The Trough

Where the slop goes. Notes, write-ups and a seminar on what language models are doing to mathematics.

This Week in Slop

A seminar at TU Berlin. Each session, someone presents one of the latest ‘huge mathematical developments’ in an area close to our hearts, and we work out what has actually been done.

When and where: to be announced.

Posts

  • 31 Oct 2026 Mathematical monasteries My own small steps towards independence from the AI companies, and why mathematicians should start organising.
  • 12 Oct 2026 Buying chalk from BAE Systems I'm running a language model on my laptop, with only 16GB of memory, and it's fine.