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1. bluepeter · 1790086853 · focus · HN ↗

   OpenAI solving all these math/etc problems (reportedly 100 coming) is both impressive and insanely unimpressive. Unimpressive because to me it sorta signals that OpenAI has nothing better to be working on than obscure mathematical curios?

   1. amelius · 1790087557 · focus · HN ↗

      No it signals that they can do few things very well. And among those few things are those math puzzles.

      I think they should now focus on robotics, so it can do my dishes while I work on fun math games.

      1. ieiej · 1790089170 · focus · HN ↗

         We already have dish washers bud.

         There’s this bizarre lesson that humanity is gona learn - much of life in many respects is already automated. And that small % of what is non-automated will be kept to have some semblance of feeling human and useful.

         There’s already a lot of fake jobs and output of zero value - nobody bats an eyelid.

         1. brainwad · 1790094427 · focus · HN ↗

            But we're on the hedonic treadmill, so the loading/unloading of the dishwasher feels like maximal effort to people who've never lived without one. Same with all the other automations in our lives, people just can't imagine life without refrigeration or plumbing or motor vehicles.

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