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What’s the Future for Pure Math Research in the Age of AI?

One might ask if at some point pure mathematics will somehow be “finished”. And to this we can definitively answer that it will not. Computational irreducibility ensures that there will always be an infinite sequence of mathematical facts—and surprises—to be discovered. And there will also be an infinite number of pockets of computational reducibility, representing new mathematical concepts and structures.

Many beautiful thoughts here in Stephen Wolfram's latest essay on AI's role in pure mathematics.

One might ask if at some point pure mathematics will somehow be “finished”. And to this we can definitively answer that it will not. Computational irreducibility ensures that there will always be an infinite sequence of mathematical facts—and surprises—to be discovered. And there will also be an infinite number of pockets of computational reducibility, representing new mathematical concepts and structures.

Many beautiful thoughts here in Stephen Wolfram's latest essay on AI's role in pure mathematics.

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The People Holding Up the Internet. Amazing to see how much ...

Four billion phones rely on the time zone database, a text file edited by just two people in their spare time.

The People Holding Up the Internet - incredible stories of individuals keeping the internet as we know it running - often without any payment. via kottke.org

Four billion phones rely on the time zone database, a text file edited by just two people in their spare time.

The People Holding Up the Internet - incredible stories of individuals keeping the internet as we know it running - often without any payment. via kottke.org