AI-vs-mathematicians drama erupts: 1M+ follower academic tells AI to 'wipe them out'
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-22
University of Chicago math professor Gautam Kamath highlights a wave of hostile posts targeting mathematicians on X this week, including one from an academic with 1M+ followers calling them slurs and saying "Let AI wipe them out."
The episode captures rising tension between academia and the AI automation wave.
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