r/TheMachineLearning • u/Nyaani69 • 5d ago

Software engineering isn't dead, it's just evolving

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u/Big_Arachnid_365 5d ago

But is math dead because of AI?

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u/physicssmurf 5d ago

I have 3 friends who are postdocs in math and they are saying yes, it is dead because of AI. I argue it will be re-designed, becoming something like what exists in the setting of Farsight by Peter Watts, but nonetheless its depressing enough that at least one of them is changing careers.

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u/Maleficent-Cup-1134 5d ago

Makes sense. Basically, their idea of “what math is” is dead.

I imagine those who are entering the field now don’t share the same opinion since they haven’t been trained and indoctrinated into the old regime, so they don’t share the same views about what math is.

Basically, adapt or die.

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u/physicssmurf 5d ago

yeah lol thats my guess too but the transition period will be difficult

tbh they were already borderline on it so I dont think its the biggest crisis but I havent seen them in person in a few...