Mathematician Steven Strogatz explains why AI moved him to tears — and admits ChatGPT wrote the thread
stevenstrogatz · x · 2026-09-13
Mathematician Steven Strogatz responds to a WIRED report that he teared up discussing AI and mathematics, saying the article left out what moved him and that he isn't fully sure himself. He opens the thread with a candid disclosure: the thread itself was drafted with ChatGPT's help, then edited to sound more like him.
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