Mathematician argues AI-era incentives should reward good pedagogy, not just papers
lishali88 · x · 2026-09-12
The author reflects on incentive structures in AI math: benchmarks invite benchmaxxing on open problems, while humans do math for the intrinsic pleasure of understanding. They argue this motivation can be aligned with AI, and the profession should adapt incentives to reward good pedagogy, not just papers.
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