AI is now superhuman at math — but 'mathematicians are cooked' takes are engagement farming
ZeeshanZiaML · x · 2026-09-25
- Responding to doom-laden takes about AI's superhuman math abilities, the author recalls that software engineers felt the same panic when Claude Code first ran unsupervised for an hour in December 2025 — yet nine months later, engineers are still employed and the job market is improving.
- He concedes math differs in incentive structure (almost nobody pays for theorems to be proved), so the analogy isn't perfect, but insists the outcome isn't a foregone conclusion.
- He argues most sensationalist "AI replacing X" commentary is engagement farming, not serious analysis.
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