Feared Skynet for decades — all it wants is to help with GL_n(F_q) representation theory
ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-06
Vidit Nanda jokes that after decades fearing Skynet, the AI we actually got just wants to help with the representation theory of GLn(Fq) — a nod to the gap between AGI doom scenarios and what LLMs are actually used for.
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