Burkov Rips Jensen Huang's Take on Kids Skipping Math: Only Rich Kids Could Afford That
burkov · x · 2026-09-27
After Jensen Huang admitted he no longer knows his own phone number or address due to digital reliance and mused about kids not needing math, ML practitioner Andriy Burkov sharply pushed back: Huang can say that because he's rich with people to drive him around. Burkov reads the real implication as a future where rich kids learn these skills while regular and poor kids don't—dangerous for a society that depends on science and technology like no other civilization.
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