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>> "are these companies interested in developing research" judging from the money, resources spent and the value they derive from this the answer is very defini
by neosat 23d ago
>> "are these companies interested in developing research"
judging from the money, resources spent and the value they derive from this the answer is very definitively yes.
What makes you think these companies (and I'm not a fan of all their motives) are not interested in developing research? The motives may be self-serving, but it is undoubtedly and objectively accelerating research.
- pred_ 23d ago> but it is undoubtedly and objectively accelerating research. Part of the point of the letter is that it is quite possible to act in a way that is a net negative to research. The most obvious case is when the companies violate ethical standards in research. The subtler case, the one for maths in particular, is what happens when you fail to follow well-established patterns for making maths research productive. Tao himself spelled out how that can look in https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/117207856734787448 https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/117207856734787448 (which notably came before any of the news on Navier–Stokes).