Category Archives: AI

HEP-TH and AI

Posted on August 16, 2026 by woit

I’ve been talking to people and seeing a lot of discussion about the effects of AI agents on math research, but haven’t found much serious discussion of what is happening in hep-th research. I’m curious to hear from those involved … Continue reading →

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Requiem for a Field?

Posted on July 26, 2026 by woit

Kevin Hartnett posted the following Friday: My profile of @Jacob_Tsimerman, published the morning he won the Fields Medal, and hours before he announced he’s going to @OpenAI, reads like a requiem for a field. While I’m trying to not spend … Continue reading →

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The First AI QFT Textbook

Posted on June 7, 2026 by woit

The first surprise of this afternoon was finally finding an informed and sensible discussion of the implications of AI agents for hep-th research, in the form of a twitter thread by stringking42069. The second was learning from the twitter thread … Continue reading →

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End of Civilization News

Posted on June 2, 2026 by woit

The big AI/math news is the release today of the Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics. It’s an excellent attempt to identify the new threats to the intellectual culture of the mathematics community and begin a discussion of what … Continue reading →

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Some Notes on AI

Posted on May 1, 2026 by woit

This posting is mainly intended to provide some links to material about AI in math and physics that I’ve found interesting. I confess that to a large degree I’m trying to avoid seriously learning about exactly what is going on, … Continue reading →

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Looks Like it is Happening…

Posted on February 24, 2026 by woit

Update: Sorry, but a commenter points out that this may just be an artifact of counting based on when most recently modified, not on original submission date. Numbers using original, not most recent, submission dates For 12/1 to 12/31 the … Continue reading →

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