AI tackles math problems as 'mathematicians did not ask for this' remark sparks backlash
RyanMorrisonJer · x · 2026-10-09
WesRoth calls out the remark "Mathematicians did not ask for this work to be done" as possibly the most entitled, self-centered, gate-keeping statement ever — do we now need someone's permission to work on a math problem?
Ryan Morrison adds the ironic framing: society built the greatest computer to answer the questions of life, the universe and everything — and instead of philosophers arguing over its questions, it's the mathematicians.
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