🧠 A mathematician takes on what AI does to math, and the humans in it
The Atlantic ran an essay from inside the discipline, not from a lab.
• Its question is what's left for human researchers as LLMs get better at proofs
• It leans humanist, not benchmark-driven
• It's opinion, so there are no new results or numbers
The Atlantic ran an essay from inside the discipline, not from a lab.
• Its question is what's left for human researchers as LLMs get better at proofs
• It leans humanist, not benchmark-driven
• It's opinion, so there are no new results or numbers
The Atlantic
A Mathematician Reads the AI Future
My field is as much an expression of the human spirit as music and literature. Is it for the machines now?
📊 Apollo's chief economist says AI has paid off for almost nobody outside Big Tech
Torsten Slok looked at the S&P 493, meaning the S&P 500 minus Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. Profit margins and revenue per worker are basically flat.
His argument is that cheap computation doesn't buy judgment, trust or accountability, and those are what move earnings.
Torsten Slok looked at the S&P 493, meaning the S&P 500 minus Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. Profit margins and revenue per worker are basically flat.
His argument is that cheap computation doesn't buy judgment, trust or accountability, and those are what move earnings.
TechCrunch
AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says | TechCrunch
"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech."