25 Fields Medalists Fear AI Is Solving Math Too Fast; Researcher Calls Delaying Discovery the Real Disaster
Yuchenj_UW · x · 2026-09-12
AI researcher Yuchen Jin notes that 25 Fields Medalists worry AI solving math too quickly could damage mathematics itself, but he sees the opposite in coding, where AI acceleration has helped rather than hurt. His analogy: scientists delaying a cancer cure by 100 years just to experience discovering it themselves would be the true disaster for humanity — implying mathematics shouldn't gatekeep AI involvement to preserve the joy of discovery.
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