How Mathematicians Cope with AI: Some Pay for ChatGPT Over Free Institutional Gemini
joshua_saxe · x · 2026-08-04
A 2500-word explainer dives into how the mathematics community is dealing with the dramatic rise of AI. The article includes revealing details, such as three researchers who had institutional access to Gemini but chose to pay out-of-pocket for ChatGPT because Gemini wasn't effective enough for their mathematical work.
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