25 Fields Medalists warn of AI-math misalignment as @ramez pushes back with chess analogy
juanbenet · x · 2026-09-14
- Twenty-five Fields Medal winners issued a joint declaration warning of a severe misalignment between AI companies and the mathematics community, fearing AI will erode the human role in math.
- @ramez rebuts point by point: math isn't a jobs program for mathematicians but a way to understand the universe; mathematicians should use AI tools in ways that also teach insights to humans, just as chess/Go engines have raised human play.
- On the worry that removing arduous steps weakens human minds, he cites Socrates' ancient fears about writing weakening memory — such concerns recur with every cognitive tool.
- Retweeted by juanbenet.
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