Ethan Mollick: AI's Math Proofs Show How the Jagged Frontier Will Reshape Every Profession
emollick · x · 2026-09-11
Ethan Mollick argues the anxiety in mathematics over AI is the jagged frontier in action — and a precursor for other professions.
- Mathematicians do more than proofs: mentoring students, sustaining the community, safeguarding a field's future, fostering love of math — things AI can't do
- Some worry that by focusing on the flashiest element (proofs), AI companies undermine attention to the other essential parts of the job
- He expects more professions will be forced to explain that their value extends beyond the most visible tasks AI can do
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