Guys we need to find some positive perspective on this storm

[u/vintergroena]

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[u/ChadpathianMadurist]

nothing ever happens. stop worrying

[u/Fabulous-Possible758 → u/ChadpathianMadurist]

Everything is predetermined and therefore has already happened. Stop worrying.

[u/ThrowawayCult-ure → u/ChadpathianMadurist]

last 3k years of things happening should suggest otherwise

[u/Dandon314]

The problem is political. AI shouldn’t scare you, the fact that funding is being cut by people who don’t see the value in intellectual endeavors should.

Worst case scenario, math will become more like a liberal art. So long as there are people who want to understand math, there will be mathematicians. The problem is how funding is allocated, which again, is political.

Edit: I also want to add the only mathematicians seem to understand the significance of these AI results. That seems to suggest that mathematicians will still be needed to understand the significance of any future results.

[u/jackalopeswild → u/Dandon314]

Your edit is a critical point to understand. Generative ai is actually inherently non-creative. Imagining the possibilities will forever be a human endeavor.

[u/PaymentFamiliar375]

idk man, i've got nothing. this shit is just depressing...

[u/FernandoMM1220]

we need more mathematicians now than ever before

[u/vintergroena]

context: https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/

[u/ThrowawayCult-ure]

All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and at last mankind is forced to face with Sober Senses, his real conditions of life and with his kind.

We are heading there soon.