Math community mishandling AI, argues researcher: pitch should be verification in months not centuries
RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-08
Rex Douglass criticizes how the math community responds to AI: some pretend human slop wasn't already a problem, some amplify AI failures for self-differentiation, and few shout 'give us funding — our turnaround went from centuries to months.' He argues the right pitch is 'new discoveries every day that need unpacking.'
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