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Scott Aaronson: The Mathocalypse, Will Intelligence Matter Anymore?

Oct 12, 2026 · 1h 1m

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Scott Aaronson is one of the world's leading quantum computing researchers and spent two years at OpenAI working on AI safety. We talked about why he thinks the singularity has already begun for math, who gets credit when AI writes the proof, and whether intelligence will still matter once machines do the thinking. • My ergonomic keyboard project I mentioned, you can follow along here: https://read.compose.llc/ • The Kickstarter page for it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-done Podcast links: • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORlscppGGh4 • Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835 •…