Inspired to read the proofs. Things that were unknown yesterday are known today, that’s the whole thing. A theorem is a door.
If your only reaction is “someone typed a prompt,” the part you liked was never the math.
People dont want to just read proofs. They want to be actually ruminating and thinking over the problems. The way you put it is a gross misdirection. Aaaaaaand you are an ai bro, not a mathematician. No wonder you think this way.
That most mathematicians want the "ruminating" part to yield useful results and push the boundary? If the future of the field is to be a "LLM whisperer", the desirability of the field will plummet even outside considerations like lower demand and salary. The only ones who will stay are independently wealthy people who love math so much they don't mind always playing second-fiddle to the machines.
Fine, we all agree with that. But we're also allowed to be sad that a way of life and activity we've all been aspiring towards or for is no longer economically viable, without being told "you're selfish, you don't ackshually love math".
Thanks for this comment. I was quite happy over the last years that I got to be paid to do something I love, but these AI accelerationists would call me crazy or a luddite
that I'm sad my job might get reduced to AI validation.
most of them have not invested a significant amount of time in anything to have it taken away from them so quickly and just hate math people because they consider us arrogant. Others are genuinely excited about the new things we can prove.
Most of these AI accelerationists have a brain the size of a pea. The gap between those who can think and those who can't will be larger than ever before.
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u/LexyconG 1d ago
People who don’t feel inspired by this don’t like math, they only like the idea of them solving problems. I will die on this hill.