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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by Frost1x on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:46PM (#33514188)
This is a growing problem in many fields, IMHO. I've been wondering for awhile if it's an inherent flaw in knowledge in that if knowledge can't supplant older knowledge in a high compressed reduced form as things progress, we're just building so much information/knowledge for any given field that at some point, it may be quicker to simply rediscover the process than to search the knowledge for the prior work.
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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by lupire on Monday November 07, 2022 @07:34PM (#33514553)
Even with optimal compression, there is still a finite minimum size.
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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by novalis78 on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:51PM (#33514226)
This is where longevity research a la Harold Katcher comes in and allows for super centenarian geniuses to shape the future of humanity.
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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by nerdbert on Monday November 07, 2022 @10:28PM (#33515596)
But what if there are necessary prerequisites for making significant advances in longevity, which themselves are so complex that they require more than a human lifespan to master? We could be at a dead end unless the computers start doing the work. And even then, perhaps the same impediment applies to the development of an AI that can bootstrap other AIs into getting the job done.
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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by novalis78 on Sunday November 13, 2022 @11:06PM (#33590101)
Harold Katcher: “The Illusion of Knowledge”.
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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by pbronez on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @08:45AM (#33518853)
If you could live two or three lifetimes, would you really want to spend them all on the same thing?

Feels like attention would become the limiting factor.

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