Economist Gautam Kamath: if AI ends math research careers, the same logic ends all intellectual work
thegautamkamath · x · 2026-10-01
Responding to a claim that applied TCS could help humans monitor AI model outputs, with governments potentially mandating a small human workforce share, economist Gautam Kamath pushes back: many say this is the end of mathematical research as a career, 'but if so, I don't see why it stops there' — the same argument implies ML research and all intellectual work will be automated away.
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