Cornell's Dimitris Papail: Point the AI 'Death Star' at Real Engineering Problems, Not Esoteric Math
DimitrisPapail · x · 2026-09-23
Dimitris Papail argues that since frontier AI can already solve super-hard but arguably esoteric math and TCS problems, the community should redirect that capability toward real computer science, engineering, and AI research problems — a legitimately awesome direction for math+AI.
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