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IsTom
18 days ago
To be able to propose interesting conjectures you need to walk the walk of trying to prove things yourself. That's not great for future generations.
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esafak
18 days ago
It is the same with anything technical; you need taste and wisdom, which are borne of experience. I think society will want to subsidize this learning lest it deskills en masse.
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Thanemate
16 days ago
But we can't have that experience when we deem the experience acquisition as sub-optimal to the grand scheme of things, which is to produce software.
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IsTom
18 days ago
It would be nice, but I don't have much hope as it doesn't help next quarter's profits.
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Sabinus
18 days ago
Isn't it same argument for every tool we've created?
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