PhD mathematicians are losing jobs to AI, but writing quality still lags
wordgrammer · x · 2026-07-23
A brief hot take on AI job displacement and writing quality: the poster claims PhD mathematicians are losing jobs to AI, while high school dropout communication majors still write better than it.
The post is not presenting data or a case study; it is a sharp opinion about how AI is affecting professional work and perceived quality in different domains.
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