Cohere researcher: math community's 'end of maths' doom letters hurt STEM and fuel hysteria
suchenzang · x · 2026-09-17
Responding to @giffmana's quip, Cohere researcher suchenzang argues that high-status math letters (Fields, Royal Society) warning about the end of mathematics and x-risk doom are directionally bad for public hysteria and the future of STEM education. The reply sardonically notes that doom suddenly became "highly likely" once models can do math — apparently not when they could code, make art, or review contracts.
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