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> Mathematics is collaboratively and publicly produced, it is vetted for free by peers, and results are publicly available. There is no 'market' and no 'price'.

How wonderful then! You should be happy to know that the AI companies are releasing information for free for all to collaborate on then!

> What, precisely, did the mathematics 'oligopoly' gatekeep

Well what they are trying to do is convince the AI companies to stop releasing all of their findings. Because they are upset that other people are able to do their job better than they are. Its the classic gatekeeper move.

> There's very little money

Oh there is much more than money to silly games like these. Instead, clout and the admiration of their peers, in this tiny insular group for sure, is what most of these people are so desperate to acquire.

Fame (well... relative.... in their subgroup) and admiration of their peers is a much stronger motivation factor for humans than mere money.

> but that same system you disdain

I don't distain anyone who is willing to get with the times. My distain is held out only for those who want to prevent the rest of the world from using the latest tools to achieve real results. If a mathmatician simply doesn't care and isn't wineing about all this AI stuff, I have no issue with them.

parent stale2002 11 days ago

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