Alexandr Wang backs AI math breakthroughs: 'Innovation is permissionless' and gatekeepers must go
beffjezos · x · 2026-10-09
Meta AI chief Alexandr Wang quoted Garry Tan's "Mathematicians did not ask for this work to be done" to defend AI-driven math research, arguing that "innovation is permissionless and should remain that way forever" and pushing back against knowledge gatekeepers.
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