The camera catches maybe thirty minutes — but rarely do I get quality time with these two amazing women. I absolutely adore Allison Heinrich and @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social ✨
Autumn Phaneuf, MSE, Ph.D (h.c)
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👩🏻💻Engineering Professor 🚀Web3, DeSci, AI, Art, & MTG Enthusiast 🎙Host Breaking Math Podcast 📊 CEO of Breaking Math Media 🔬breakingmath.io 💬 hellobreakingmath@gmail.com
My dad, an Air Force vet, survived leukemia, 2 strokes, and brain surgery — now paralyzed on his left side with a long recovery ahead. He’s not home yet, and we need help covering care & upfront equipment costs before insurance catches up. Any share helps 🙏 gofund.me/bf9b9f21d
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Vivienne Ming ran D&D with Claude and Gemini as dungeon masters. Both remapped an entire world in ~30 seconds and also kept forgetting what the player character wasn't supposed to know. Check out the experiment and conversation with @profnoahgian.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
The Machine Knows Everything. It Understands Nothing.
What is "Robot Proof"?
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"AI may be the most powerful tool ever developed. It's still just a tool in our tool belt. It thinks we're just tools." — Vivienne Ming on the new episode of Breaking Math with @1autumnleaf.bsky.social and @profnoahgian.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
The Machine Knows Everything. It Understands Nothing.
What is "Robot Proof"?
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Just days after appearing on @ezraklein.bsky.social show to discuss Abundance, @marcdunkelman.bsky.social recorded an episode of @breakingmath.bsky.social with me & @1autumnleaf.bsky.social. Why would a math podcast bring on a political historian? Listen to find out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdXp...
Why Nothing Works: Marc Dunkelman on Robber Barons, Algorithms & Governing AI | Breaking Math
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Did you see our episode with @kevinhartnett.bsky.social, author of "The Proof in the Code"from @quantabooks.org We talked with him about: Leo de Moura, Mathlib, Peter Scholze, and what Lean means when AI is generating math faster than anyone can read it. breakingmath.substack.com/p/the-mathem...
The Mathematicians Who Bet Their Careers on a Microsoft Side Project
A decade ago, a small group of researchers walked away from the work they'd already built to chase an idea almost no one thought would matter. They were right.
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Check out our latest episode with @juliaangwin.com in on why journalism should work more like a mathematical proof than a pile of quotes, her latest book "On Courage," and why she may be a mathematical dissident. breakingmath.substack.com/p/can-math-s...
Can Math Save Journalism?
From Mathematician to Pulitzer Winner: Julia Angwin's Case for Journalism as Proof
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I had a blast recording this episode with @chadtopaz.bsky.social I love it when you find some quirky anecdotes from what goes on behind the scenes for social justice work and data science. @princetonupress.bsky.social
Breaking Math@breakingmath.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhat if the evidence of injustice is technically public — but practically impossible to use? We talk with @chadtopaz.bsky.social about his book "Unlocking Justice," data science, and the human stories behind the numbers. @princetonupress.bsky.social Listen now: open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
Not a single woman flying on Artemis III is a really upsetting decision.
Today, the AMS and MIT Press announce a new joint mathematics book series, POLYMATH, which will present readers with rich, accessible, and irresistible mathematics books for a general audience. #Mathematics #MathBooks #STEM #MITPRESS #AMS Read more: https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=7658
The International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS, Edinburgh) is looking for a new Director. Application deadline is July 15. Please share this information with anyone who might be interested. icms.ac.uk/icms-seeks-n...
ICMS seeks new Director - ICMS
ICMS seeks a new director as the tenure of our current Director, Minhyong Kim, comes to an end this summer.
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When Rise of the Robots came out in 2015, some people called it alarmist. Now AI writes code, drafts emails, generates media, and acts like a digital worker. We talked with Martin Ford about what changed — and what happens next. @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
The Robot Didn’t Walk Into the Office. It Logged In.
What's changed in 10 years with Martin Ford in technology
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If we ever hear from aliens, the first shared language may not be English. It may be math. @dreochapman.bsky.social joins us to talk about her latest book, "The Echoing Universe," radio astronomy, and why maths may be the universe’s best translator. breakingmath.substack.com/p/the-lemon-...
The Lemon of the Cosmos
Radio astronomy, invisible light, and the universe that passes through you — with Dr. Emma Chapman
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Sorry to interrupt your feed for ice cream instead of science.
If you studied STEM in school, what field was it and what are you doing now for a career? #academicsky #stem #science #math #mathsky #sciencesky #booksky
ChatGPT recently solved an 80-year-old math problem considered one of the most important in combinatorics. @profnoahgian.bsky.social and I chatted with @littmath.bsky.social, one of the academics #OpenAI consulted with to vet the solution on @breakingmath.bsky.social
OpenAI Just Solved an 80-Year-Old Math Problem. Should Mathematicians Be Worried?
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ChatGPT solved an 80yo math problem considered one of the most important in combinatorics. We caught up with @littmath.bsky.social to discuss what happened and what it means for mathematics. @breakingmath.bsky.social @1autumnleaf.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csf3...
OpenAI Just Solved an 80-Year-Old Math Problem. Should Mathematicians Be Worried?
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When was the last time you thought about "Huge #Numbers?" Join @1autumnleaf.bsky.social and @richardelwes.bsky.social discuss how scale can make you think about #reality. Listen now: youtu.be/4fyA_UPFgQo?...
Math Has a Limit… And We Found It (Huge Numbers Explained) with Richard Elwes
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“The Credibility Crisis in Science” is larger than we realize. Did you know that many papers are “accurate” but data is inflated by ~20%? @1autumnleaf.bsky.social and spoke with Thomas Plümper and Eric Neumayer about this. @mitpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
Do we have a credibility crisis in science?
What happens when data looks too good?
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Libraries should stay open till midnight. I don’t want to go clubbing. I just want to read books and sit in silence, feeling like the main character with a cup of tea. Maybe a blanket, too.
Indie authors don't get enough credit. No publisher backing them. No marketing team. No agent. Just them, a laptop, and a story they believe in so much they bet everything on it. That takes more guts than most people will ever have.
In this episode, @profnoahgian.bsky.social and I got to chat with Hortensia Soto, former @joinmaa.bsky.social president. She challenged the way people think about mathematics, and we get to see how interconnected it is. Also, will academia start to catch up with the tech world?
Breaking Math@breakingmath.bsky.social · 6mo agoMath isn’t just numbers. It’s people. In our latest episode, Hortensia Soto, former @joinmaa.bsky.social president, challenges the idea that math is purely abstract—and instead shows how deeply human it has always been. 🎧 Listen now ↓ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Our latest episode of the mini-series is out today! Check it out. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Breaking Math@breakingmath.bsky.social · 6mo agoDo you know that Florence Nightingale was a data-driven scientist and not just the lady with the lantern? Join @vnbateman.bsky.social and @1autumnleaf.bsky.social on this week's mini-sode for Women's History Month. Listen now: open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
I had lots of fun on the @breakingmath.bsky.social podcast talking about Huge Numbers with @1autumnleaf.bsky.social. Thanks for inviting me on!
Breaking Math@breakingmath.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhen was the last time you thought about "Huge #Numbers?" Join @1autumnleaf.bsky.social and @richardelwes.bsky.social discuss how scale can make you think about #reality. Listen now: youtu.be/4fyA_UPFgQo?...
This is what happens when I edit and write in my podcast studio.
I have been thinking about how #crypto and #AI are much more similar than we realize. Our thoughts are no longer our own. To anyone in #highered #academia and #publishing, how do we prove what is ours? This isn't our normal newsletter article. open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
The Great Memory Ledger: Why Blockchain is the Only Way to Own Your Past
We solved the problem of digital money. Now, we have to solve the problem of digital truth.
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I have been thinking about how #crypto and #AI are much more similar than we realize. Our thoughts are no longer our own. To anyone in #highered #academia and #publishing, how do we prove what is ours? This isn't our normal newsletter article. open.substack.com/pub/breaking...
The Great Memory Ledger: Why Blockchain is the Only Way to Own Your Past
We solved the problem of digital money. Now, we have to solve the problem of digital truth.
open.substack.com
Libraries should stay open till midnight. I don’t want to go clubbing. I just want to read books and sit in silence, feeling like the main character with a cup of tea. Maybe a blanket, too.
Indie authors don't get enough credit. No publisher backing them. No marketing team. No agent. Just them, a laptop, and a story they believe in so much they bet everything on it. That takes more guts than most people will ever have.