New AI Math Breakthroughs Subvert Human Intuition for Order
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-08-01
The author draws vague Spinoza vibes from recent AI mathematical breakthroughs. They suggest that the inherent human bias towards smoothness and order is being corroded by the strange and weird mathematical structures trickling up from the deep layers of AI models.
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