AI math era taught an order of magnitude more people what frontier math looks like
tszzl · x · 2026-09-23
tszzl quotes Turing Award winner Boaz Barak and remarks that, ironically, this era of AI math has probably taught an order of magnitude or two more people what frontier mathematics actually looks like.
Barak agreed that human understanding should be a priority, lamenting that mathematics has long undervalued textbooks, surveys, blogs and K-12 education—and hopes AI now changes that.
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