Harvard Mathematician Dan Freed on What QFT Really Is — and What AI Is Doing to Math
TOEwithCurt · x · 2026-11-05
The Theories of Everything podcast interviews Harvard mathematician Dan Freed, who compares quantum field theory to the proverbial elephant — 'you never see the whole elephant,' with no single complete definition across perspectives. The episode also explores what AI is doing to mathematics and how mathematicians are engaging with these tools.
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