Proving FLT was such a profoundly emotional and spiritual experience for Andrew Wiles, it almost brought a tear to my eye:

It is truly saddening to think that machines will deprive us of this wonder and experience.

But truly exciting to dream about what lies beyond the limits of our biology.

bawolff 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Formalizing is not the same as discovering. There is still plenty of room for human ingenuity.

ben_w 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> It is truly saddening to think that machines will deprive us of this wonder and experience.

It won't deprive us.

Recent video I've watched from Brandon Sanderson, IMO also applies to all the things we love and not just art:

	▲	Jtarii 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If the Riemann hypothesis is solved primarily by a AI system it will not be as awe inspiring as if a human solved it. That is just how it is.

mannanj 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Makes me wonder, if we make a tradeoff for comfort and advancement from our biology's "limits" - and that tradeoff is spiritual fulfillment.

Seeing it hit across: the work we used to do outdoors, the sleep-wake-dark cycle we adhered to for millennia, and more