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Why do we need human mathematicians anymore?

293 points · 384 comments · auggierose

  1. auggierose · · focus · HN ↗
    > We (humans) should help humanity flourish.

    I think this axiom is of course true. But the mistake the article makes, in my opinion, is to try to apply this axiom separately to each domain. If we have this as the over-arching axiom, it is not clear at all that humans should be steering the development of mathematics. Maybe it would be better for humanity if the department of world math is run by AI.

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