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jltsiren • today at 9:54 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Hilbert's program was ultimately about humans studying the nature of mathematics. People had different opinions about whether the idea even made sense and what would be a desirable outcome.

Gödel's incompleteness also constrains human and AI mathematicians. Both just strive to prove whatever can be proven in the system they are working in.


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cgio • today at 10:25 PM

Gödel blocked the path to axiomatic derivation of a full consistent body of mathematics as far as I understand. Mathematicians and AI are not working in these constraints but rather with these constraints.