https://jinyansu1.github.io/blog/2026/09/my-phd-grind-1/
My PhD Grind (1): All the Friends Who Worked on Theory Have Switched to LLMs / 我的PhD Grind(1):23年申phd时认识的那群朋友至此都转了LLM
By 2026, almost every friend I met while applying for PhDs in 2023 who worked on theory had switched to LLMs. On giving up proofs for code, quiet friendships that survive years of silence, and three short years of a PhD that feel like a very long time.
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