AI may solve math, but it could also spoil what makes math interesting
debreuil · x · 2026-07-24
AI’s impact on math is framed as a question of what matters more: solving problems or appreciating the problems themselves. The post argues that, like other art forms, mathematics may lose something if AI makes the ending too easy to know—analogous to being told a movie’s ending while still watching it.
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