Mathematician Kevin Buzzard: math community is grieving AI in five stages
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-02
- Mathematician Kevin Buzzard (Queen Mary University of London) published a long Xena blog post arguing AI for mathematics is transforming the field faster than ever, with language models now solving problems humans cannot.
- He maps mathematicians' reactions onto Kübler-Ross's five stages of grief, saying denial, anger, bargaining and depression are all well represented in the community.
- He cites the Association for Human Mathematics, whose members pledge not to publish AI-generated outputs and can take an "AI-free" vow.
- Buzzard himself is "extremely excited" about the future, while acknowledging his optimism is a minority view. The post follows his earlier "Anthropic has beaten me to it" piece on FLT.
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