| In times past having one's photograph taken was a soul-stealing for some. Some notions: - finding counter-examples is one of the most exploratory uses of calculation - there is no evidence, not even in the hands of the inimitable Terence Tao, that Approximate Intelligence (AI) is insightful rather than inferential* - people who enjoy Mathematics, even amateurs, do so for the beauty - AI is only good in the hands of those who can provide corrective context - AI unchecked is a remarkably inefficient noise engine - Mathematics will provide joy to the curious 'til the heat death of the Universe - AI is contributing to the heat death of planet Earth - anthropomorphism, of which I am otherwise not a fan, may yet be a saving grace as without proprioception we may not morph - we may need to redefine the Turing Tarpit of Perlis If any of this nonsense really troubles you return again to thermodynamics and revel in the joy of being the local universe's pinnacle of meaty evolution. And go outside and smell the flowers. * Caveats abound |