Veteran engineer on mathematicians rejecting OpenAI's work: the monastic mindset
esrtweet · x · 2026-10-09
A software engineer who studied theoretical math at Penn in the 1970s weighs in on mathematicians rejecting OpenAI's findings because they 'didn't ask for this work'. He slams the sense of entitlement and the claim to own mathematics, yet sympathizes: disciplines demanding monastic devotion breed the belief that outsiders have no right to play there. A thoughtful take on the cultural clash between AI and academia.
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