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1. franticgecko3 · 1790015707 · focus · HN ↗

   The first field field has fallen to AI.

   I wasn't convinced until the mathematics community started responding, openly, with severe distress.

   What will be next?

   1. jfewhfuehg · 1790017322 · focus · HN ↗

      What if I told you that... Most math research was useless anyway. AI is going to expose a lot of grift.

      1. vablings · 1790019661 · focus · HN ↗

         What a stupid, anti-intellectualism take. Quite literally every single thing you use in your daily life is deeply ingrained in the research of mathematicians for literally thousands of years.

         The list is so long I couldn't even begin to describe

         1. jfewhfuehg · 1790019998 · focus · HN ↗

            No fucking way, I didn't realise. I was definitely talking about calculus.

            1. sigbottle · 1790020550 · focus · HN ↗

               20th century physics is heavily based off of abstract algebra (symmetry) and pretty much all of CS is based off of discrete mathematics.

               Not sure what you're trying to say. Any time someone wants to actually make a system and not a pile of spaghetti or inactionable philosophy (for all that I love philosophy), they reach for mathematics in some way, shape, or form.

               1. jfewhfuehg · 1790020865 · focus · HN ↗

                  Also something I didn't know. We learn something new everyday and I certainly didn't study CS or anything. Also describes most of the research that gets funded these days.

                  In all seriousness, I don't think even AI hallucinates this much. We should genuinely be concerned for society.

                  1. sigbottle · 1790021317 · focus · HN ↗

                     Alrighty man, if your worldview is, "Everything within my knowledge is the objectively correct amount of knowledge to learn, and everything outside of my knowledge is useless abstract garbage", you can live like that.

                     1. pixl97 · 1790021627 · focus · HN ↗

                        Live like that, I'm deeply concerned this man may get elected to one of the highest positions in the world!
                     2. jfewhfuehg · 1790070496 · focus · HN ↗

                        Me: "Most research that gets funded in maths is useless" You: "We use maths everyday"

                        Do you see how our statements do not contradict each other?

                        1. vablings · 1790088999 · focus · HN ↗

                           I think you fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of research; Research is not always and is not commonly a problem in search of a solution it's the other way around, people find a topic of interest and race it out to conclusion and then share findings to allow other people to apply that knowledge.

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