Comment on: Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
I would argue we're crossed that point recently. This is a comment from twitter that I appreciated:> "Already, there are very few mathematicians qualified to verify OpenAI’s new results. As progress continues, that number will approach zero."Not that I'm good enough at math to have any uniquely formed opinion, but after reading commentary from people who are, my impression is that these new results are bamboozling the humans due to using tools from so many disparate areas.At least, we can say that there isn't a single human who is smart enough to understand all ten proofs, even if there is a c
Comment on: Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
nothing prevented us from defining cryptocurrencies, auto-rewarding new math in objective manners, grading theorem surprisal objectively, etc. before the advent of LLM's.being lucky enough to receive the opportunity of hiding in some academic closet, poking your hand out begging for scraps, was a different, perfectly alternative path humans decided to take instead.It's a bit late to start standing up for your rights when the robot overlords arrive.
Comment on: Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
I would argue we're crossed that point recently. This is a comment from twitter that I appreciated:> "Already, there are very few mathematicians qualified to verify OpenAI’s new results. As progress continues, that number will approach zero."Not that I'm good enough at math to have any uniquely formed opinion, but after reading commentary from people who are, my impression is that these new results are bamboozling the humans due to using tools from so many disparate areas.At least, we can say that there isn't a single human who is smart enough to understand all ten proofs, even if there is a c
Comment on: Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
> My guess is that, in the US, the right will cynically adopt manipulation to great effect and the left will take a moral stand against shady practices and lose elections.I think that statement may itself highlight how prevalent manipulation is.I fully anticipate all groups to continue maximal manipulation they can. One thing with LLMs is that it'll be a far less unified view, so a "divide and conquer" strategy is what I anticipate.
Comment on: Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
> Any computable problem will eventually fall to computers.I think the question, that we keep stumbling over, is what problems are computable.> But if these things were as revolutionary as people promote/fear them to be, you should immediately point them at the highest value math problems and see progress. Like the Millenium Prize problems. Haven’t seen a solution to those.Let the goalpost shifting continue. It'll buy us another half year or so.