2026-10-08 00:26 UTC
“The incentive structures that power the mathematical community are not set up for a world where solving problems is easy and understanding their answers remains hard.”
This reminded me of an inverse NP-complete, ironically.
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@mike805@noc.social 2026-10-08 00:28
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange The incentive structures that power computer science are not set up for a world where mass producing code is easy but debugging and security auditing remains hard. This is a problem we've had since commercial spamming started. Computers can mass produce junk output which humans have to sort and categorize.
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@tbortels@infosec.exchange 2026-10-08 01:25
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange I don't think I ever talked to a mathematician (it was a major in college for a time) whose goal was winning a prize or even reaching that level. The number of people who get to original proofs level is pretty damn small. You do it because you can't help it, until you reach equilibrium or burn out. I burnt out.