AI Accelerates Scientific Discovery, But Human Math Ego is Dying
beffjezos · x · 2026-08-12
Responding to the pessimistic claim that "mathematics is dead," the author argues that while AI is indeed diminishing the ego boost humans get from solving math problems, it will drastically accelerate the actual rate of scientific discovery. This raises a core question about the motivation behind research: are we doing math to feed our self-image or to genuinely solve problems that benefit civilization?
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