"AI is displacing top mathematicians, but it'll never do what you do"
zck · x · 2026-10-07
A sarcastic post mocks the common coping line: "Sure AI is putting advanced mathematicians out of work, but it'll never solve what you do — you're just too special." It's a pointed jab at self-assured denial about AI's reach into elite knowledge work.
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