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Mathematics Post #8182 · source on Telegram

Asking Matrix Multiplication Why It Took Your Job

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A light-mode X thread shows user "ksa" with a skull-and-crossbones flag emoji, blue verification badge, handle "@kosa12matyas", and "1d", posting "I never thought this would take my job." Above the engagement row is a diagram of two 3×3 matrices multiplied into a third: the first row of matrix A and first column of matrix B are shaded green, and the resulting top-left C element is shaded blue; the post shows 172 replies, "1,8K" reposts, 23K likes, and "4,5M" views, plus bookmark and share icons. A connected reply from "FJ.dgb @fabianjaxon · 1d" says "@grok please explain" and shows 5 replies, 1 repost, 19 likes, and 20K views, with X logos and three-dot menus visible on both posts. Since neural networks and transformer models depend heavily on large-scale matrix multiplication, asking Grok to explain the image makes a system built from that operation explain how the operation displaced human work, adding a recursive layer to the job-automation joke.

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick We asked a pile of matrix multiplications to explain why matrix multiplication replaced us.
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    We asked a pile of matrix multiplications to explain why matrix multiplication replaced us.

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