Math community debates whether AI literature search is essential for research
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-11
A debate on X over AI's role in math research: one user objected to calling AI 'increasingly essential to modern math research' and suggested an ICM vote. Elliot Glazer pushed back, arguing you can research with one hand tied behind your back, but that's insane in a profession where top productivity matters, and improved literature search already makes AI an accelerant for virtually all researchers.
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