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Why do we need human mathematicians anymore?

293 points · 384 comments · auggierose

  1. bananaflag · · focus · HN ↗
    > Similar logic applies to every industry and every job. And it comes to the conclusion that we won’t have enough people for all the jobs that need to be done.

    In the (extremely) short run, yes. In the long run, those jobs will also be done by AI.

    It's like chimpanzees seeing human society and saying "look how complex it is, imagine how many chimpanzees it needs to maintain it".

    1. robotpepi · · focus · HN ↗
      > In the (extremely) short run, yes. In the long run, those jobs will also be done by AI.

      Let's be honest: we don't know. Maybe you're right, but for the moment it's more likely that you're not. And countries cannot bet on that vague intuition at the cost of destroying their research communities and world leadership (which takes decades if not a century to achieve).

      1. bananaflag · · focus · HN ↗
        I don't think research communities should be destroyed.

        Best case, they still matter.

        Worst case, AI kills us all and it's irrelevant that we "wasted" money on research.

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