Math Researcher Anxious as AI Approaches Their Field: 'Did you ask an LLM?'
chaumian · x · 2026-08-03
A math researcher expressed anxiety over AI advancements on X, noting that OpenAI's recently announced results are getting dangerously close to their research area. They frustratingly pointed out that every time they ask a question now, people respond by asking, "Did you ask an LLM?"
Another user jokingly replied, "hit the oil rigs, pussy," poking fun at the panic over AI replacing human intellectual labor.
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