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Thankfully it's mathematics, so people powerscaling their idols, deifying them at the detriment of others, and putting terms into quotes mockingly, is not what determines whether results hold or not. Perhaps the only field not fundamentally shackled by this type of quackery, even if people try their hardest from time to time to make it so.
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Because he is smart enough to use the existing (frontier) tools to get good results and create a sort of collaborative environment that is novel for research maths.
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Thankfully it's mathematics, so people powerscaling their idols, deifying them at the detriment of others, and putting terms into quotes mockingly, is not what determines whether results hold or not. Perhaps the only field not fundamentally shackled by this type of quackery, even if people try their hardest from time to time to make it so.
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For people who at least pretend to care to not think in strawmans, it's been nearly six years, and their deus has never exited said machina (if it's ever been in there to begin with, or anywhere else).
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Because he is smart enough to use the existing (frontier) tools to get good results and create a sort of collaborative environment that is novel for research maths.
Collaborative environment meaning that any PFY employed by the "AI" providers can read your most intimate thought processes and keep track of embarrassing failures or misconceptions.
Though by your "Perelman and Wiles didn't need "AI" assistance" comment, you'd surely be there on the sidelines to ridicule them for each and every single one. I guess maybe that's where your concerns are coming from?
I can practically see how these concerns of yours would suddenly evaporate if they started using self-hosted models instead... ... yeah, right, who are we kidding?
Also interesting that the responses include anti-Lean material.
Even imperfect assistants increase leverage.
Also interesting that the responses include anti-Lean material.
Also interesting that the responses include anti-Lean material.
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I've had mixed results with AI on research mathematics. I've gotten it to auto-complete non-trivial arguments, and I've found some domains where it seems hopelessly lost. I think we're still at a point in history where mathematicians will not be replaced by AI and can only benefit by dabbling with it.
So I agree. I think these tools are very helpful, but I also think it is unhelpful that people are trying to sell them as much more than they are. The over hype of them not only legitimizes any pushback but provides ammunition. I believe the truth is that they're helpful tools, but are still far from replacing expertise. I believe that if we try to oversell them then we run the risk of ruining their utility. If you promise the moon you have the deliver the moon. That's different from aiming for the moon and landing in the trees.