alt Hacker News> However, imagine a future where even talented mathematicians are nothing but noise in the machine (as is the case in chess now).
Isn't chess more popular than ever? Ai dominating the game didnt seen to matter
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Spacecosmonaut • today at 4:28 PM
Sure, but if we continue that analogy it does mean that there will be no human contributions to frontier mathematics.
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Chess is a game where we play and observe for the sheer joy of mastery. Mathematics has some of that “done for its own sake” aspect but not as cleanly. There’s always the chance that some applied mathematics might help something in science or engineering. Whether we care more about process vs outcome is now more important than ever before.