When mathematicians mourn AI takeover, critic points to guild letters against OpenAI
panickssery · x · 2026-09-23
A flare-up in the AI-vs-mathematicians drama: @RadishHarmers laments being mocked as AI erodes a mathematician's career, and @panickssery replies that he isn't gloating — but notes many mathematicians signed open letters urging OpenAI to withhold mathematical results to protect the guild, and to withdraw support from the Caltech mathathon, which he considers a bad look. The exchange captures rising tension between professional mathematicians and frontier AI labs.
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