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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz ("Greg Egan") wrote:

@johncarlosbaez

“For three weeks in May, the fate of the world rested on the shoulders of a corporate recruiter on the outskirts of Toronto. Allan Brooks, 47, had discovered a novel mathematical formula, one that could take down the internet and power inventions like a force-field vest and a levitation beam.

Or so he believed.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.ck8.FEwL.MLb9ajaocyTx&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare