Math community will pivot to pro-AI within a year, claims researcher Rex Douglass
RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-07
Rex Douglass predicts that within a year, the math community will broadly reposition itself as pro-AI — taking credit for the shift and even resenting the suggestion they were ever exclusionary or zero-sum about it. He notes the pivot is already visible but the community hasn't settled where it lands on "credit." In a follow-up, he argues technically savvy people with a clear identity handle others' success better than those still searching for themselves.
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