2026-09-10 04:12 UTC
@nilesh@fosstodon.org
You assert a mutually-exclusive binary dichotomy:
"When AI companies find incomprehensible solutions to open problems, this either advances the field, or it does not. "
Says who? What is your proof for this drastic proposition? Why couldn't an incomprehensible solution "advance the field" in some ways and set it back in others?
@tao@mathstodon.xyz
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@nilesh@fosstodon.org 2026-09-11 01:40
@taoish@mastodonapp.uk @nilesh@fosstodon.org @tao@mathstodon.xyz It absolutely can. But decision-making requires imposing a metric on this vector good. I am not insisting that you agree with my metric. Just that, without deciding whether it is a NET advancement or not, we would not be able to say much at all. Trade-offs have to be considered.