Researcher Jokes: Math Results Without AI Are Now More Impressive
thegautamkamath · x · 2026-07-23
Gautam Kamath, a prominent AI researcher at the University of Waterloo, humorously remarked that given the current proliferation of AI tools in scientific research, he would actually be more impressed nowadays if a new mathematical result was achieved without the use of AI.
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