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There is another out, Bell assumes markovianity(The sum across conditional probabilities requires divisibility), the discrepancy disappears if the particle trajectories while unmeasured are non-markovian/indivisible. See the work of Jacob Barandes. This view allows for determinism just fine and does not require ftl communication or global constraints.
Looks like more hype nonsense to keep excitement going while continuing to delay actually delivering a real product.
Re:Biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle on Thursday September 03, 2026 @03:17AM (#49546896)
I don't think Gödel is necessarily what is meant here, there are very good information theoretical(and other) reasons you can never describe a system with truly perfect accuracy. The map has to be become the territory for genuinely perfect accuracy.
Re:Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains ground on Thursday June 04, 2026 @04:55AM (#48395995)
>My job is uniquely creative and human, other jobs can be automated away but mine is just so special.

If you love mathematics so much, and it's not the prestige and accolades that drive you, then what stops you from just solving problems on your free time even if they are already solved by AI?

Why does your field have to remain economically viable for you, why does this not apply to textile manufacturing or something? Someone's positions in society is owed to textile manufacturing too, and it has a culture that some people would lament the loss of and so on.(See guild system, craftsmanship in Europe).

I can't predict whether this will be a good thing in the long run, but this is literally the same complaint that every industry affected by automation ever had, and many who are now complaining would dismiss it if it were about something they personally do not care about or isn't sufficiently "noble" or intellectual.

I know it hurts, but the core complaint is just economic displacement, many have had to deal with that before. Most people who have something they love have to do that on their free time because it's not economically viable as a job, tough luck.

Re:Where does next-token prediction leave us? on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @03:53AM (#48291056)
What are these complaints really other than "I had a nice position in the previous system and I'm afraid of losing it"? Many felt disposable and not valued already, maybe it was a good system for you but not for many. You have a valued skill and you enjoy working in a field using that skill, well for 90+% of people that isn't what work is, you're lamenting the loss of something that the vast majority never had access to in the first place. What exactly is so great about our current predicament that it needs to be protected from new technology?