Mathematician laments AI making the entire field obsolete while media stays silent
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-10-09
Quoting Maxime Fournes: he foresaw current AI progress, but not the total media disinterest in the face of the entire field of mathematics being made obsolete — asking how this isn't front-page news everywhere. Retweeted by Cambridge deep learning professor David Krueger, reflecting researchers' concern about public underreaction to AI's pace.
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