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pfdietz • today at 3:15 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

> Tao’s point is that juniors no longer have the path of solving a proof to earn Field’s medals.

This is a "you" problem for the math establishment, not a problem for the AI companies.


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magicalist • today at 8:21 PM

> This is a "you" problem for the math establishment, not a problem for the AI companies

This was a talk given to other mathematicians about the future of mathematics; sounds like only "you" have a problem for some reason.

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math_dandy • today at 3:26 PM

Entirely correct. The math establishment needs fundamentally overhaul its incentive structure-irretrievably broken-to function under the assumption that AI involvement in research is completely ubiquitous.

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