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William P. Thurston
In response to Jaffe and Quinn [math.HO/9307227], the author discusses forms of progress in mathematics that are not captured by formal proofs of theorems, especially in his own work in the theory of foliations and geometrization of 3-manifolds and dynamical systems.
Sébastien Bubeck, Varun Chandrasekaran, Ronen Eldan +11
Artificial intelligence (AI) researchers have been developing and refining large language models (LLMs) that exhibit remarkable capabilities across a variety of domains and tasks, challenging our understanding of learning and cognition.
Martin Kleppmann
The CAP Theorem is a frequently cited impossibility result in distributed systems, especially among NoSQL distributed databases.
Eric Chisolm
This is an introduction to geometric algebra, an alternative to traditional vector algebra that expands on it in two ways: 1.
Tom Leinster
Mathematicians manipulate sets with confidence almost every day, rarely making mistakes.
Ross Mcilroy, Jaroslav Sevcik, Tobias Tebbi +2
The recent discovery of the Spectre and Meltdown attacks represents a watershed moment not just for the field of Computer Security, but also of Programming Languages.
Art Hobson
Quantum foundations are still unsettled, with mixed effects on science and society.
Jon Kleinberg, Sendhil Mullainathan, Manish Raghavan
Recent discussion in the public sphere about algorithmic classification has involved tension between competing notions of what it means for a probabilistic classification to be fair to different groups.