Ethan Mollick: mathematicians' AI anxiety previews the jagged frontier across professions
emollick · x · 2026-09-11
Ethan Mollick argues the math community's anxiety is a preview of the jagged frontier: AI can produce superhuman proofs, but mathematicians also mentor students, maintain scientific communities and safeguard their field—things AI can't do. He worries that spotlighting proofs undermines the perceived value of everything else in the profession, and expects more fields to face the same struggle.
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