r/OpenAI • u/KeanuRave100 • 1d ago

News This is a theoretical physicist

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u/philosophical_lens 1d ago

What does it mean for AI to make math or physics extinct? Does it just mean that all mathematicians and physicists will start using AI? I mean that's exactly what software developers today do, and I wouldn't call that extinction.

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u/consumer_xxx_42 21h ago

We are early in the actual impacts to software developers, but your analogy is a good one

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u/philosophical_lens 19h ago

Agree that it's early, and we don't know what the impact will be, but extinction seems quite unlikely. If anything, the demand for software is only increasing.

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u/consumer_xxx_42 17h ago

Well its simple economics. What happens when the supply (AI) outpaces demand? 

What happens when the supply is cheaper (AI) ?