AI will not kill mathematics, this post argues
littmath · x · 2026-07-22
A reply argues that AI will not be an extinction-level event for mathematics, but rather something positive for the field.
The main concern, in this view, is not math itself but the social disruption that can follow when people do not really understand what AI is doing.
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