@wtgowers
Mathematician. Professeur titulaire de la chaire Combinatoire au Collège de France. Also fellow of Trinity College Cambridge.
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A writer describes struggling to assess competing views on AI extinction risk in a post aimed chiefly at mathematicians.
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A post questions the “convex hull” analogy and suggests a subgroup generated by existing mathematical knowledge as another metaphor.
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A user endorses Kevin Buzzard’s proposal to let machines explore math, then begin the journey toward wherever they get stuck.
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The author says one of their main recommendations is to post results as quickly as possible—meaning once certain minimum standards have been met.
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A blog author says they welcome the letter signed by 25 Fields medallists and agree with much of it, despite choosing not to sign.
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One post argues that AI’s implications for humanity should take priority over concerns about mathematicians’ careers.