Math is becoming liquid: AI will rediscover findings in real time
Maleficent_Disk9583 · reddit · 2026-10-08
The author argues that math, historically a slow-moving, gatekept body of knowledge, is about to become "liquid": AI will discover new findings in real time during a chat, making it barely worth writing them down since they can be rediscovered in a minute — much like how searching GitHub for code loses meaning when you can just generate it on the spot. A thought-provoking take on what happens to knowledge storage when the cost of knowledge production approaches zero.
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