Economist Joshua Gans Responds to Fields Medalists' Letter on AI Upending Math
joshgans · x · 2026-09-12
Economist Joshua Gans published "The Mathematicians are struggling" on his Substack, responding to the open letter from Fields Medalists about AI's impact on mathematical research. The piece frames mathematicians as visibly struggling amid the rise of AI capabilities — a substantive take on how frontier AI is starting to disrupt elite knowledge work.
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