

I’m actually paraphrasing Terence Tao and some of the top mathematicians on the planet: pre-AI, math researchers discussed and shared ideas about their work. Now they are increasingly afraid of getting scooped, and you can see why.
Non-mathematicians don’t realize this, but proofs aren’t intrinsically valuable (useful in any way whatsoever) outside of what they mean about the community capable of creating them. Destroying that community is game over.
Scientific discoveries without scientists could still be useful to society. Not so about mathematical proofs without mathematicians.


I provided a link. Are you… not able to read?
What do you think I mean by “valuable” and why would that equal “getting a check”?
Fucking bizarre. This might be the dumbest conversation I’ve participated in this week.