My posts last week created a lot of unnecessary confusion*, so today I would like to do a deep dive on one example to explain why I was so excited. In short, it’s not about AIs discovering new results on their own, but rather how tools like GPT-5 can help researchers navigate, connect, and understand our existing body of knowledge in ways that were... See more

Most do not know that computers were invented initially to show that mathematics is inconsistent and incomplete. It was a profoundly blackpilling moment for lots of mathematicians. The story starts with David Hilbert, a German mathematician, who was insanely jazzed about the future of mathematics. In 1900, at the... See more

Can Deep Research automate the work of research assistants? I compared OpenAI and Google Deep Research for assistance with an upcoming project. In the process, I realized what Deep Research is great at, where it fails, and why commentators have such diverging views on it. 🧵 https://t.co/ATrQcV0r74