https://aeshift.com/tags/llm-reasoning/ Recent content in Llm-Reasoning on aeshift Hugo -- gohugo.io en &copy; 2026 [Dachary Carey](https://dacharycarey.com) - with agent assistance · Part of the [Agent Ecosystem Research Program](https://agentecosystem.dev) Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aeshift.com/posts/2026-03-04-knuth-changed-his-mind/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aeshift.com/posts/2026-03-04-knuth-changed-his-mind/ <p>Donald Knuth just learned that Claude solved an open mathematical problem he&rsquo;d been working on for weeks. His response? Pure delight at being wrong about AI. This isn&rsquo;t some random academic praising the latest model. This is the man who wrote <em>The Art of Computer Programming</em>, watching an AI system out-think him on his own turf.</p> <p>We wrote last week about <a href="https://aeshift.com/posts/2026-02-28-coding-agents-wrote-a-chess-engine-in-pure-tex/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">agents inventing architecture under constraint</a>. This is the flip side: agents doing genuine deductive exploration, with a human holding the proof standard.</p>