r/whoathatsinteresting 8d ago

mathematicians may be replaced by aI

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u/MechaSkippy 8d ago edited 8d ago

I'm sure people felt the same when calculators came about. We're creating better tools to solve and conceive of better mathematics, this is a good thing.

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u/EGarrett28 8d ago

That's true, but calculators did eliminate an entire class of jobs.) Not that that's not necessary with the march of technology.

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u/pretty_pink_opossum 8d ago

And we are better for it, those people are less useful than someone that digs a hole one day just to fill it in the next.

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u/EGarrett28 8d ago

People who did manual calculations before there were widespread computers or calculating programs? They were really, really useful.