Silicon Valley loves 'taste,' but critics say AI is eroding the human mastery that creates it
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-21
The thread
- @polymathjames: The scary part of LLMs in math isn't individual mathematicians losing competitions — it's that mathematicians who can solve problems unassisted will simply disappear, collapsing diverse ways of thinking. Math is becoming what happened to visual arts, with even fewer people emotionally invested.
- @RuxandraTeslo: Silicon Valley's new obsession with "taste" (thoughtfully differentiated works instead of mass-produced output) ignores that taste requires deep human mastery and learning. What's happening to math may herald a broader transformation of intellectual fields.
- zetalyrae amplifies: people declaring newfound passion for "taste" don't grasp that human mastery underpins it.
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