As a mathematician by trade I think they’re overblowing it. You can choose to use it or not. I choose not to because I enjoy the process. But I’m not doing formal research or getting paid to do it these days.
I will note that the average corporate mathematical modelling is usually a fucking circus so adding AI might make it better.
ryan_n•4m ago
> You can choose to use it or not
This is becoming less and less true unless you're specifically talking about usage of it outside of a work environment. Many work places are requiring people to use it and/or tracking usage. I don't know about in academic settings, but I'd imagine it's becoming heavily used there too?
silveraxe93•16m ago
> However, the declaration argues math is more than a machine for producing correct answers.
There might be more to maths than that, but that is definitely the most important part.
I love science funding. But not because it's a jobs program for nerds.
bloqs•6m ago
well put.
19f191ty•4m ago
No, it's not the most important part. It can be argued that most important part is asking the right questions
i_am_a_peasant•1m ago
I agree with both OP and you
fooker•11m ago
I'm curious about whether we will start discovering new maths in the next few years that provide insight into unsolved CS or Physics problems!
bandrami•6m ago
My vague prediction right now is that in five years LLMs will be heavily used by universities in grant-funded math research but nobody else will be able to afford it, much like supercomputer clusters 25 years ago.
cryo32•17m ago
I will note that the average corporate mathematical modelling is usually a fucking circus so adding AI might make it better.
ryan_n•4m ago
This is becoming less and less true unless you're specifically talking about usage of it outside of a work environment. Many work places are requiring people to use it and/or tracking usage. I don't know about in academic settings, but I'd imagine it's becoming heavily used there too?