AI math skeptics gain ground: advanced math offers little economic value, argues viral thread
voooooogel · x · 2026-09-11
A thread quotes andrewho03 partially siding with AI×math skeptics (including Terence Tao): advanced math offers little economic value, so 'pushing the frontiers of knowledge' is like deeply characterizing the dirt on your shoes. Others push back that solving Millennium Problems is cool regardless — a substantive debate on AI's value in mathematics.
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