Re:Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (an...
by grandpajoey on Sunday October 18, 2026 @12:32PM
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Math is an extremely useful tool. My interface with it should be 100% prioritized toward effectively using that tool. I'm glad we don't call them Turning machines for instance.
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Re:Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (an...
by esafak on Sunday October 18, 2026 @01:38PM
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You talk like it fell out of the sky. Every result you've ever used was proposed by a mathematician.
> I'm glad we don't call them Turning machines for instance.
Are you referring to a Turing machine; the abstract model of a computer, actually named after someone? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machine
Your bizarre position seems to be that not knowing history somehow makes you more effective? This is honestly the dumbest take I have read all week.
Re:Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (an...
by grandpajoey on Sunday October 18, 2026 @01:41PM
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I think all of the insults I'm receiving in this thread are helping to make my point.
Re:Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (an...
by karmakurtisaani on Monday October 19, 2026 @06:18AM
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I'm furiously shaking my fist at the air and cursing the fate that we didn't follow some vague "better" naming convention, as learning a handful of Greek symbols robbed us of the next Riemann. The injustice!
Re:Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (an...
by grandpajoey on Monday October 19, 2026 @09:15AM
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I think mathematicians are the profession people will care the least that AI takes over tbh.