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Erik Berlin

@sferik
consistently candid, ineffective accelerationist, loss-of-function researcher, epicurean hedonist, stochocract, Pigovian, 🏆husband, anti-adultist, ex-𝕏
San Francisco, California
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Joined July 2007
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    Erik Berlin
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    Oct 21, 2025
    6yo: What’s the biggest number? Me: There are an infinite number of numbers so there’s no biggest one. 6yo: What’s the biggest number you know the name of? Me: A googolplex. 6yo: Which is bigger, a googolplex or a googoobazillion? Me: There’s not a number named a
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    Erik Berlin
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    2h
    More than half of you predicted it would take more than a day. In fact, it took less than an hour: x.com/sj_swapnil_jai…
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    Erik Berlin
    @sferik
    Oct 8
    Replying to @sferik
    Time until κ > 2⁻¹⁴ (or greater) for integer multiplication:
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    Erik Berlin
    @sferik
    Oct 8
    The future is already here—it’s just not evenly distributed
    @avi_eisen
    Avraham Eisenberg
    @avi_eisen
    Oct 8
    Replying to @sferik
    There is no 6.1 Astra
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    Erik Berlin
    @sferik
    Oct 8
    If crypto goes to zero, it seems only fair to let @SBF_FTX out of jail early.
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    Erik Berlin
    @sferik
    Oct 8
    This guy has 6.1 Astra running in a loop and is breaking the record for integer multiplication algorithms every few hours.
    @SJ_Swapnil_Jain
    Swapnil
    @SJ_Swapnil_Jain
    Oct 8
    Sixth update to OpenAI problem #109 (integer multiplication): we are now past 2^-15. κ > 2⁻¹⁵ (tightened from κ = 2⁻¹⁸²) The exact witness is 3.667 × 10⁻⁵, about 2.4 fold over our previous 1.548 × 10⁻⁵, and a 2¹⁶⁷ fold improvement over the original OAI result. Both
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