Szepesvári on the mathematicians' letter: benchmark culture, not AI itself
CsabaSzepesvari · x · 2026-09-13
Csaba Szepesvári responds to Quanquan Gu's concerns about the mathematicians' letter: it's the first such letter that didn't devolve into anti-AI rhetoric, its only request is that AI companies stop treating solving math problems as a benchmark, and it praises AI's potential — though he concedes the letter clearly isn't working.
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