Former OpenAI safety VP amplifies researcher's lament: AI is ending traditional math careers
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-10-09
Miles Brundage (ex-OpenAI safety VP) retweeted a poignant post citing an article Terence Tao recommended: DeepMind researcher danielc0deb0t says it's 'incredibly sad' and many more fields will face this soon, having come to terms with never having a real traditional career — a window into how frontier AI researchers see AI reshaping academic careers.
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