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bashtoni • today at 1:05 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Is AI going to put Mathematicians out of a job, or is it going to create many new jobs reviewing proofs it creates?

I'm not sure it's clear right now.


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lisplist • today at 2:09 AM

I'm not a very good mathematician, but I do know a fair bit about software engineering, and with AI I've been busier than ever. I probably wouldn't be so busy if AI was better at anticipating what I actually wanted rather than making guesses no human would ever make.

This is just a short term problem though. Eventually AI will get pretty good at figuring out exactly I want and it will build that from the start. The requirement of me reviewing the AI output only lasts as long as models stay bad at anticipating my needs, which I don't think will take too much longer.