Fields Medalists warn AI companies' benchmark-chasing in math is 'severely misaligned' with the mathematical community
asusarla · x · 2026-09-12
Several Fields Medalists have co-signed a declaration on mathandai.org arguing that while LLMs' mathematical capabilities have improved dramatically — to the point of solving major open problems — AI companies' push to use these problems as benchmarks is detrimental to mathematics and misaligned with the mathematical community's goals. The declaration argues that famous problems serve as landmarks whose value lies in the new ideas and methods they generate, ideas that get refined over years into textbooks and eventually tools for everyone; benchmark-chasing skips that communal digestion process. The authors frame this as part of a broader alignment issue affecting science, creative professions, and society, and are calling on academics to endorse the statement.
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