Emergent structures. Engineering concealment, trust and provenance across cryptography, distributed systems and AI. @Ousia @Esoc @Infinitude

Switzerland
Joined July 2026
I am begging proof assistant critics, with tears in my eyes, to know & understand the context of this quote.
With all the leanslop coming out, we should keep this Don Knuth quote in mind: "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
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🗣️ "La littérature doit rester un espace dans lequel une âme communique avec une autre âme." @DavidDjaiz réagit au scandale qui secoue la rentrée littéraire autour de l'IA et de l'auteur Thélyson Orélien, et appelle les maisons d'édition à définir des règles claires plutôt qu'un rejet en bloc, face au flou actuel des maisons d'édition.
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There is something bizarre in the resources and energy humanity is pouring into developing--without hesitation--what is akin to another species. As if, we had deep down this instinct, like a larva ecstatic to make its cocoon.
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ploke retweeted
Someone asked what I'd do if I were 17. I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch, and then train ones as powerful as I could with whatever hardware I could get access to.
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An update on Lean (auto)-formalization. Speaking about my own research workflow, in 2026, we have gone from: March: Lean formalization is not possible (for my papers). May: Lean formalization is possible... but way too costly in time and tokens to be practical most of the time. July: Lean formalization is now practical. I can probably formalize most of my papers now before they hit arxiv. August: Lean formalization is now essential-- it increases efficiency of my workflow dramatically. That is, the papers are getting written *informally* and finished much faster because of the Lean formalization.
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This is nuts to me!!! The right side of the image is the widest shot we have of the known universe .. It's estimated to make up only 4 percent of the universe. The left side is what the entire thing may look like when extrapolated out.
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