Math community clashes over whether AI-generated results count
RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-08
- A debate sparked by Terence Tao and Steven over how mathematicians treat AI-generated artifacts drew in Rex Douglass.
- Douglass argues it's the same old meme of "certain artifacts by certain people not counting," and that math is botching the pitch — it should be selling "new discoveries every day that need unpacking."
- In the quoted thread, littmath counters with an analogy: disliking internet spam doesn't mean hating the internet.
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