Physicists Are Reacting to AI Very Differently Than Mathematicians, Says Cosmologist
aran_nayebi · x · 2026-10-02
Cosmologist Katie Mack observed that the theoretical physics community is responding to the disruption created by AI in a completely different way than the mathematics community has. The tweet itself is a high-level observation, but it touches on how different academic fields are grappling with AI's role in research and proof-making.
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