Csaba Szepesvari: Math's Love of Infinity May Be a Fiction
CsabaSzepesvari · x · 2026-09-14
RL researcher Csaba Szepesvari weighs in on debates over math's usefulness, citing Thurston: the bit model of computation is interesting but drives things away from applied work, and math's fondness for infinity may be a useful fiction.
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