'God of the gaps' argument: whatever AI can't do is suddenly defined as math
RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-08
The author argues that claims like 'AI can't do real math' are god-of-the-gaps reasoning: math gets redefined as whatever AI can't do yet. He adds that different groups have historically marketed problems differently — the new meme being 'we never cared about final solutions, only what AI can't do this minute.'
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