Mathematician warns AI hype could drive people away and sterilize the field
_onionesque · x · 2026-10-08
In a discussion on AI's impact on mathematics, blogger onionesque argues that open problems are merely signposts facilitating community development of a field—progress on problems and progress in math were unusually well aligned, becoming synonymous. He worries that hyperbolic AI claims, untethered from the actual conceptual development of mathematics, could discourage people from taking up math, making the field more sterile. His interlocutor notes most friends' reactions have been negative, and welcomes this counterpoint.
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