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OpenAI's Dan Roberts: Why AI Can Now Make Discoveries - YouTube

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IREN co-CEO Dan Roberts discusses the company's evolution from Bitcoin mining into a vertically integrated, high-performance computing data center provider. The conversation covers strategies for leveraging regional renewable energy, securing grid-connected power, and adapting infrastructure to support rapidly growing AI demand. Dan guides viewers through crafting homemade mayonnaise from scratch as a versatile base. Using this, they create roasted garlic and horseradish, chili crisp, and vibrant herb-infused variations. Additionally, recipes for a smoky red pepper pesto and a fresh chimichurri are included to elevate sandwiches and daily meals.

Are we witnessing the first real signs of AI becoming a scientist? In this episode of The MAD Podcast, Matt Turck sits down with Dan Roberts, lead of the Foundations of Reinforcement Learning team at OpenAI, to explore one of the biggest shifts happening in AI: the rise of reasoning models, test-time compute, and reinforcement learning as engines of scientific discovery. Dan brings a rare perspective - from theoretical physics, black holes, quantum information, and deep learning theory - to explain how models are learning to “think,” why language may be such a powerful foundation for…

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