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The Mathocalypse

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=10169
14•6bitquant•46m ago

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matt3210•8m ago
Agents basically did statistically guided brutforcing. There is no value in what they produced because it lead to no understanding of anything and most likely will hurt the field IMO
nostrademons•8m ago
As a side note, you can tell this wasn't written by an AI by the first sentence:

> mommy, I heard you got cooked! I heard that a robot solved the math problem you worked on for your whole career! OOF!

My 8yo talks exactly like that. I could totally imagine him saying this, the same way, at the dining room table.

I asked ChatGPT "pretend you're an 8/9 year old today. how would you insult your mom about having her job be replaced by an AI?", and the responses it offered were:

> “Mom, AI took your job because apparently even robots were like, ‘Yeah… we can do this better.’”

> “Mom, congratulations! You got replaced by a computer. Even Siri has a job now and you don’t!”

> “Mom, AI took your job? Dang. I guess even a robot looked at your work and said, ‘I got this.’”

> “Don’t worry, Mom. You can still be useful… like teaching the AI how to make my lunch.”

All of these seem to have a vaguely Millennial flavor, aside from being pretty awkward and mechanical roasts. Trust the children and linguistic drift to be the best AI detector.

GMoromisato•6m ago
I liked the metaphor of a climber teleported to the top of a fog shrouded mountain. And I agree that now that the teleporter exists, we need to use it to reach more peaks and explore. There's no going back to a world where AI doesn't exist.
tkdb•5m ago
C'mon. Mathpocalypse. Things are hard enough already.

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