There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3blue1brown) [video]

Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by jimbokun on Sunday October 18, 2026 @10:51PM (#50147819)

You casually included “at work”.

But if the AIs replace all the jobs?

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Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by ndriscoll on Monday October 19, 2026 @08:20AM (#50151509)

Then we must be living in a time of material abundance. Mission accomplished[0]. We can spend all day learning math with the AI if we'd like.

[0] https://xkcd.com/810/

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Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by jimbokun on Monday October 19, 2026 @11:21AM (#50153561)

Without a distribution system to make this wealth available to all humanity.

With our current systems, the abundance will only go to the holders of capital.

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Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by ndriscoll on Monday October 19, 2026 @11:42AM (#50153803)

If that were the case, then people would have unmet needs, and so there would be work to do. You need to keep your proposed scenario internally consistent here.

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Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by MentalM on Monday October 19, 2026 @12:35PM (#50154498)

> With our current systems, the abundance will only go to the holders of capital.

Then there will be jobs. I mean that is pretty simple concept.

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