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One day it is hoped that enough mathematicians will have worked on the problem to have finally, definitively answered Steve Ballmer’s interview question. The jo
by moomin 2y ago
One day it is hoped that enough mathematicians will have worked on the problem to have finally, definitively answered Steve Ballmer’s interview question. The job will be shared between them.
- vlovich123 2y agoJust in time for the job to be replaced with AI.
- Onavo 2y agoWell, Terrence Tao is trying his very best to replace himself with an AI.
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- pfdietz 2y agoWhich, admittedly, seems like a much harder problem. A world in which AI churns out amazing proofs would be pretty radical though.
- Xcelerate 2y agoTerence is fascinating in how different his thinking is even from most other mathematicians.
- vlovich123 2y agoI think he’s trying to replace his grad students so that he can solve even more interesting problems.
- mekoka 2y agoThe real irony being that they show up to work just to discover that it was a software programming position.
- hehehheh 2y agoBut they can't quit once they taste that sweet total comp.
- drewcoo 2y agoThe "golden abacus" instead of "golden handcuffs?" Or as my undergrad mathematics advisor described friends who left academics for finance, "they spend their days clipping (stock) coupons instead of solving math problems - not as interesting but more interest."
- belter 2y agoRumor has it that Ballmer resigned after asking this question to a candidate named Aphyr...