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Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom?

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On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:57:31 +0000, Mild Shock wrote:

>
> Henri Poincaré believed that mathematical
> and scientific creativity came from a deep,
> unconscious intuition that could not be
>
> captured by mechanical reasoning or formal
> systems. He famously wrote about how insights
> came not from plodding logic but from sudden
>
> illuminations — leaps of creative synthesis.
>
> But now we have generative AI — models like GPT — that:
>
> - produce poetry, proofs, stories, and code,

Rubbish
>
> - combine ideas in novel ways,

Rubbish
>
> - and do so by processing patterns in massive
>     datasets, without conscious understanding.

They follow random number sequences to get something they have no clue
about
>
> And that does seem to contradict Poincaré's belief
> that true invention cannot come from automation.

True invention comes from Divine sources, not monkey methods. One has to
know what one wants and what it can be used for.

Anyway Chat is a bore and most likely the latest hoax.

WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof

Bertietaylor

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Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom? Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-07-15 20:57 +0200
  Stack Overflow is declining, and GitHub might be next (Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom?) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-07-15 20:58 +0200
    GitHub 2.0: The no code companion repository (Re: Stack Overflow is declining, and GitHub might be next) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-07-15 21:27 +0200
    Re: Stack Overflow is declining, and GitHub might be next (Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom?) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-07-15 15:38 -0500
    Re: Stack Overflow is declining, and GitHub might be next (Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom?) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-07-15 15:56 -0500
  Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom? Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-07-15 15:15 -0500
    I am not from Israel or Jewish (Was: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom?) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-07-16 11:46 +0200
      Re: I am not from Israel or Jewish (Was: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom?) Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-07-17 22:44 -0500
        I am neither Hanson (Was: I am not from Israel or Jewish) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-07-19 22:09 +0200
          Re: I am neither Hanson bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) - 2025-07-21 00:32 +0000
            Was Hanson your Bed Warmer? (Was: I am neither Hanson) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2025-07-21 10:17 +0200
              Re: Was Hanson your Bed Warmer? bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) - 2025-07-21 09:42 +0000
  Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom? bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) - 2025-07-17 01:36 +0000
    Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom? Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2025-07-16 19:55 -0700
      Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom? bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) - 2025-07-19 00:37 +0000
        Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom? Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2025-07-18 18:47 -0700
        Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom? bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) - 2025-07-19 03:47 +0000
          Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom? Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2025-07-19 06:29 -0700
            Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom? bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) - 2025-07-21 00:27 +0000
              Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom? Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2025-07-20 18:25 -0700
                Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom? bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertitaylor) - 2025-07-21 06:53 +0000
                Re: Would Poincaré miss the AI Boom? Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2025-07-21 06:01 -0700
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