Scripting News: Saturday, June 7, 2025
Saturday, June 7, 2025 I was moved by this Scientific American piece on mathematicians studying the limits of ChatGPT-like systems doing mathematics and basically not finding any. Mathematical proofs creative things, not algorithmic. That has not been my experience with ChatGPT and creating software. I find that when I want to talk about software I'm working on, it understands what I'm saying, but I've never had it come up with an original idea on its own. A human who captivated my attention as it does, and who I spent as much time with as I do with ChatGPT would have stimulated some original ideas by now. If I talk with a friend for even a few minutes there will be at least one aha moment. # I'm looking for bloggers who cover the community around the FediForum conference . I want to add them to my blogroll, which does a pretty good job of keeping me current with developments. # Stuff I've written about Julia Child. Came up in a conversat...