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dullcrisptoday at 6:43 PM1 replyview on HN

They’re not asking them to stop working on AI, but to stop publishing mathematics.


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pfdietztoday at 7:01 PM

In other news, evangelical christians ask scientists to stop publishing about evolution.

We apparently have a moral obligation to protect existing power structures?

Tao should maybe consider there are people who are indifferent to, or actively want to tear down, his institutions; why should they cooperate in preserving them? Whatever happens has to be resilient in the face of defection; any scheme where everyone is expected to agree to not use AI in a way he doesn't like will not qualify.

I think he's in the "bargaining" stage of dealing with loss right now.

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