Mathematician Danny Calegari: LLMs Mirror You Back, But Behave Better
fortnow · x · 2026-10-24
Part 5/6 of fortnow's thread on Danny Calegari's talk at UChicago's Math in the Age of AI seminar:
- "They say LLMs mirror yourself back to you. That's flattering, I think they behave better."
- Conversations with AI keep track of mistakes and dead ends, and that accumulated context has value.
- Consistent with earlier points: no one is impressed by good results anymore, and you learn better proving things on your own — learning math is the best part of math.
Related event: Mathematician: LLMs Are Mirrors That Perform Better Than You(2 posts)→
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