herculesmulligan1.bsky.social
👤 Joined on 02 June 2025
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@herculesmulligan1.bsky.socialThe goals of the AI companies and humanity are severely misaligned … across a much wider domain than mathematics. Thank you for this. The problem is not AI per se in my view, but the culture of the companies developing it.
Show PostBeautiful said of so much of research: ‘But solving problems is only a tool and proxy for achieving the primary goal of conceptual understanding and insight.’ The goal of science, as with poetry and painting, is to increase human understanding of the beautiful universe we find ourselves in.
Show PostA group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
Show PostJK Rowling correcting the delusional Maugham. He appears to be now in fugue state. Where every set-back is seen only a justification of his righteousness with no pause taken to assess his behaviour. I think it's a fair observation that Jolyon Maugham is not coming back to reality anytime soon.
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