Mathematician: AI paper flood feels like a DDoS attack on peer review
rrwilliams · x · 2026-10-08
Mathematician rrwilliams says it's amazing to see so many big math problems solved in some form, but the release feels 'like a DDoS attack on mathematicians.' He could iterate with Astra/Opus to simplify proofs and fix notation, but asks why bother — previously you'd just reject an unreadable paper. Combined with his 'mathslopcalypse' quip, his point: the volume of AI-generated papers now overwhelms traditional peer review.
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