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		timschmidt 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Epoch confirms GPT5.4 Pro solved a frontier math o... Conrad Gessner had the very same complaint in the 16th century, noting the overabundance of printed books, fretting about shoddy, trivial, or error-filled works ( https://www.jstor.org/stable/26560192 )

qsera 17 days ago [–]

So....what is your point?

timschmidt 17 days ago | [–]

Generations have grown and died in the time since your concern was first expressed. The world continues. Culture adapts.

qsera 17 days ago | | [–]

Did I say it will be the end of the world?

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