Michael Harrisβs Boston Review essay on AI and math is great!
AI & MLMathEducation
Summary
This is a brief recommendation post in which Cathy O'Neil endorses Michael Harris's Boston Review essay 'Knowledge Collapse,' written by Columbia mathematician Michael Harris. O'Neil signals strong enthusiasm for the piece and notes she hopes to have Harris on her podcast. She acknowledges the essay is rich enough that a podcast conversation won't cover everything, encouraging readers to engage with it directly.
Key Insight
O'Neil, a prominent math-and-society critic herself, considers Harris's essay on AI and knowledge so substantive that she defers to the original rather than summarizing it.
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there's no chance we will get to all of it, so here's your chance to read it now and enjoy it fully
Tone
enthusiastic, deferential
