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The first proof no human could read

A backtracking search colors a real US map with four colors while you watch — and the fifty-year-old theorem behind it asks the same question we're now asking about trusting AI. I built a small thing this week: a page that colors a map of the United States so that…

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The oracle of the second quadrant

Chao Liu has driven up and down the US East Coast — from Florida to Massachusetts — before detouring to France. His latest stop is at IFREMER, where he will continue to pretend to be a real scientist until someone finally catches on. The machine sat between the deep-fryer truck…

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