John Brown’s Body @berndtpetersen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I also think they just thought to themselves, “if we solve a bunch of open math problems it will demonstrate impressive capabilities and be good marketing” without actually serious consideration of second and third order effects, and the FAFO. 170
words @words.bsky.social · 07/10/2026what do you think those downstream effects might be that would somehow make not offering knowledge to the collective human understanding engine a significant consideration? 140
John Brown’s Body @berndtpetersen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Mathematics is not merely a database of true propositions. It is also a human epistemic practice: proofs organize concepts, expose dependencies, supply explanations, train intuition, generate methods, and create the common intellectual ground from which further mathematics is done. 161
