Caltech Mathematicians Spar Over Whether AI Belongs in Undergrad Math Training
Singularitarian · x · 2026-09-11
A debate has broken out around Caltech's Mathathon. A Caltech alum math PhD frames it as driven by a spirit of adventure and excellence in science, core Caltech values.
The quoted counterpoint is sarcastic: thank you for sparing math academia the terror of undergrads accessing the tool that is increasingly essential to modern research—implying bans just mean six more years of pencil-and-paper proofs while the frontier moves on. The core question: should AI enter undergraduate math education?
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