Scott Aaronson's "Apocaloptimism": human-AI collaboration to solve math
vivekhaldar · x · 2026-11-15
Vivek Haldar highlights a slide from Scott Aaronson's talk coining "Apocaloptimist." The slide argues the near future is a golden age for solving math problems via human/AI collaboration ("we won't be cooked, we'll be cooking"), advises young people to get in early, notes the advantage of access to latest internal models is short-lived, and says if P vs NP is ever solved, AI will almost surely play a central role.
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