{"id":480,"date":"2026-04-08T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/p-chang\/blog\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T09:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:20:42","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/p-chang\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"My Scattered Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&#038;display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n<style>\n.changlab-blog, .changlab-blog * { font-family: 'Inter', system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif !important; }\n.changlab-blog { max-width: 720px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 32px 16px; }\n.changlab-blog h1 { font-size: 1.8em !important; font-weight: 700 !important; margin: 0 0 4px !important; color: #1e293b; }\n.changlab-blog .changlab-blog-subtitle { font-size: 0.95em !important; color: #64748b; margin: 0 0 32px !important; }\n.changlab-blog-post { margin-bottom: 28px; padding-bottom: 28px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e2e8f0; }\n.changlab-blog-post:last-child { border-bottom: none; }\n.changlab-blog-date { font-size: 0.85em !important; color: #64748b; margin: 0 0 4px !important; }\n.changlab-blog-post h2 { font-size: 1.2em !important; font-weight: 600 !important; margin: 0 0 6px !important; line-height: 1.3 !important; }\n.changlab-blog-post h2 a { color: #1e293b !important; text-decoration: none !important; }\n.changlab-blog-post h2 a:hover { color: #0035a0 !important; }\n.changlab-blog-desc { font-size: 0.9em !important; color: #475569; margin: 0 !important; line-height: 1.5 !important; }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"changlab-blog\">\n<h1>My Scattered Thoughts<\/h1>\n<p class=\"changlab-blog-subtitle\">Musings on physics, computing, and everything in between.<\/p>\n<div class=\"changlab-blog-post\">\n<p class=\"changlab-blog-date\">October 13, 2026<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/p-chang\/2026\/10\/13\/what-keeps-me-up-at-night-about-ai\/\">What Keeps Me Up at Night About AI<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"changlab-blog-desc\">AI will reshape academia, but what worries me more is how we train the next generation of well-rounded researchers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"changlab-blog-post\">\n<p class=\"changlab-blog-date\">March 5, 2026<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/p-chang\/2026\/03\/05\/the-garden-the-buckets-and-the-channels\/\">The Garden, the Buckets, and the Channels<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"changlab-blog-desc\">A small allegory about the arc of a PhD \u2014 from carrying buckets, to building channels, to choosing where your effort matters most.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"changlab-blog-post\">\n<p class=\"changlab-blog-date\">February 25, 2026<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/p-chang\/2026\/02\/25\/ai-analysis-on-ai-impact-on-hep-th-publications\/\">AI analysis on AI impact on hep-th publications.<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"changlab-blog-desc\">Using Claude Code to investigate whether arXiv hep-th submissions really doubled in late 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"changlab-blog-post\">\n<p class=\"changlab-blog-date\">February 24, 2026<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/p-chang\/2026\/02\/24\/my-scattered-thoughts\/\">My Scattered Thoughts<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"changlab-blog-desc\">Why this blog is called what it&#8217;s called.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Scattered Thoughts Musings on physics, computing, and everything in between. 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