Mathematicians predict AI will mean more mathematicians, not fewer
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-08
Mathematician wwwojtekk predicts there will be more mathematicians in the AI era, though the job description will change. Afinetheorem agrees, noting people find it easy to imagine current jobs being substituted but very hard to imagine the new complements that arise.
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