AI Removes the Friction That Kept Math Scooping in Check

jd_pressman · x · 2026-09-18

Continuing his thread, jdpressman argues AI exposes a problem academic math already had: opportunists rarely read the literature closely enough to scoop people, but AI removes that friction, making credit disputes in mathematics far more acute.

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