Antonio Patriarca / is on Nostr

A mathematician working in the animation industry (Skydance Animation, prev: Animal Logic, DNEG, Framestore)

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2025-06-01 15:37:48

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@nprofile…hszg @nprofile…fa4k It is a shame however these people are convinced of crazy stuff because they do have a lot of imagination and dedication.

2025-05-05 16:58:11

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@nprofile…fa4k probably, as in some famous literary example, only the answer was provided, which we already knew to be 42, but we still need to find the problem this is the solution to.

2025-05-02 16:19:15

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@nprofile…hszg @nprofile…pmdx What is Σ in this context?

2025-03-10 18:09:45

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@nprofile…qmju I agree that, for math related questions, this isn't probably as big as an issue as in the general case. For the reasons you mentioned (even if not all math can be formally verified [yet?] AFAIK) and because the users asking for a specific technical question usually have the technical ability required to check the validity or make clarifying questions. But even in this technical contexts, if we for example look at programming tools where responses are automatically tested by compilers and static analysers, researchers have still measured a reduction in quality when using them (with a small productivity boost).
Yes, the quality problem with online (or even printed) resources always existed (Wikipedia used to be considered unreliable when I was younger for example), but generating content was more expensive and it was easier to estimate how reliable were a particular source.

2025-03-10 18:09:45

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2025-03-10 17:37:31

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@nprofile…qmju However, even in the best case, you have to be knowledgeable enough to understand the given solution is correct and can be trusted. This wasn't an issue before gen AI rise. An improvement of the web search usability would have been arguably more useful. AI may improve but I'm still pessimistic. IMHO current AI products are still more damaging then useful and we may never be able to completely recover.

2025-03-10 16:59:15

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@nprofile…qmju However, if both the best and worst cases are still outperformed by a web search thanks to its much better guaranteed of correctness (even after the enshittification of web search), what is the point of the tool? I can only imagine using it for getting ideas for something new at this point.

2025-02-07 20:44:08

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@nprofile…fa4k @nprofile…p3dv As someone exposed to the Noether normalization lemma more than this theorem, I initially asked myself how that lemma would help physicists. Then I remembered there were other important theorems with her name. She was truly an amazing mathematician and we need to celebrate her more.

2025-01-21 11:01:24

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@nprofile…3er3 @nprofile…avnq If you skip the useless intro (and maybe the outro), the message is interesting and important. It is mostly about what happened in Germany and how the Nazis got their power. There are surely some US propaganda messages (it almost makes it look like only Germans died in the war for example), but for the most part, it invites us to stay united and fight for everybody's freedom. The main message is that we are all part of some minority and we are stronger together than divided.

2025-01-15 13:14:02

Maybe I'm getting old, but nowadays, each time I read about some new startup/tech idea, I end up thinking about the classic Jurassic Park quote: “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they *could* that they didn’t stop to think if they *should*.” #tech

2025-01-14 21:22:38

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@nprofile…3pjs To be honest, I think someone else would have proposed something similar by the 60s. Einstein was a great physicist and a creative mind, but he wasn't the only one of the last century.

2024-04-10 12:50:35

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@npub1aw2…8vv5 Is the previous peek the "crypto" one?

2024-02-08 10:52:04

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@npub1aw2…8vv5 Or even better, just don't read any comment section online. Never failed to regret doing it.