Archive - Silicon Reckoner

Artificial Intelligence and Inherent Mathematical Difficulty (summary)

A guest post by Walter Dean and Alberto Naibo

Jun 22 •

Missed opportunities

…you know, regulated, ethical, human-centered AI, by responsible companies who we can trust, does have enormous potential.

Jun 8 •

May 2025

Late request for suggestions

Meeting in a few hours!!

May 15 •

Quanta disappoints yet again

But you can complain!

May 14 •

April 2025

My benchmark, first two questions

Warning: this post contains mathematics

Apr 23 •

A Silicon Valley plan to "fix" universities

Higher education under the venture capitalist "entrepreneurial lens"

Apr 6 •

March 2025

Message by a political prisoner on his birthday

Lena Gorban, the wife of the mathematician Azat Miftakhov’s, has requested that mathematicians post this message on Azat’s birthday, which is March 21.

Mar 21 •

Mechanization of mathematics: who decides?

Slideshow of the presentation at JMM 2025

Mar 12 •

4:45

February 2025

Two quick updates on AI licensing and copyright

Cambridge University Press announcement, and UK plans

Feb 24 •

Words to leave out of your NSF proposal

"Inequalities," "inclusion," etc. to be expunged from mathematics

Feb 12 •

UPDATE: Cambridge University Press now invites authors of math books to "opt in"

With reflections on contracts, confidentiality, and disclosure

Feb 4 •

Cambridge University Press encourages its authors to "opt in" to GenAI licensing

You may not have the right to read this

Feb 1 •

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