Szepesvári: math open letter is really about whether curiosity still matters
CsabaSzepesvari · x · 2026-09-14
RL researcher Csaba Szepesvári threads on AI's disruption of mathematics: society can't put a dollar value on knowledge created purely for curiosity, creating a disconnect with its economic organizing principle. He reads the recent open letter as the math community conceding its old strategy of proving usefulness, and says everyone must decide whether they value human understanding and avoiding 'knowledge debt'.
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