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Why do we need human mathematicians anymore?

293 points · 384 comments · auggierose

  1. ed_elliott_asc · · focus · HN ↗
    I’m just shocked by how “intelligent” people believe a token guessing system can be
    1. ComplexSystems · · focus · HN ↗
      Turns out what you call "intelligence" was never needed to do math.
      1. goatlover · · focus · HN ↗
        It was needed before the LLMs and training data existed in digital form. Euclid, Gauss, Turing didn't have that benefit.
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