Scott Francisdarkuncle@infosec.exchange
Oct 8, 2026, 12:16 AMthis from Quanta on the topic is a good read: https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-ai-the-end-of-math-as-we-know-it-20261005/ #maths #mathematics
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- Scott Francisdarkuncle@infosec.exchangeOct 8, 2026, 12:26 AM
“The incentive structures that power the mathematical community are not set up for a world where solving problems is easy and understanding their answers remains hard.”
This reminded me of an inverse NP-complete, ironically.
- Scott Francisdarkuncle@infosec.exchangeOct 8, 2026, 12:28 AM
this whole piece is just heartbreaking :( I really feel for the next generation of young students who have a fascination, but are entering a field that is going to bear little resemblance to what it has been for all of human history.
- Scott Francisdarkuncle@infosec.exchangeOct 8, 2026, 12:30 AM
“A lot of the reason why people do pure math, even though it pays so much less than industry, is because you get to author your own creative contributions and then give them to a community that appreciates them for their intellectual beauty,” Chu said. “This environment where mathematical discourse is centered around machines talking and humans listening, I don’t think it’s a very attractive one.”
- Scott Francisdarkuncle@infosec.exchangeOct 8, 2026, 12:31 AM
“There’s nothing rewarding or interesting or fun about offloading their cognition to a machine, they argue.”
^^^ BINGO.