Researcher pushes back as million-follower academic says "let AI wipe out mathematicians"
thegautamkamath · x · 2026-09-22
Researcher Gautam Kamath calls out growing anti-mathematician sentiment, citing a million-follower academic who used slurs and wrote "let AI wipe them out." He argues everyone whose passion, job and economic well-being is threatened by AI deserves sympathy, including the sneerers when AI eventually comes for them.
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