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I vibed a proof of Conway's conjecture

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  1. makerofthings · · focus · HN ↗
    Here's my conjecture. Large Language Models are the great filter. They represent a local maximum in the technological advancement of a species from which we will not escape.
    1. Joel_Mckay · · focus · HN ↗
      People will just limit publishing valid works to avoid becoming a hapless plagiarism victim class. Same thing happened to tech bloggers ripped off by low-effort you-tube content makers.

      Isomorphic plagiarism makes people feel 23% smarter, but it also provably degrades core skills by 17%.

      LLM are great at context search, but are also trivially proven degenerative under recursive self improvement scenarios. We look forwards to stripping their assets at a heavy discount.

      Also, we shouldn't kink shame peoples cognitive dildo choices. =3

    2. zerotolerance · · focus · HN ↗
      On the other hand here we have an amateur that could accelerate their learning and experimentation faster than ever possible before.
      1. Feathercrown · · focus · HN ↗
        I don't know if this necessarily qualifies as "accelerating their learning". The user appears to know what the proof is doing, but not how or why.
      2. GPerson · · focus · HN ↗
        They accelerated zero learning. Read the blog.
    3. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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