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We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians

407 points · 504 comments · srcreigh

  1. siavosh · · focus · HN ↗
    Like most of us I go back and forth between sheer optimism and fear for the future that AI may usher in. Recently I started vibe coding a fun video game with my ten year old. The experience is different than my work because it’s been such a joy to basically have a personal genie in a bottle help me make some personal art with a loved one regardless of either of our skill sets. The concept the author of this post is arguing now resonates with me more than it would have a few weeks ago. The sheer surface area that AI can create in our intellectual life is limitless and needs humans to explore. There can never be enough of us in that sense. Whether it’s as validators or creators.
    1. demibabs · · focus · HN ↗
      Certainly humans can enjoy exploring such things, but will they really be needed?
      1. dozerly · · focus · HN ↗
        What does needed even mean? To produce shareholder value? Maybe not. To explore thoughts and ideas humans have for fun? Certainly
        1. awepofiwaop · · focus · HN ↗
          To make money in order to eat food and have a home.
          1. siavosh · · focus · HN ↗
            If AI leads to an era of abundance, then the economic system has to change. The system it transitions to and what that transition looks like will need to be fought for, and I imagine it’ll be done better in some places than others. Yet I think the parallel existential question of meaning in this world is one that is inherently optimistic. Humans decide meaning, it is not something imposed on us or taken away by the existence of something else.
            1. robotpepi · · focus · HN ↗
              > If AI leads to an era of abundance, then the economic system has to change.

              This is beyond naive.

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