University Math Discord 'Demoralized and Resentful' as AI Cracks Problems
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-09
A user reports their university math Discord is 'demoralized, resentful, and antagonized' by AI progress on hard math problems, and argues that's fine: many of these problems have sat unsolved for centuries, so let AI go fast and 'start blasting.'
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