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quietus [soylentnews.org] writes:

On September 11, an open letter, Math and AI, appeared on the intertubes. The letter starts by pointing out that, over the last few months, the mathematical capabilities of LLMs have improved dramatically, to the point that they can solve major outstanding problems in many fields of mathematics. However, we

"... are witnessing a general threat to intellectual work, ... In many fields and activities, years of training have traditionally served not only to produce a final answer or product, but also to develop understanding and the ability to formulate new questions and ideas. However, building on a vast body of previous human work, AI systems are becoming increasingly capable of producing the results of such work directly, and these goals cease to align."

Letter here. [mathandai.org]

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