Claim: gpt-5-pro can prove new interesting mathematics. Proof: I took a convex optimization paper with a clean open problem in it and asked gpt-5-pro to work on it. It proved a better bound than what is in the paper, and I checked the proof it's correct. Details below.

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Understanding The Virtue of Complexity SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Here's an interesting approximation for the number 8

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Full article: The Disappearing Edge: AI, Machine Learning, and the Future of the Discretionary Portfolio Manager tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Simplified: A Closer Look at the Virtue of Complexity in Return Prediction SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

The Limited Virtue of Complexity in a Noisy World SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

This is absolutely insane: There are now $40 BILLION worth of US data centers under construction, up +400% since 2022. For the first time in history, the value of US data centers under construction will soon EXCEED office buildings. This is a historic shift. (a thread)

Für Fortschritte in der Mathematik braucht es Kreativität, vielleicht sogar Genie. Im Moment scheitert KI daran. Wie lange noch? nzz.ch/wissenschaft/f…

London Has Fallen 🚨 London's IPO market plunges to its worst level in AT LEAST 30 years 📉

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Busy Beaver Hunters Reach Numbers That Overwhelm Ordinary Math quantamagazine.org/busy-beaver-hu… via Quanta Magazine

Remember, it's all the same trade... More Debt ---> Easy Money (Inflate Your Way Out) ---> Currency Debasement ---> Asset Price Inflation

Equity Market Focus: Subjective Expected Returns bit.ly/3JsnSf8

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Intel, TikTok, and a US Sovereign Wealth Fund: What It Means for Investors wp.me/p1SgTN-vNW via CFA Institute Research and Policy Center

BlackRock Study Tests AI Agents for Stock Picks ai-street.co/p/blackrock-te…

Dynamic Asset Allocation with Reinforcement Learning SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…