Mathematician cites Hilbert's 'we will know' to rebut both AI doom and dumbing-down takes
littmath · x · 2026-09-15
Daniel Litt offers a rejoinder to those who think new technology will obsolete humanity and those who think it will make us stupid, invoking the full context of Hilbert's famous "Wir müssen wissen — wir werden wissen": we must not believe those who prophesy the fall of culture and accept ignorabimus. He finds the sentiment strikingly fitting for the present AI moment.
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