Tomorrow (September 26th, Friday) is Petrov day, the day when nuclear war did not start in 1983.
Raemon in Meetup Month has a great overview of classic rationalist celebration[1] that goes over the history of humanity potentially culminating in red button being pressed.
Personally in 2025 I don't feel lack of existential terror, so I will be celebrating Petrov's day as if the button had been pressed. Some suggestions:[2]
Simulate nuclear detonation in the place where you live
Figure out what would be the safest place in your home to hide[3]
Turn on your battery-powered or dynamo radio to listen to official instructions[4]
Review nuclear preparedness guide and official local disaster
I came to similar conclusions after another geopolitical event few years ago.
I feels as if OpenAI acted as a client of Epoch AI ordering a math benchmark and that Epoch AI would not be working on it without this funding.
I also suspect that computer use/task execution benchmark EpochAI is hiring for currently (Technical Lead, Benchmarks) has the same arrangement with OpenAI.
William,
not exactly an answer to your question but BOTEC estimate for FrontierMath costs: $400k — $2M
EpochAI shared two job postings on their LinkedIn few months ago that seem relevant to FrontierMath:
Project lead compensation is $200k/year with expected contract length of 7 months: ~$100k.
Benchmark consists of about 1k problems, payment per problem is between $300 and $1k based on quality. Full-time contributors also have base rate of $2k/month with 2-4 months expected duration. Over 60 mathematicians have contributed.
Low amount assuming just project lead, minimally valued problems ($300), no full-time contractors, no overhead (e.g. taxes):
Medium amount assuming project lead, medium valued problems ($500), 10 full-time contractors working for 3 months, 30%... (read more)
