AI is Reshaping the Scientific Method of Math, Says Harvard Statistician
kareem_carr · x · 2026-08-01
Harvard statistician Kareem Carr stated on X that mathematics is currently at a pivotal moment similar to the period right after the sequencing of the human genome. Just as computational biology subsequently dominated genomic analysis, the rise of AI means the entire scientific method defining mathematics will have to be reimagined. He described it as an exciting time.
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