Mathematical secrets of ancient tablet unlocked after nearly a century of study (2017)(theguardian.com)

51 points by surement 1 year ago | 39 comments

Gilgamesh by Simon Armitage review – an ancient epic is brilliantly translated(theguardian.com)

176 points by benbreen 17 days ago | 53 comments

Guardian review of Simon Armitage's new verse translation of the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, praising it as a visceral tour de force.

Contents of Charles Darwin's entire personal library revealed for first time(theguardian.com)

68 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 12 comments

London Mayor Blocks Palantir(theguardian.com)

103 points by ZiiS 5 months ago | 19 comments

M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker(theguardian.com)

130 points by sorokod 3 days ago | 102 comments

Guardian news article reporting that M John Harrison won the 2026 Booker prize for The End of Everything, the first science fiction author to do so.

George Orwell and me: Richard Blair on life with his extraordinary father(theguardian.com)

58 points by lermontov 1 year ago | 12 comments

GPT-5.2 derives a new result in theoretical physics(openai.com)

545 points by davidbarker 9 months ago | 369 comments

OpenAI post announcing that GPT-5.2 derived a new result in theoretical physics; the captured page shows only a loading logo.

Mathematicians Are Like Luddites(alok.blog)

10 points by ilreb 3 days ago | 0 comments

Blog essay comparing mathematicians facing AI automation of proofs to the Luddite weavers displaced by mechanized looms, with etymology and history.

AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)

524 points by rzk 3 months ago | 452 comments

A Substack essay by Davide Piffer arguing that AI's edge over mathematicians comes from a vast symbolic working memory rather than superior reasoning.

Coding is not solved(blog.alexewerlof.com)

458 points by firstSpeaker 1 month ago | 459 comments

Alex Ewerlöf's opinion essay arguing that AI and LLM coding tools have not solved software coding, drawing on his experience building AI systems.

AI Can Write More of the Code. We Still Have to Engineer the System(picon.dev)

36 points by devpicon 11 days ago | 9 comments

Essay by Armando Picón arguing that while AI agents can write more code, engineers must still own decisions, context, verification, and acceptance.

Thoughts on thinking(dcurt.is)

588 points by bradgessler 1 year ago | 367 comments

Dustin Curtis's blog essay reflecting on how AI and LLMs have made his own writing, coding, and creative thinking feel pointless.