Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (and science)?

Re:Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (an... by jacquesm on Sunday October 18, 2026 @12:49PM (#50142790)

Intellectual property laws - like most laws - favor those with a lot of money and that's why you see this asymmetry between say artists, consumers and labels/record companies. The latter simply have far more money and besides they get to optimize their efforts because they are essentially immortal.

AI and AI companies have a similar pathway open to them where they will take a lot of information already out there and then gatekeep the synthesis based on that information (obtained without compensation in most cases) as well as to harvest all of the latent knowledge underneath. This is a bad development in my opinion but I'm sure that their shareholders believe it is great.

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Re:Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (an... by glimshe on Sunday October 18, 2026 @01:09PM (#50143002)

This. Maybe AI will help make it clear that strong IP law was never about the starving musician or the heroic author who wrote his award winning novel under candle light. It is about mega property pools that will do anything in their power to maintain that property forever.

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Re:Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (an... by jacquesm on Sunday October 18, 2026 @01:10PM (#50143020)

It may have started like that though, but it definitely isn't how it is used today.

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Re:Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (an... by 123akk111 on Sunday October 18, 2026 @01:16PM (#50143104)

That is simply not true and just the opinion of people who know nothing about artists.

The same misinformation exists about music agencies, who organize concerts and take a hefty fee.

But those were welcomed by musicians. In the early days (18th century), musicians had to do advertising themselves when traveling to a new city. The innovation was to have an impresario (literally someone who travels ahead of them) to do the organizing.

What musicians don't want is Internet middlemen who pretend to act in their interests and take an even higher cut.

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Re:Will it be a golden age or a dark age for mathematics (an... by fsflover on Sunday October 18, 2026 @04:03PM (#50144892)

> That is simply not true and just the opinion of people who know nothing about artists.

You seem to be very convinced and yet provided no evidence whatsoever. Here is a source for the opposite: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15305476

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