Daniel Lemire: AI may force a reshaping of academic hierarchies and usher in a new intellectual golden age
lemire · x · 2026-09-14
Computer scientist Daniel Lemire argues AI's real impact will emerge over years — not through what it discovers, but by forcing a reshaping of social and academic hierarchies. He cites OpenAI's Navier-Stokes counterexample causing little stir, critiques the uncited theorem that more math yields better technology, and predicts AI will lift up more Pascal-like polymaths.
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