Why would it excite you, rather than terrifying you? The better LLMs get at math, the closer the expertise you spent your whole life building is to being worthless.

Along with all the rest of what humans find meaningful and fulfilling.

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cman1444 18 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Because for many people who pursue these fundamental truths, the reward is not necessarily personal fame, fortune, or even personal understanding. Advancing humanity's total knowledge (even if that knowledge is by proxy through AI) is reward enough.

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krackers 7 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If one only found meaning in life through external factors like work (no matter how "intellectually rewarding") then it seems like a life destined for eventual disappointment.

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CamperBob2 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What's happening is the verbal/linguistic equivalent of the invention of calculus. No intellectual field will ever be the same again. Who wouldn't find that exciting, and want to experience it?

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rogerrogerr 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

People who enjoy thinking. Ya know, the "intellectual" part.

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		The so called "progressives" prove that they were the same ones crying after the printing press, automobile, calculator, washing machine, etc
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		This is the beginning of thinking, not the end...

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umanwizard 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm not sure I grasp the analogy to the invention of calculus. Calculus helped us solve new and interesting math/physics problems. Repeated for emphasis: helped *us* solve.

This technology is solving interesting math/physics problems for us, which is completely different.