Paul Romer

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2026 Nobel Prizes for Hall and Woodford 13 Sep 2026
I’ve been very critical of “fresh-water macro-economists;” critical not just because they promoted answers to questions of great practical significance that were obviously false; harshly critical of the damage they did to foundation of scientific inquiry by using thuggish,…
Research Misconduct of AI Companies 11 Sep 2026
Yesterday, I wrote a post on the effect that Sam Altman’s dishonesty is having on mathematics. Apparently, I’m not the only one who is concerned. Today, I learned that more than 1800 mathematicians have signed a letter decrying the “research misconduct of AI companies.” You can…
Sam Altman Leads with the Lie 10 Sep 2026
Sam Altman leads with the lie. 1. The Template I noticed this pattern in his post on OpenAI’s Mar 2023 security incident. https://paulromer.net/openai-bug/ https://openai.com/index/march-20-chatgpt-outage/ His new defense of OpenAI’s mathematical claim-jumping follows the same…