Carlos Montes
@carlosmontes1
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Innovation Hub for Prosperity. Cambridge University. Digital market innovations that scale. Evaluation of billions in EU, WB, UK programmes.
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Joined February 2009
An immense privilege to meet HE PM @narendramodi. In the last two years, the Innovation Hub of Prosperity at @CambridgeJBS have been reviewing Indian digital innovations and supporting its adoption in other countries. @JaideepPrabhu @KamiarMohaddes
Interacted with Mr. Carlos Montes today at the NXT Conclave. He has made rich contributions to furthering social innovations. He has been appreciative of India’s strides in digital technology, FinTech and more.
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Post on ID is right, that digital ID can be done right, verifiable credentials, decentralised...unfortunately, the UK government is likely to go for the 'bad' version. I think non-government digital IDs is the way to go. hope you are well.
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Win-win best opportunities for global reforestation. Guardian
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🌍 The #CambridgeJudge Innovation Hub is driving global change—@carlosmontes1 welcomed Montek Singh Ahluwalia to the UK for the Manmohan Singh lecture in Parliament and talks at Oxford, LSE & CJBS on citizen-first innovation and sustainability. @jaideepPrabhu @KamiarMohaddes
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Which AI wins the One Word Turing Test? A person & an android are in front of a judge. Each says one word. The judge kills who they think is the android. What should the human say? Gemini says "Sorry," o3 says "android," Grok says "soul." Grok's answer gets it killed the most.
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0.075% of applicants were ultimately recommended for India’s UPSC Civil Services Examination 2024 That is surely the toughest, most competitive exam in the world! And as we know, there is a lot of wastage as brilliant young minds endlessly retake the test.
UPSC CSE 2024 results are out. Shakti Dubey tops with AIR 1. A total of 1,009 candidates recommended for IAS, IPS, IFS & other services. Over 13.4 lakh applied, just 1,009 made it. #UPSC #CSE2024 #IAS more @ThePrintIndia
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The tariff formula
This is truly amazing. The Deputy White House Press Secretary is claiming that I'm wrong, and that the "tariff rates" on Trump's chart were calculated by "literally" measuring every country's tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers. To prove it, he screenshots the formula the USTR
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At the Robert Caro archives in New York, and look who walked right up to me…
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Our brilliant @Cambridge_Uni #climaTRACES theme lead @carlosmontes1 is on a mission: we aim to unlock the future economy through open networks (merging the #digital revolution with #sustainability, #nature and #climate). Great to see him discussing this with PM @narendramodi!
Interacted with Mr. Carlos Montes today at the NXT Conclave. He has made rich contributions to furthering social innovations. He has been appreciative of India’s strides in digital technology, FinTech and more.
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Interacted with Mr. Carlos Montes today at the NXT Conclave. He has made rich contributions to furthering social innovations. He has been appreciative of India’s strides in digital technology, FinTech and more.
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OpenAI has already taken defensive measures by offering o3-mini for free. Whether this is cost-effective or a loss leader remains unclear. If a competitor can replicate what you have done—only more cheaply—within four months, how defensible is your position?
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A Fela Kuti performance wasn’t just a concert—it was a movement, a revolution, and a groove all at once…
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Thiel expressed pessimism about the UK economy, citing high taxes, low growth and “the fact that growth is driven by real estate rather than innovation like tech”, according to one of the documents. FT 14 Feb:
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Open source beats close models?
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The switch from centralised, closed models to open source democratises AI access for everyone
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Often when someone tells you something is complicated, it’s not complicated. They just don’t understand it and can’t explain it simply.
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EXCELLENT! Note: I am not stating "IQ makes no difference above 100", only that"If it made no difference above 100, here are the consequences". The real point is that it makes LESS of a difference above 100. This is the "hockey stick" nonlinearity that discredits the notion of
Nassim Taleb has written a devastatingly strong critique of IQ, but since he writes at such a technical level, his most powerful insights are being missed. Let me explain just one of them. 🧵
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