☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoDonald Knuth describes his shock and joy upon learning that Claude successfully solved an open combinatorial problem he had been researching for a future volume of The Art of Computer Programming.www-cs-faculty.stanford.eduexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down16cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkDonald Knuth describes his shock and joy upon learning that Claude successfully solved an open combinatorial problem he had been researching for a future volume of The Art of Computer Programming.www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square31linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoIt’s the exact same tool that people have been using for decades: a computer.
minus-squareembed_me@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoA computer implies a certain degree of determinism. i.e. whatever it can do, a human has programmed it to do. Except for speeding up calculations (simulations), it didn’t aid in a somewhat creative and direct manner like this.
It’s the exact same tool that people have been using for decades: a computer.
A computer implies a certain degree of determinism. i.e. whatever it can do, a human has programmed it to do. Except for speeding up calculations (simulations), it didn’t aid in a somewhat creative and direct manner like this.