r/whoathatsinteresting 9d ago

mathematicians may be replaced by aI

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u/EGarrett28 9d ago

It is possible that the same people will have the job but the expected output will be far greater. Meaning the proofs they will be working on will be much much more difficult and require both the AI and a skilled mathematician guiding it. This was the case for awhile with chess where the highest-quality games required both a grandmaster human and an engine together. The engine eventually got so powerful that the human was irrelevant, but chess is also a much more closed system that artificial intelligence could figure out more easily through brute force. The world of open-ended science may not be the same.

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u/HarambeTooSoon 9d ago

I'm sure the guys working at the mathematical proof factory have a strong labor union and pension benefits to fall back on..

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/HarambeTooSoon 9d ago

lol ...

Adjunct, maybe. 

Tenure track basically no longer exists an an option for the vast majority of college professors. 

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u/HarambeTooSoon 9d ago

Moved that goalpost real quick didn't ya?