Will AI Trigger a 'Lee Sedol Effect' Among Scientists by Solving Math Breakthroughs?
imjustnewatai · x · 2026-08-03
Drawing a parallel to Lee Sedol's retirement after being defeated by AlphaGo, the author explores the potential "Lee Sedol effect" AI might have on the scientific community. OpenAI recently noted that its models have produced ten results in math and theoretical computer science on problems that had seen no progress for at least a decade.
The author points out that while AI—which can read more, hold more ideas, and search more paths—will make some scientists unbelievably powerful, it might also cause others to lose the very passion that drove them to climb the academic peaks in the first place.
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