Epoch finds cross-domain correlation at 68% against 79% within-domain: models good at math are good at code and reasoning, and the separation between them is nearly noise. Math, Inc. turns it into a slogan — solve math, solve everything.
Tao wonders aloud whether next-word prediction is a lot of what humans do.
The other half of the issue is a self-hosted assistant that spent a night reading its owner’s email, building a CRM, fixing eighteen bugs, and sending him a picture of how it sees itself.