@tao@mathstodon.xyz In the future, do you see mathematics as having any differentiating features from empirical science and engineering? If so what features differentiate it from these fields? Previously, I think mathematics was very different from these fields. But these sorts of projects look way closer to science and engineering than mathematics (a comparison you have made before, I think). I’m not saying that’s a problem from a utilitarian perspective, but will this be the norm? whether or not this is the norm plays a role in whether I want to be a mathematician in the future or not. Or is it just the modern form of calculating a large table of values of e.g trig functions, as was done in the past before calculators?