Daniel Litt

@littmath

Assistant professor (of mathematics) at the University of Toronto, visiting Harvard Fall 2026. Forever confused. Algebraic geometry, number theory, etc. He/him.

Toronto, Ontario

daniellitt.com

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Daniel Litt
@littmath
Jan 14
New paper with Josh Lam, about which I'm really excited! I want to try to briefly explain what the point is in this thread.
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Daniel Litt
@littmath
18h
On slop: I think it’s fine to post pdfs of whatever quality (either AI generated or not) to the internet, with the understanding that people might judge you by their contents. If you represent them as your work you should at minimum understand those contents and be prepared to
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Daniel Litt
@littmath
Sep 17
RTing because it’s an interesting response to my essay! I very strongly disagree with the title—long live math.
doomslide
@doomslide
Sep 17
I wrote an essay about the imminent death of all science. Go read it, it's fun! doomslide.substack.com/p/mathematics-…
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Daniel Litt
@littmath
Sep 15
When I was editing that essay I read for I think the first time the full context for Hilbert's "we must know -- we will know" quote. Very fitting for the present moment as well: 'We must not believe those, who today, with philosophical bearing and deliberative tone, prophesy the
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Daniel Litt
@littmath
Sep 14
I've written an essay on how I think the mathematics profession should adapt to highly capable AI systems. It's hosted here on "Proofs and Prompts": proofsandprompts.com/2026/09/14/a-b… though you should also feel free to complain/comment on my website here: daniellitt.com/blog/2026/9/13…
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A beginning for mathematics
Daniel Litt, professor at the University of Toronto Three years ago, AI systems could not reliably add two numbers. A year ago, internal models at OpenAI and DeepMind received the equivalent of a g…
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