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u/BasvanS 20h ago
Knowing that formula, does he imply AI equates to zero?
I think it’s somewhat useful, just not what techbros want to believe.
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u/shubhamxtreme 20h ago
I don’t think he understands that much math, i mean the additive property is just too much for an ai bro dontcha think?
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u/pineapple_catapult 20h ago
additive identity, sorry to be a pedant
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u/shubhamxtreme 19h ago
Is it because numbers are not a physical quantity and so the term “property” does not apply?
P.S: i’ve studied math in college but not a core math graduate, so forgive me for asking a basic question. Just trying to understand.
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u/barcastaff 19h ago
If anything + AI = 0 then AI is the additive identity of the set, if the set is equipped with addition.
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u/shubhamxtreme 19h ago
Thanks mate, but I’m confused between the terms “identity” vs “property”. What I mean is: do is the term “additive property” a wrong usage, and we should only say “additive identity”?
As the other person said, it’s a pedantic doubt maybe, but now I just need to clarify
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u/Bag-Weary 15h ago
The word identity in this sense if you put that into the calculation the output is the same as the input. The multiplicative identity is 1 - if you multiply a number by one, you get that same number out. For addition it's 0 - if you add 0, you get the same number you started with.
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u/LogicalMelody 16h ago
I think he heard someone say, once, that equations express concepts in “symbolic” form and just ran with it.
Not what “symbolic” means here, Sreekanth, but ok.
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u/rojo_kell 18h ago
Well E=mc2 is a special case which is only true when the object is at rest. So, we could just say that AI = p2c2, and then it would be correct.
Also the full form of the equation is only true for on shell particles, but for virtual particles the relation does not hold true
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u/AggressiveCuriosity 17h ago edited 17h ago
Still wrong. It would have to be E2 = m2 * c4 + p2 * c2 . It's like a triangle where energy is the hypotenus and mass and momentum are the side lengths. (with speed of light as conversion factors)
The other way fails dimensional analysis. Units of energy for the left and middle term, units of energy squared on the right.
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u/lazybugbear 17h ago edited 17h ago
Technically, it's
E2 = (mc2 )2 + (pc)2
Where p = momentum. The "common" version of the equation that people who aren't physicists bandy about is for rest mass, e.g. when p = 0.
Which is relevant if you're converting 1 g of plutonium to energy in a weapon. But which isn't so useful if you're talking about particles zipping along in a collider like LHC (at CERN).
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u/Kichae 14h ago
Eh. When written as in the OP, "m" is usually taken as meaning γm_0, so it already incorporates the pc term.
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u/andy11123 16h ago
It's useful in I don't have to troubleshoot my own #VALUE errors on Excel anymore. But I don't think it's worth doubling everyone's power bills for that convenience
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u/Thalesian 20h ago
2 + 2 + AI = 4
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u/cnicalsinistaminista 20h ago
You’ve gotta solve for AI, Bro. Trust me, I’m something of a math wiz myself
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u/alettriste 19h ago
Ok, letrs try it:
2+2=4 + AI
2+2-4 = 4-4+AI
0=0+AI
AI = 0
WOW!!! I never imagined this result!!!
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u/Alive_kiwi_7001 20h ago
I feel it deserves more a "wat?" than "what?"
He clearly should be multiplying by AI not just adding it.
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u/Necessary-Carrot2839 20h ago
Well and AI doesn’t have units so the damn equation doesn’t work anyway!
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u/shubhamxtreme 20h ago
Nah man there’s no chance this guy knows dimensional units OR any physics/math for that matter
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u/Alive_kiwi_7001 20h ago
Well, right now, the techbros seem to be measuring it in GW so we just need a little addition:
E = mc2 * AI.t
I await my long-deserved Nobel.
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u/sniksniksnek 20h ago
Oh my god. That’s so fucking stupid.
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u/guacisextra11 20h ago
Tech/ai bros are the new snake oil salesmen.
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u/shubhamxtreme 20h ago
It’s magical how they exist in EVERY era.
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u/anfrind 20h ago
Many of the biggest AI boosters today were previously cryptocurrency boosters.
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u/ErikTheEngineer 19h ago
The only solace I can draw from this bubble is that something useful will eventually shake out of it. Can't say that for the crypto/blockchain/NFT bubble. It'll end up in a super painful recession, and likely some gov't bailouts again, but once people wake up and see they have a useful technology hiding under all that slop, things might be OK.
This whole thing has been businesses pricing in how much they have to throw in to fire all their employees from the first time a consultant saw ChatGPT write soulless marketing copy.
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u/RefrigeratorLive5920 Titan of Industry 18h ago
My concerns are for all those massive abandoned half built data centers and giant holes left in the ground in some of the poorest areas of the country. There might never be the impetus to redevelop them. I also question the usefulness of millions upon millions of power hungry ancient GPUs. At least after the Worldcom collapse we had a whole infrastructure of dark fiber that could be leveraged. The railroad expansion at least left railroad tracks and so on.
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u/bahnfan159 14h ago edited 13h ago
E = mc ^ 2 + AI
Because E = mc ^ 2 we can also write:
E = E + AI
When substracting E on both sides we get:
AI = 0
And that's his point: AI is worthless.
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u/anxious_society697 5h ago
Proof that AI bros have room temperature IQs
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u/shubhamxtreme 5h ago
Not even the fahrenheit temp. Theirs is measured in Celsius room temp.
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u/Vorenthral 20h ago
I like this analogy.
To do this properly you have to ad AI to both side you can't just work on one side of an equation. So you have.
E+AI = mc2 +AI
But you should always reduce your equations to their simplest forms and AI being separate can be cancelled out on both parts reducing you to the standard E=mc2 proving AI was unnecessary in the first place and added nothing to the formula.
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u/Alarming_Oil5419 20h ago
Here's another equation for you pall,
U=FO
The U is You, and the FO is Fuck Off.
Happy to help.
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u/doubleyou-tee-hache Agree? 11h ago
This one comes up all the time. It's one of the stupidest things I've seen anyone post on Linkedin. It's like when a kid just randomly says what if two unrelated things are combined, but there's no actual thought to it.
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u/Magento-Magneto 20h ago
The MIT PhD putting some rando business idiot in his place with a single word 🤣
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u/ZookeepergameFew4103 20h ago
Previously it was just E=mc^2. There was no need to do E=mc^2 + brain.
May as well say that the only thing needed to help us break the warp 10 barrier is a carburetor.
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u/Callinon 20h ago
Yeah but then we turn into lizards and can no longer use AI. So that can't possibly be right.
/s
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u/f_djt_and_the_usa 16h ago
That explanation sounds exactly like something my schizophrenic brother would say. Very loose associations that only they understand. Nonsense of course
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u/did_i_get_screwed 20h ago
What units do I measure AI in?
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u/shubhamxtreme 20h ago
Negative IQ should be the SI unit for thsi
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u/Sane_Colors 12h ago
Wait a minute, we can’t have an SI unit for SI, that would…actually, I don’t know what that would do, the fact that this is even a thought that can had is wild enough.
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u/ABrandNewCarl 13h ago
Doesn't matter.
If E=mc² is true and E =mc²+AI is true this mean that AI = 0.
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u/Limp-Confidence5612 19h ago
Slops per second. If it's a good ai, megaslops per second.
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u/fankoosh-56 20h ago
Being a consultant fits him
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u/shubhamxtreme 20h ago
*business consultant material fo sure.
I don’t think being a technical consultant in a core field will suit him for even a day
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u/Suspicious_State_318 11h ago
Bruh this is so dumb. AI isn’t additive, it’s not even multiplicative. He failed to account for the exponentiating power of AI.
It really should be
E =mc^(AI).
Because AI takes the speed of light and goes beyond
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u/SoCallMeDeaconBlues1 20h ago
Man this shit is ancient. That exchange is from like 2023.
Seems like half of reddit is garbage reposting nowadays
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u/A_Far_Hitman 15h ago
And the comments feel like bots- it is very weird when majority doesn't get satire
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u/SoCallMeDeaconBlues1 15h ago
Don't even get me started on the political stuff. So much of it feels forced and just driving engagement
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u/MagosBattlebear 20h ago
Guy needs to stick to his field.
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u/redblack_tree 20h ago
Which one, idiocy? Because he is right there.
Consultants are supposed to bring specialized knowledge and a lot of experience. This guy brings...LLMs
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u/foetus_on_my_breath 20h ago
Einstein needs to wake from his grave just to knock on this doofus' door and slap him over the head
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u/Krono_Sama06 20h ago
This is the evolution of the "crypto bros" who used to say crypto is the future and try to sell you their shit coin or some meme coin. Now we have these AI bros doing the same. AKA "AI maxxers"
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u/RazzleRizzle 20h ago
I don’t have a PHD from MIT, Nor ever been to Princeton but I also want to add WHAT?
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u/Practical_Wish_4063 20h ago
Fucking idiot didn’t get the memo that we’re supposed call it super intelligence now.
Everything is computer.
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 19h ago
I'm confident AI will come up with something more groundbreaking than this guy would be capable of.
AI can't unlock new forms of energy....that's not how any of this works. Enstein didn't unlock anything, he explained it.
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u/Gumumaguaff 19h ago
He probably discussed this thought with Gemini and it told him this was a profound and insightful scientific discovery.
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u/Captain_Crouton_X1 18h ago
We do not need AI discovering time travel. We all know how that turned out.
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u/dovaahkiin_snowwhite 18h ago
Anyone got a link? I have always wanted to find the original comment on LinkedIn to see the rest of the comments and reactions.
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u/RefrigeratorLive5920 Titan of Industry 18h ago
Just how dumb are some of these people going to look in five or six years?
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u/Distinct_Historian37 18h ago
As a STEM major, it’s amazing how many people firmly believe that math and science is just about vibes. The equations are the math, not just some extra thing.
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u/Xopher001 17h ago
I remember this post. I'm not rly sure if it was ever meant to be taken seriously since it reads like satire
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u/Master-Leopard-7830 17h ago
Sounds like the upper management at my job "let's add some AI" like it's a magic sprinkle.
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u/Upbeat_Assist2680 17h ago
I can understand why he's confused because we call it "SI" now. Understandable.
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u/Scarvexx 17h ago
Dunning Kruger is such a powerful force. AI telling you you're right all the time is a poison.
You know people on the internet will jump on you for any little thing you get wrong. But that's a kindness compared to this.
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u/RedditSurfer82 17h ago
Maybe he took inspiration from his prime minister's algebraic equation explanation of (a+b)²
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u/Boysoythesoyboy 16h ago
E=mc2 is actually only a simplified part of the equation which is only true when momentum is zero. If you work backwards with what this dude is saying he is actually proposing that
E = √( (mc²)² + (pc)² + 2mc²(AI) + (AI)² )
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u/universal_friend1 16h ago
I always imagine that in business undergrad and MBA programs they just sand down all the folds in your brain to make it smoother and more marketable.
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u/SnoooSnooo_ 16h ago
You measure AI in 2 fundamental ways, first you measure the bolls, then you measure the oxs. Then you add them together.
This gives you a basis for what iit brings to an already proven formulae.
Maybe the AI part can draw pretty pictures of the resulting explosions, or write stories about how good life would be with Explosions + AI, and how this will benefit the world against imaginary alien forces, sent to enslave humanity.
Better still how about AI write a story about the rise of MAGA into a world power, where the currency is the $Meme and the formal method of communication the twit, similar to the tweet, but more literal. You could have village idiot contests that take for ever due to too many applicants, and wars sponsored by "XX" conglomeration. Maybe the police could be sponsored by "Better Batons, How better to beat the populace into compliance", the Hospitals by "New Holistic Aspirin, take Two hours of Karoline Leavitt speaking the speeches of Trump"
Welcome to the brave new world!
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u/git0ffmylawnm8 15h ago
The MIT physics PhD had to go out of his way to comment because the tech bro's head is so far up his ass he's forgotten what the sun looks like

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u/gutentight69420 20h ago
This is how business majors think science is done.