Taleb: Engineering-trained 'matheux' beat pure math PhDs; AI will destroy performative skills
Nassim Taleb sparked debate by claiming engineering-trained problem solvers outperform pure math PhDs, and asserting that AI will destroy all performative skills, with competition-style 'math gymnastics' among the first to fall.
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