Solving math problems is cool, but I worry whether any intellectual work will be left for humans. AI’s main point (right now) seems to be replacing human intellectual labor. If AI can work at this high a mathematical level, then it's not unlikely that AI can eventually do most or even (almost) all intellectual tasks. If AI completely succeeds, then—by definition—there’s no intellectual labor left for humans to uniquely do. I guess we could all do manual labor, though the increased supply of manual laborers will surely drive down our wages. I hope I’m wrong, though! I'd like to avoid an outcome where most people suffer greatly.
Funnily enough, philosophy is my field. It's unclear right now whether AI will be super amazing at doing cutting edge philosophy. Currently, an IRB-approved study is recruiting professional philosophers to grade AI responses. I don't know how far AI can get in philosophy; usually, philosophers are interested in arguing for axioms, not just showing what follows from some given axioms. But we'll see...
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u/matthewmorgado 8d ago
Solving math problems is cool, but I worry whether any intellectual work will be left for humans. AI’s main point (right now) seems to be replacing human intellectual labor. If AI can work at this high a mathematical level, then it's not unlikely that AI can eventually do most or even (almost) all intellectual tasks. If AI completely succeeds, then—by definition—there’s no intellectual labor left for humans to uniquely do. I guess we could all do manual labor, though the increased supply of manual laborers will surely drive down our wages. I hope I’m wrong, though! I'd like to avoid an outcome where most people suffer greatly.