Comment on What's a mathematician to do? (2010)parentComments−morkalork4moPerhaps it will become like those cathedrals that took centuries and many generations of humans to build.−generic920344moYes, but you (as a human) can still understand the cathedral (the building). This is not guaranteed for advanced AI work in mathematics in the future. If so, are we/they are really still adding to human knowledge, at this stage?−TimorousBestie4moMathematics as an aggregate already is that cathedral. It is grander and more beautiful than any earthly cathedral.
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Perhaps it will become like those cathedrals that took centuries and many generations of humans to build.
Yes, but you (as a human) can still understand the cathedral (the building). This is not guaranteed for advanced AI work in mathematics in the future. If so, are we/they are really still adding to human knowledge, at this stage?
Mathematics as an aggregate already is that cathedral. It is grander and more beautiful than any earthly cathedral.