While others prophesy math's death, a professor considers hiring a math PhD for the first time
dyamins · x · 2026-10-07
Professor @dyamins offers a contrarian take: while many are predicting the death of mathematics due to AI, the last few months are actually the first time he has started thinking about hiring a math PhD as a postdoc—because the prospects of doing advanced math in his area are now so much brighter with AI. The post reflects AI's dual impact on basic research: replacement anxiety coexisting with a research dividend.
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