Mathematician challenges essay on AI's role: if AI explains better, what's left for humans?
itaisher · x · 2026-09-15
Responding to an essay on how the mathematics profession should adapt to highly capable AI systems, a commenter poses a pointed question: if AI is to dominate mathematicians on other dimensions, why wouldn't it also dominate at explaining an area to people's satisfaction — and if so, why should explanation be the activity mathematicians focus on?
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