Math prof at a non-R1 uni. I blame no one but myself for my smothering mediocrity.
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Fields medallist Hugo Duminil-Copin was deeply shaken by OpenAI’s release of more than 700 AI-generated mathematical manuscripts, including work on 16 questions directly relevant to his research.
“On Tuesday night, I cried, and it woke up my daughter”
“They have annihilated my field of research.”
lemonde.fr/sciences/article/…
Prof. Goat retweeted
Universities say they’re so concerned about wealth inequality.
Apparently the solution is to pay the president over 1 million a year, give an army of administrators high six-figure salaries, and leave teenagers with the debt.
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I understand that you can’t make my meeting with the Provost, but that’s okay; you weren’t invited.
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Remember all those things the dean promised you? The provost said no. To everything.
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Quasi-RH?!?!???! Are you kidding me? If a human did this, it would be an instant Fields Medal, no questions asked.
RH says zeta has no zeros in Re(s)>1/2. The best we had until a second ago was a region that got thinner and thinner the higher up the imaginary axis you go. I thought maybe they’d fatten that up a bit, that’d be a massive breakthrough. But no. They got a zero free strip!!!! Insane
We’re releasing a broad range of new mathematical results produced by an internal frontier model.
We’ve been consulting with the independent Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence at the Institute for Advanced Study, and we have drawn on their advice and public recommendations to inform how we release these results.
github.com/openai/math
Prof. Goat retweeted
Don’t worry about the people crawling out of the manholes on campus, those are our adjuncts!
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The development office doesn’t need student callers for the capital campaign anymore. They cut the caller budget 90% by hiring state inmate labor at $2/hour.
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This is not surprising. When I taught Algebra II, the students couldn’t tell me the factors of 12.
UC-Berkeley math prof says she has to teach fractions to calculus students because standards have fallen so far trib.al/Uw6bIxo
Prof. Goat retweeted
The only people who bring up the Faculty Senate are the Faculty Senate. But everyone brings up the Dean. Clearly faculty know where the power resides.
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We noticed you haven’t responded to any of the retirement planning emails we have sent you. Do we need to send them more frequently?
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Just because we call it a promotion doesn’t mean it comes with a pay increase or better benefits. But the title is cool and you get to be in the office a lot more.
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Dear Humanities Faculty - You can root for the USA in the World Cup, but please make sure your objections to capitalism and America’s history of oppression remain front and center to your identity!
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Yes, we do care about your opinion as a graduate of the college, but we’d care even more if it came with a check. And our level of caring is tied to the size of your check!
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We aren’t firing you. We are just assigning you to teach a race & culture class and letting the board of regents do what they do best!
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Don’t shed any crocodile tears, the faculty senate was only performative. We only took faculty senate votes “under advisement” anyway.
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How intriguing. We’ve never before had a department elect to remain in receivership. (Maybe we should have psychology faculty run ALL the college departments.)
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Yes, we’ve closed three libraries — but now we have someplace for the indoor pickleball courts! Priorities, y’know!
Prof. Goat retweeted
Topology is the bedrock of modern math. But it doesn’t gel with algebra. A pair of mathematicians have proposed a new framework that eases topology’s limitations. Their work rewrites our understanding of how numbers behave. quantamagazine.org/two-resea…
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Since 1893, Princeton professors have left the room when students take their final exams. The idea was that if you treat students honorably, they would behave honorably.
In response to AI-fueled academic dishonesty, the university just ended that system. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
