Who Is Konstantin Kakaes and What Does He Write About?

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Konstantin Kakaes is a science and technology journalist whose site, konstantinkakaes.com, collects his published work ("clips") on mathematics, artificial intelligence, and related science and technology topics. Most of the pieces shown on the site are written for Quanta Magazine, and the site also links to a weekly newsletter he writes for Quanta about math and AI. If you want to read his reporting, the site works as a personal archive organized by date and topic.

What konstantinkakaes.com is

The site is a personal clips archive rather than a publication of its own. Its homepage presents a dated feed of articles and posts, each with a short summary, a link to the original outlet, and category and tag labels. The visible navigation includes clips, about, and contact, so the site is also a way to find out more about the author and get in touch.

What he writes about

Based on the items listed on the site, his work clusters around a few recurring subjects:

  • Mathematics and mathematicians — profiles and explainers on figures such as John Pardon (Fields Medal) and Alexander Grothendieck, and on new foundational work in topology by Peter Scholze and Dustin Clausen.
  • AI and mathematics — coverage of how AI is changing mathematical research, including a reported claim that AI helped solve one of math's $1 million Millennium Prize Problems (the Navier–Stokes equations), which the summary notes is "not without controversy."
  • Science and technology more broadly — including a review of Open Space about satellite technology and private power over communication.
  • Podcasts — at least one entry is a conversation with Quanta's editor-in-chief, Samir Patel, about AI's effect on math.

The tags attached to these posts — Artificial Intelligence, mathematics, Quanta Magazine, Science and Technology — reflect the same focus.

His connection to Quanta Magazine

Several entries credit Quanta Magazine as the original outlet, and one announcement states he is writing a weekly newsletter on math and AI for Quanta (described as more frequent "when news merits"). So the relationship is that of a contributing writer: the site republishes or links to his Quanta work and announces new Quanta projects.

How to use the site

  • To read his work: start on the homepage feed and follow the link in each entry to the full article at its original outlet.
  • To browse by subject: use the category and tag labels attached to each post (for example, Mathematics, Computer Science and Mathematics, Podcast).
  • To learn more about him or make contact: use the about and contact pages in the navigation.

One caveat: the homepage feed shows only recent items, so it may not represent his complete body of work. For fuller background, the about page is the place to check.