'Nobody is impressed by a forklift': X users clash over whether math still matters in the AI era
cammakingminds · x · 2026-09-11
- cammakingminds argues that skills are only impressive in ways machines can't yet match: nobody admires a forklift lifting weights. By that logic, mathematicians feel threatened by AI solving math precisely because they picked something machines do better — and hoarding credit out of pride is 'degenerate trash.'
- @notadampaul fires back, calling the take inflammatory garbage — like telling gym-goers to let a forklift lift their weights.
- The spat crystallizes a real debate about which human skills retain meaning as AI matches them.
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