Brown U prof's pessimistic short story: The Fate of the Riemann Hypothesis
littmath · x · 2026-08-30
Virgil30 retweeted a pessimistic short story by Brown University professor Richard Schwartz titled "The Fate of the Riemann Hypothesis." The story explores the potential impact of AI on mathematics and beyond. The commenter suggests that our primary fear of AI might actually be a sublimation of losing our sense of purpose and intellectual exclusivity, rather than just concerns about material conditions.
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