Zach Weiner: Not Enough Is Spent on the Psychological Toll of AI 'Outmoding' Humans
aran_nayebi · x · 2026-09-22
Cartoonist Zach Weiner says conversations with mathematicians reveal a feeling of identity obliteration from AI, and argues far too little money goes toward studying the mental-health effects of humans being outmoded. He is sincerely worried about psychological issues in the mathematical community.
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