Szepesvári: AI breaks math's value narrative as curiosity defies pricing
CsabaSzepesvari · x · 2026-09-14
In parts 2-3 of his thread, Csaba Szepesvári argues AI is destroying the old narratives math used to justify itself: knowledge created purely for its own sake cannot be assigned a dollar value, clashing with society's economic organizing principle — and AI makes the disconnect worse.
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