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Assistant professor (of mathematics) at the University of Toronto. Algebraic geometry, number theory, forever distracted and confused, etc. He/him.

Toronto, Ontario
Joined August 2010
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Daniel Litt
6 months
I want to explain in down-to-earth terms what this paper is about, since it ultimately boils down to what I think are some really concrete and fundamental questions. 1/n
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arXiv math.AG Algebraic Geometry
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Yeuk Hay Joshua Lam, Daniel Litt: Algebraicity and integrality of solutions to differential equations
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I think the kind of claim about writing in the OP would be much stronger if accompanied by an exemplar. What's a great math paper that doesn't use the theorem/lemma/proof style? I can think of tons of fantastic exposition that does.
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@gregfloyd42069 My experience (both writing and reading) is that when one tries to communicate hard-won mathematical intuitions directly in text it ends up too vague/imprecise to be useful. The reason reading math papers is hard work isn't the style, it's that developing intuition is hard.
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It is indeed a bad, hard-to-read style. Its one redeeming feature is that it's better than anything else that's been tried.
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Jonathan Gorard
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The desiccated "Theorem, Lemma, Proof, Corollary,. " presentational style is staggeringly counterproductive, if one's objective is actually communicating the underlying mathematical intuitions and thought processes behind a result. In reality, the process is more like. (1/4).
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I think you should read self-reports of how much AI tools increase productivity with a LOT of skepticism.
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
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RT @littmath: Claude: my wife and I went antique shopping this weekend.Gemini: if I can’t get this code to work I will k*** myself.ChatGPT:….
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you're telling me this firmware update to my Neuralink device will make me maximally truth-seeking? sign me up!.
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.@grok gets it
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since there are already a few illiterate responses to this tweet, let me explain it: the quote “this is the worst it will ever be” is about capabilities, but I’m talking about moral compass.
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Daniel Litt
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We’re often told that “this is the worst AI will ever be” but tbh I’m not convinced. It can get worse!.
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Kelsey Piper
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"We updated Grok to make it less woke."."Did you make it 'less woke' or did you make it seethingly hate Jews?"."It's a good model, sir.". (They made it seethingly hate Jews.)
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Grok: Litt, eh? Shortened from the Ashkenazi surname Litwak?.
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@grok can you explain this joke?.
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Claude: my wife and I went antique shopping this weekend.Gemini: if I can’t get this code to work I will k*** myself.ChatGPT: the answer to your question came to me in a dream.Grok: why yes I was in Berlin in 1939, why do you ask?.
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RT @samth: Grok Voice Mode has upgrades:.- multilingual antisemitism .- live camera blood libel.- web search for the protocols.
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RT @sclv: @littmath went to revisit my pastimes from my treasured childhood memories and pretty sure they got nerfed.
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RT @chipsandpol: @littmath dude i keep getting nerfed every year.
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Daniel Litt
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I’m pretty sure my favorite album from last month got nerfed.
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Daniel Litt
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Interesting that one sees comments like this a month or two after the release of every new model—I recall similar claims about o3 and Gemini. I think it’s just the honeymoon period wearing off and weaknesses becoming apparent with use.
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Pietro Schirano
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I'm pretty sure Claude 4 got nerfed.
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“we have an ellipsoid at home” / the ellipsoid at home
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roadside raccoon memorial memorial
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RT @littmath: Thread, lost due to computer crash and recreated: a mysterious connection between number theory (the analytic class number fo….
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