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They’re not asking them to stop working on AI, but to stop publishing mathematics.

• pfdietz 6d ago
  In other news, evangelical christians ask scientists to stop publishing about evolution. We apparently have a moral obligation to protect existing power structures? Tao should maybe consider there are people who are indifferent to, or actively want to tear down, his institutions; why should they cooperate in preserving them? Whatever happens has to be resilient in the face of defection; any scheme where everyone is expected to agree to not use AI in a way he doesn't like will not qualify. I think he's in the "bargaining" stage of dealing with loss right now.
  • tonfa 6d ago
    > In other news, evangelical christians ask scientists to stop publishing about evolution. not sure it's comparable, but the issue is that for a lot of those mathematical results, they don't really have utility by themselves. The utility is the new branches/understanding that's being developped.
    • int_19h 5d ago
      If that was all there is to it, there wouldn't be a problem - the results don't have utility by themselves so they can just be ignored. So, why can't they just be ignored?
  • dullcrisp 6d ago
    You have a practical obligation to obey existing power structures. That’s what makes it a power structure. What do you all think is happening here? There have been people who decided what math gets published for centuries.