AI-and-math debates reveal a broken relationship with mathematics
tak3sh8 · x · 2026-07-23
The author argues that the recent AI-and-math debate shows many people have an unhealthy relationship with mathematics, and says math and science education need updating.
The point is less about AI itself than about what the debate revealed: a mismatch between how people think about math and what modern education should prepare them for.
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