Mathematicians' coping arc on AI: deny it, then "low-hanging fruit", then move the goalposts
Martin778192374 · x · 2026-08-19
Reacting to a footnote in an arXiv paper, this user calls mathematicians' response "massive cope": since AI started solving these problems, mathematicians have cycled through anger—first denying the AI could do it, then claiming the problems weren't that hard, were low-hanging fruit, undigested, or just combinations of human results—continually moving the goalposts as each defense fails.
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