Researcher pushes back on 'math-as-chess' fears: science was never about generating papers
zouharvi · x · 2026-09-29
zouharvi cites Jacob Hilton's 2026 shortform "The Future of Human Mathematics" to discuss the fate of human science in the AI era. Skeptics argue modern "human" science will devolve into mathematics-as-chess or mathematics-as-poetry — activities that persist only as games or aesthetics once AI does them better. zouharvi is skeptical of these claims, arguing science was never about generating papers in the first place. The post links to the original LessWrong text.
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