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2026-05-11 06:05 UTC
@liamoc@types.pl Have you seen Gowers’ recent post? To be clear, I’m not saying LLM will solve all questions etc. I agree with you that solving a problem by a human being is more than the mere solution.
https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/a-recent-experience-with-chatgpt-5-5-pro/
My feeling so far (not yet articulated) might be summarised as “the journey itself is the destination”. Solutions might be generated magically but one has advanced by themselves to make sense of it. Some textbooks include selected solutions to exercises, but does it make solving those exercises fruitless? Certainly not.
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@liamoc@types.pl 2026-05-11 11:32
@ltchen@mathstodon.xyz I did read it, and it made me feel slightly ill.
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@jer_gib@functional.cafe 2026-05-11 12:22
@ltchen@mathstodon.xyz "Some textbooks include selected solutions to exercises, but does it make solving those exercises fruitless? Certainly not." I'm going to remember that line!