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Re:A Health Update on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @10:39PM (#50283943)
Was so happy to read this, thank you for posting.
Re:Things to know if you get cancer in 2026 on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @09:23PM (#50097968)
This is also very useful for legal situations.
Re:Ask HN: Whats the first command you run on a new server? on Friday October 09, 2026 @08:56PM (#50028388)
ls
Re:What should we tell our students? on Friday October 09, 2026 @10:34AM (#50021103)
It’s good marketing because people perceive mathematicians as the smartest of the smart.
Re:What should we tell our students? on Thursday October 08, 2026 @11:42PM (#50015740)
> in which case almost none are

It's this one, but different careers will diminish at different rates. Mathematics was already not financially well rewarded, and current AI is basically better than everyone in the field.

> this very attitude could lead to AI creating one of the biggest slowdowns in progress in history

I think there are enough young people with pre-AI experience that we'll probably develop superintelligence before they retire, so I don't really think a near-term lack of fresh talent will result in any significant slowdown.

Re:What should we tell our students? on Thursday October 08, 2026 @11:17PM (#50015577)
> I doubt they went into it for the money.

I assumed the student ultimately wants a career that is financially viable.

> Then what?

Literally anything else?

Re:What should we tell our students? on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:58PM (#50015457)
I would probably tell them to not study math.
Re:We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians on Saturday September 26, 2026 @10:38AM (#49857025)
Yeah, for someone stating how important mathematics is, their reasoning is leaky as hell.
don't feed the trolls
I thought he was giving away 99% of his wealth?
Re:A misalignment of AI in mathematics on Friday September 11, 2026 @08:06PM (#49667124)
I would bet that the parents of math PhDs are generally more privileged than the parents of construction workers.
Re:Typing Speed Test, but for Developers on Saturday July 18, 2026 @05:29PM (#48962605)
nobody asked
Re:There Were BGP Anomalies During the Venezuela Blackout on Monday January 05, 2026 @07:29PM (#46507207)
coup
noooooooo he’s the billionaire with a heart of gold nooooooooo he’s just a sweet old man who likes mcdonald’s!!!!
Re:Is the Standard Model overfitting or am I curve-fitting? on Thursday December 25, 2025 @02:38PM (#46386578)
> AI performed the mathematical verification

That should be done by the human writing the manuscript, i.e., you.

Re:Is the Standard Model overfitting or am I curve-fitting? on Thursday December 25, 2025 @02:20PM (#46386465)
From the manuscript linked in your profile:

> The author declares the intensive and extensive use of Gemini 2.5 Flash and Gemini 3.0 Pro (Google) and sincerely thanks its unlimited interlocution capacity. The author declares as their own responsibility the abstract formulation of the research, the conceptual guidance, and the decision-making in case of intellectual dilemma. The AI performed the mathematical verification of the multiple hypotheses considered throughout the process, but the author is solely responsible for the final content of this article. The prompts are not declared because they number in the thousands, because they are not entirely preserved, and because they contain elements that are part of the author’s privacy.

Re:Suno v4.5 on Friday May 02, 2025 @10:44PM (#43876475)
> we will see something similar to what is shown in Fig. 1–1
Re:How to Force Your Kids to Do Math? on Sunday April 20, 2025 @10:05AM (#43743835)
In your penultimate sentence, why did you put the period outside the parentheses instead of inside?
Re:Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution? on Friday December 30, 2022 @11:35PM (#34193611)
To gain 400 pounds of muscle mass.
Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab on Monday December 12, 2022 @11:04AM (#33956185)
temper
> This will become transparent

No it won't.

I don't get why people keep saying its style will start to become recognizable. You can have it write things in any number of styles and levels of verbosity.
Re:Ask HN: How do you prepare for a new year? on Saturday December 10, 2022 @07:38PM (#33938663)
Just wanted to say I appreciate your comment and your spreadsheet. Thank you.
Re:Keep Your Identity Small (2009) on Saturday December 10, 2022 @07:05PM (#33938448)
The subset you're talking about is the union of extremely non-native English speakers and native English speakers over 120 years old.
Re:Keep Your Identity Small (2009) on Saturday December 10, 2022 @11:59AM (#33934195)
> For that matter, people call themselves "gay" for "joyous".

Uh... I don't think people do that anymore.

Re:Ask HN: Should Google be concerned with ChatGPT on Monday December 05, 2022 @10:03PM (#33875373)
Transfer learning, NEXT!
Re:Show HN: Whole Git repo was made with ChatGPT on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:24PM (#33856803)
> However, at some level you have to admit that the input to ChatGPT is almost as high level as directives from project managers, and the output is almost low level enough to simply input directly into source control.

This is the part that is going to change the way people work in fundamental ways very quickly. It will turn good software developers into non-shitty project managers, project managers into ?, and mediocre developers into ?.

Re:Ask HN: Are you a “lifer”? If so why? on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @05:54PM (#33794536)
No. Because I like money.
Re:Ask HN: What is the most impactful thing you've ever built? on Saturday November 19, 2022 @12:36PM (#33672399)
wane
If by "spray pattern" you mean bursts of three shots, sure. But this thing is not playing like a pro in any respect.

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