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Why I didn’t sign the Fields medallists’ letter

286 points · 412 comments · simianwords

  1. waynecochran · · focus · HN ↗
    Would it matter if AI had a proof for RH or P < NP, but the proof was 1000 pages long that Leaf could verify but otherwise impenetrable by a human mind? We generally assume these are true already -- I am not sure a long convoluted proof puts us in a much different place.
    1. lomase · · focus · HN ↗

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