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Weird Things Happen When Math Gets Too Expressive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVwQsvof7Hw

Peano arithmetic is sufficiently expressive enough to be equivalent to any possible future theory of mathematics.


Err? Peano Arithmetic is provably consistent in ZFC, but it is not in itself (if PA is consistent). Therefore if PA is consistent it is not equivalent to ZFC (regardless of whether ZFC is consistent or not)


I am referring to this slide : https://youtu.be/EVwQsvof7Hw?t=1646


Even before I started the video, I had a feeling it was going to lead to a kind of "introspective" mathematics that can reason about its own reasoning. I was not disappointed, thank you.

Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta Stone - https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0340


Human race is indeed fascinating. We kill millions of cows for food while doing the following in the same breath.

A bronze sculpture unveiled in March 2026 in Almaty, Kazakhstan (near the Europe/Asia border region), honors strangers who formed a human chain to save a dog from the Sayran Reservoir in 2016. The statue, located along the canal embankment, symbolizes unity and collective action after the 2016 viral rescue.


On the efficiency side, why do we need 10 companies doing the same thing. "Don't Repeat Yourself" principle would agree with your proposal.


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I can't run my business without electricity. Yet we don't fear of its access being revoked. Sam makes the comparison of intelligence to electricity a lot. So we are on the path to these systems becoming utilities.


Electricity is heavily regulated. Is there any evidence that LLMs will be the same?


Was electricity regulated in the first decade of its existence?


I don't know but likely not. Factories were powered by steam then, and had a "power plant" on site. So they didn't convert to electricity until it was reliable and guaranteed.


Was anything regulated in those times? You could legally buy humans at that time.

But that doesn't mean we live with same standards. Lack of regulations in electricity led to a lot of deaths and disaster which is why it was regulated.

But we dont live in the start of 20th century, we live in 2026 and we must learn from the past instead of helbent on repeating it.


I would bet any amount that when the time comes to turn AI into a utility, they will fight it tooth and nail.


Comparing AI to electricity focusing on just one particular aspect (hey its like fuel guys!!) while completely ignoring all the structural difference between actual energy industries and big tech is really stupid.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superformula

Have you heard of Superformula ? I remember playing with them few years ago.


You should collaborate with Huygens Optics. I find his videos thought provoking

https://youtu.be/hYyrgDEJLOA


AI told me my ideas are so good that I should write a book. Luckily I am in charge of I spend my time. Idea guys are very common in game industry.


> Certain regions of the world or U.S. seem to care a lot more about peer-perception than others.

This wasn't true even for US few decades ago.

Jerry Seinfeld - MONEY became EVERYTHING

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7BgwUL_X75Y


I don't know, maybe it's the absolute fucking _insane_ social inequality that is present around the globe and in the world.

Also isn't Jerry Seinfeld a billionaire? Completely detached from reality.


Yes. It is similar to the military saying that, "cemetry is full of indespensible people." We think the company won't thrive without us, but flow of life finds a way to do without it. This realization can be good or bad depending on your outlook.

The Day I Realized Work Was Stealing My Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yw6tBaT0X4


One great opportunity is for expert-developers to push the boundary of better algorithms or libraries. No one rolls out their own cryptographic library, majority problems faced in our systems are common. If that common problem is solved once and packaged into a library to be used by anyone, no one else needs to bother looking at it. Most of modern software dev is all about plumbing. The harder parts need to solved once and that solution becomes available to everyone immediately.


Yeah but in my opinion AI generated code is still pretty low to mid quality and can't push boundaries. And as people rely more on it they sort of forget how to have unique ideas too.


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