Windows On Theory

For a very long time, my favorite activity was to sit and think about mathematical questions.

As part of Mind-IL.- Israel’s Science and Academia Week (which also is around the Israeli election) there would be a special conference in honor of Michael Rabin with some fantastic lecturers.

I’ve recently been rereading Steven Levy’s “Hackers” with my daughter.

[Loosely based on a lecture I gave in the recursive conference with the same title.

[Guest post by Amir Shpilka and Irit Dinur] https://www.ias.edu/math/events/celebrating-100-years-avi-70-csdm-30 The Institute for Advanced Study’s School of Mathematics is pleased to announce a conference celebrating Avi Wigderson’s 70th birthday and ret…

[Guest post by Sam Hopkins] We invite groups of interested researchers to submit workshop proposals for FOCS 2026 by July 31, 2026.

This is a linkpost for my Harvard Crimson op-ed for its commencement issue.

Here is a quick overview of my intuitions on where we are with AI safety in early 2026: So far, we continue to see exponential improvements in capabilities.

[These are my own opinions, and not representing OpenAI.

[Guest post by Salil Vadhan; Boaz’s note: I am thrilled to see this award.