What Peter Woit thinks about physics
Mathematician and Senior Lecturer in the Mathematics department at Columbia University. Author of the book Not Even Wrong and of the long-running physics blog of the same name.
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4 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Peter Woit has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsBesides the obvious larger picture about our economy and society, AI money is a significant part of the story of the ongoing disruption of the fields of mathematics and physics.
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Their wordsThis is complete nonsense, a shame that The Economist has been taken in by it.
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Their wordsI see nothing that looks like a significant new idea or any evidence this isn't a dead field.
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Our readingAI-generated junk papers risk overwhelming the hep-th physics field with worthless content.
Their wordsThe result is something completely worthless, but not obviously distinguishable from many other things on hep-th, which is in serious danger of going from something sad and unhealthy to something completely overwhelmed with crud.