Swap "math" for "chess" in the AI-end-of-math hysteria
Darpinian · x · 2026-09-22
A wry perspective on the current "end of math" hysteria: mentally replace every mention of "math" with "chess." When AI crushed chess, human chess culture didn't die — it evolved. A short but thought-provoking analogy for AI capability panic.
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