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this is obviously a joke but it’s also a fun case study on hype and fear mongering about “AI” and the philosophy of computation in general.

an 8 year old can understand the Collatz Conjecture but it doesn’t seem like there is enough energy in the universe to brute force our way to a counterexample that would disprove it. you need to actually *think* and computers can’t do that. nostr:note18chjaagfgvcuqvcrmsqt83sy532xz9pfnyl6vsmnsxxaslx4pr5qjeuywr

cozie 2y ago

Could you do Goldbach’s also please when you’re done! I’ve a real soft spot for Prime numbers! 👍😉

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allen 2y ago

I legit tried to solve Goldbach’s conjecture as a math undergrad. I ended up with a really solid proof that it’s either true or false.

cozie 2y ago

So ironic - was part of my final year thesis, but back in 2001. Never got near a proof. Best I got was learning about metric spaces (long forgotten) and writing a C++ program to verify examples, but as we know, waste of time against infinity.

Happy days….now I’m institutionalized as Red would put it, albeit in a different setting.