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July 27, 2025 • Alexander Coward
The Mathematical Crisis That Created Computation—And Why AI Faces the Same Crossroads
In 1901, Bertrand Russell wrote a letter that would shatter the foundations of mathematics. Today, as we grapple with AI systems whose behavior we cannot predict or verify, we face a remarkably parallel crisis. And the resolution, I believe, will follow a remarkably parallel path.
July 8, 2025 • Alexander Coward
Why Mathematics is at the Heart of AI Safety
Will AI bring about a new age of human flourishing—something like the Italian Renaissance? Or will these systems escape their safety constraints and turn against us? The answer depends on whether we build AI on foundations of mathematical truth.