Mathematicians declare AI companies' benchmark chase 'severely misaligned'
jiqizhixin · x · 2026-09-12
A declaration from the 'Math and AI' group argues that while LLMs' math abilities have dramatically improved, AI companies' push to solve math problems as benchmarks is detrimental to mathematics. Famous problems serve as lighthouses whose value lies in community-wide digestion of new ideas over generations — not speed-solving. The authors frame this as part of a broader misalignment affecting science, creative professions, and society.
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