Szepesvári: AI is destroying mathematics' justification for curiosity-driven research

RL researcher Csaba Szepesvári argued in a tweet series that AI is destroying the narratives mathematicians use to justify their work, since pure curiosity-driven knowledge creation cannot be priced in an economy-centered society, and questioned whether mathematicians will help close a widening knowledge gap.

2026-09-14 ~ 2026-09-14 · 4 related posts

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