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I realize @AcerFur is being ironic, but the popularity of the idea that AI "merely explores the convex hull" mystifies me. Why wouldn't it be more like the subgroup generated by existing mathematical knowledge? (That's also a metaphor -- I'm not saying there's a group structure.)

Acer@AcerFur · Oct 7

mathematicians should start saying "it's within the convex hull" instead of "it's trivial"

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Oct 8, 2026, 7:03 AM UTC

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