Boaz Barak revisits 'Math after AI': he predicted this moment, just not this fast
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-09
Harvard professor and former OpenAI safety researcher Boaz Barak reposts his essay 'Math after AI', saying he still stands by everything he wrote and expected moments like today — just not this fast. 'It is different to predict something than to experience it.'
- The essay reflects on his lifelong favorite activity: sitting and thinking about mathematical questions on a blank sheet.
- It examines what advancing AI capability means for mathematical research and for mathematicians themselves.
- A first-person reflection from a top researcher on AI encroaching on deep intellectual work.
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