Mathematician Daniel Litt: stop judging people by text written after June 2026
littmath · x · 2026-09-30
University of Toronto professor Daniel Litt argues that written text produced after roughly June 2026 will become an unreliable signal of ability, and suggests relying instead on job talks with serious questioning and recommendation letters based on actual conversations.
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