Mathematician: AI solving math will stop being interesting, funding shifts to medicine
AlexKontorovich · x · 2026-09-06
Replying to Timothy Gowers' point that there will always be non-trivial math problems, mathematician Alex Kontorovich agrees — but argues the real shift is attention: once "AI did a breakthrough" prompts stop being interesting, the public will move on to curing cancer and heart disease, and marketing departments may stop funding pure math.
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