Model Evaluation and Threat Research is an AI research charity that looks into the threat of AI agents! That sounds a bit AI doomsday cult, and they take funding from the AI doomsday cult organisat…
This is such a wild example to me because sitting at beach is extremely boring and takes forever whereas doing calculus is at least engaging so time flies reasonably quick.
Like when I think what takes the longest in my life I don’t think “those times when I’m actively solving problems”, I think “those times I sit in a waiting room at the doctors with nothing to do” or “commuting, ditto”.
This is such a wild example to me because sitting at beach is extremely boring and takes forever whereas doing calculus is at least engaging so time flies reasonably quick.
Like when I think what takes the longest in my life I don’t think “those times when I’m actively solving problems”, I think “those times I sit in a waiting room at the doctors with nothing to do” or “commuting, ditto”.
I know what you mean. If I’m absorbed in something I find interesting time flies. Solving integrals is not one those for me.