Mathematician's gallows humor: wanted AI agents to do dishes while proving theorems — it went the other way
lishali88 · x · 2026-10-09
Mathematician NicoloCB joked that his dream was proving beautiful theorems while AI agents unloaded his dishwasher — but it went the wrong way. Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers amplified it as "gallows humor," resonating with mathematicians uneasy about AI's shifting division of labor.
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