Comment by tptacek
1 day ago
The introduction to this piece was easy to follow, but as soon as he got into recapitulating it with algebra he lost me (because I'm bad at math). But he includes the GPT5 prompts for his conversation, which are easier to follow:
https://chatgpt.com/share/6a5fdc7a-d6f8-83e8-bbea-8deb42cfed...
Also note the timestamp: he started working on this thread a few hours after the tweet.
> Clearly one can get from Theorem 3 to Theorem 2 by composing with the isomorphism {X \cong {\bf C}^3} and using the previously mentioned fact that local injectivity implies non-zero constant Jacobian.
I mean, clearly, right?
You and me both, pal.
I like how he goes one-on-one with it like Gandalf fighting Yoda on fifteen planes at once for 80% of the transcript, and then we read "OK, I've activated Pro."
> I'm bad at math ... he includes the GPT5 prompts for his conversation, which are easier to follow
You were kidding, right?
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A news aggregator is a community above all. Upvoting content that you may not personally be interested in but will attract the right people is a net benefit for the community[1].
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People are upvoting this because Tao is a celebrity.
I'm upvoting this because it's interesting. I don't have to fully understand something to find it interesting.
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He’s famous, but I don’t believe he is a celebrity, as he is not famous for his persona.
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