Math Prof's Short Story on AI-Driven Future of Mathematics
suchenzang · x · 2026-08-30
A math professor wrote a short story about the projected state of mathematics today. A key detail involves a travel influencer's lover managing AI agents hunting for the Riemann Hypothesis. The author imagines the distinguished, elderly Professor Schwartz keeping up with AI math scene gossip, staring at the horrors machines produce, and watching clever-by-half predictors.
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