Tyler Jarvis
@tylerjarvis.bsky.social
* Director of BYU Applied and Computational Mathematics (ACME)
* Author of SIAM Foundations of Applied Mathematics Textbooks
* AI/ML in healthcare
* Mathematical foundations of AI
math.byu.edu/~jarvis
* Author of SIAM Foundations of Applied Mathematics Textbooks
* AI/ML in healthcare
* Mathematical foundations of AI
math.byu.edu/~jarvis
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Not much: open.substack.com/pub/grimoire...
No, Conscientiousness Hasn't Collapsed Among Young People in Recent Years
How the Financial Times created a misleading meme and contributed to the firehose of nonsense on screen panic
open.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Not much: open.substack.com/pub/grimoire...
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You WILLL NOT guess what this is about. But I encourage you to try before clicking through for the answer. www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/s/X...
July 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
You WILLL NOT guess what this is about. But I encourage you to try before clicking through for the answer. www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/s/X...
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No longer a hypothetical question: What would happen if a bunch of hype-loving investors who didn’t really understand the nuts and bolts of AI took over the world?
February 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
No longer a hypothetical question: What would happen if a bunch of hype-loving investors who didn’t really understand the nuts and bolts of AI took over the world?
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Sometimes when building a minimal reprex for a bug, you discover that you were the bug all along. I assume this is what Kafka was on about.
January 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Sometimes when building a minimal reprex for a bug, you discover that you were the bug all along. I assume this is what Kafka was on about.
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Just posting this picture of an iron lung at University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, for no particular reason.
Jonas Salk was pretty dope.
#VaccinesSaveLives
Jonas Salk was pretty dope.
#VaccinesSaveLives
January 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Just posting this picture of an iron lung at University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, for no particular reason.
Jonas Salk was pretty dope.
#VaccinesSaveLives
Jonas Salk was pretty dope.
#VaccinesSaveLives
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
January 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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When I was a young man there were whispered rumors among the elders that they could remember their own elders talking about a time when getting grants had been a means for doing science, rather than vice versa.
January 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
When I was a young man there were whispered rumors among the elders that they could remember their own elders talking about a time when getting grants had been a means for doing science, rather than vice versa.
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And the conf app doesn’t work without wifi, so I’m wishing for the paper program like we’re back in the last century
January 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
And the conf app doesn’t work without wifi, so I’m wishing for the paper program like we’re back in the last century
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This is crazy. It's morally wrong, socially irresponsible, technically stupid, financially dangerous (does that tiny disclaimer saying "don't trust this!" in a tiny font going to hold up in court?). What is up at Google, have they truly given the reins of the company to an unfathomable idiot?
January 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is crazy. It's morally wrong, socially irresponsible, technically stupid, financially dangerous (does that tiny disclaimer saying "don't trust this!" in a tiny font going to hold up in court?). What is up at Google, have they truly given the reins of the company to an unfathomable idiot?
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I genuinely cannot believe Google is now showing Gemini-generated medical snippets including *drug summaries and medical advice* to treatserious health conditions.
I checked. It does. With barely a tiny disclaimer about GenAI. How can a (formerly?) trusted company be so incredibly reckless?
I checked. It does. With barely a tiny disclaimer about GenAI. How can a (formerly?) trusted company be so incredibly reckless?
January 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I genuinely cannot believe Google is now showing Gemini-generated medical snippets including *drug summaries and medical advice* to treatserious health conditions.
I checked. It does. With barely a tiny disclaimer about GenAI. How can a (formerly?) trusted company be so incredibly reckless?
I checked. It does. With barely a tiny disclaimer about GenAI. How can a (formerly?) trusted company be so incredibly reckless?
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On second thought, the internet was a mistake
Basically my view is this: right now, the vast majority of voters are getting either some or all of their political information from a giant unregulated ambient media ecosystem, which only really shows them ideas that will excite or anger them, largely free of any fact-checking
January 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
On second thought, the internet was a mistake
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Ingrid Daubechies Awarded National Medal of Science | Duke Today
today.duke.edu
January 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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how i'd learn machine learning in 2025 if i had to start from scratch:
1. find a log that i initially planned to turn into a table leg
2. make it into a puppet that can walk and talk
3. have the puppet, through a series of adventures, turn into a real boy and realize the true value of friendship
1. find a log that i initially planned to turn into a table leg
2. make it into a puppet that can walk and talk
3. have the puppet, through a series of adventures, turn into a real boy and realize the true value of friendship
January 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
how i'd learn machine learning in 2025 if i had to start from scratch:
1. find a log that i initially planned to turn into a table leg
2. make it into a puppet that can walk and talk
3. have the puppet, through a series of adventures, turn into a real boy and realize the true value of friendship
1. find a log that i initially planned to turn into a table leg
2. make it into a puppet that can walk and talk
3. have the puppet, through a series of adventures, turn into a real boy and realize the true value of friendship
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't liberate him from the terrifying prison of consciousness
January 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't liberate him from the terrifying prison of consciousness
The world is a LOT better for children than it was 50 years ago. ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...
December 29, 2024 at 10:16 PM
The world is a LOT better for children than it was 50 years ago. ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...
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The math benchmarks I want:
1. OopsBench: given a faulty proof with numbered steps, which step contains an unfixable logical flaw?
2. DunnoMath: half the problems are taken from FrontierMath, half are almost certainly unsolvable. Major points off for guessing an answer to an unsolvable problem.
1. OopsBench: given a faulty proof with numbered steps, which step contains an unfixable logical flaw?
2. DunnoMath: half the problems are taken from FrontierMath, half are almost certainly unsolvable. Major points off for guessing an answer to an unsolvable problem.
December 23, 2024 at 2:21 PM
The math benchmarks I want:
1. OopsBench: given a faulty proof with numbered steps, which step contains an unfixable logical flaw?
2. DunnoMath: half the problems are taken from FrontierMath, half are almost certainly unsolvable. Major points off for guessing an answer to an unsolvable problem.
1. OopsBench: given a faulty proof with numbered steps, which step contains an unfixable logical flaw?
2. DunnoMath: half the problems are taken from FrontierMath, half are almost certainly unsolvable. Major points off for guessing an answer to an unsolvable problem.
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New phenomenon where students show up with a chunk of ChatGPT code and say "it doesn't work" and I say, "well what did you try?" and they explain the different things they asked ChatGPT. It's pretty worrying
December 23, 2024 at 1:52 AM
New phenomenon where students show up with a chunk of ChatGPT code and say "it doesn't work" and I say, "well what did you try?" and they explain the different things they asked ChatGPT. It's pretty worrying
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I am. I am.
December 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM
I am. I am.
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Hi BlueSky math! I need the power of our community to share this! CURM has extended its deadline. Who wants money to do undergraduate research? we got it!! please please spread the word and I will be happy to answer any questions.
urmath.org/curm/
urmath.org/curm/
CURM
urmath.org
December 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Hi BlueSky math! I need the power of our community to share this! CURM has extended its deadline. Who wants money to do undergraduate research? we got it!! please please spread the word and I will be happy to answer any questions.
urmath.org/curm/
urmath.org/curm/