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by zeroonetwothree 582 days ago
Well, multiply two large numbers instantly is a superhuman feat a calculator can do. I would hope we are going for a higher bar, like “useful”. Let’s see if this can provide proofs of novel results.
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The ability to multiply two numbers superhumanly has already transformed society.
That superhuman capability of "multiplying two large numbers instantly" has transformed human society like not even plumbing has. I really can't see how this you could not consider this useful.
It's worth emphasizing that it's been possible for years to use an automatic theorem prover to prove novel results. The whole problem is to get novel interesting results.