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We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians

407 points · 504 comments · srcreigh

  1. atleastoptimal · · focus · HN ↗
    It would be nice to have more mathematicians, but we don't need more. Once AI math goes so far beyond human abilities, any human involvement is like an ant trying to understand quantum physics
    1. joshmoody24 · · focus · HN ↗
      Or maybe ants and humans are qualitatively different. Maybe there's a critical mass of intelligence where you can pretty much understand anything, and maybe humans are past that threshold. I don't know that for sure, but I don't think we're anywhere close to hitting fundamental limits to our ability to understand the universe.
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