn’t complete your goals you would instead donate the money to charity as a “punishment”, which might be a solution if you’re altruistic. Although you would still need to track your goals yourself; I don’t think there’s currently an app for this.