Mathematician littmath: field taking AI seriously, still most exciting era in recent memory
littmath · x · 2026-09-18
Responding to criticism that enthusiasm for AI ignores people on fixed-term contracts, mathematician @littmath says job worries are understandable, but the field is genuinely taking AI's impact seriously in ways not yet visible — and it may still be the most exciting time in recent memory to be a mathematician.
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