AI in Mathematics Challenges the 250-Year-Old Enlightenment Ideal of Human Purpose
notmisha · x · 2026-09-22
notmisha argues the Enlightenment defined human purpose as making the world intelligible through reason — and AI's advance into mathematics is scary precisely because it directly challenges that 250-year-old core of what it means to be human.
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