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Why I didn’t sign the Fields medallists’ letter

286 points · 412 comments · simianwords

  1. Trusteando · · focus · HN ↗
    I think the author did not mention that the way humans construct the knowledge ladder requires low complexity because each step gives power to the next, but the AI with the exponential exploration can give biggers steps but then it stagnates because the next step can be beyond the exponential exploration complexity. In chess a good strategy can be the best tool, in the game of go our experience suggest the same, but it could happen that mathematical thinking requires a type of policy that could be beyond the current ideas. I can not fathom a LLM could conceive from scratch concepts like the real numbers by Dedekind.
    1. bananaflag · · focus · HN ↗
      > I can not fathom a LLM could conceive from scratch concepts like the real numbers by Dedekind.

      What stops you? I can fathom it alright.

      I am always suspicious of these arguments like "a machine won't do thing x which humans can". These always basically pre-suppose that humans aren't machines. If that's what you're arguing for, say it outright.

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