RL legend Szepesvári weighs in on 25 Fields Medalists' AI math fears
CsabaSzepesvari · x · 2026-09-13
Reinforcement learning authority Csaba Szepesvári pushed back on a misreading of the 25 Fields Medalists' warning that AI could damage mathematics: they aren't anti-AI, but argue the companies' behavior — not AI itself — may destroy math as we know it, a possible step toward a Wall-E future he rejects. The original post contrasted coding, where the poster sees acceleration, mocking the idea of delaying a cancer cure 100 years for scientists to discover it themselves.
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