Why fund hand-done math when AI teams deliver 10-100x results?
rickasaurus · x · 2026-10-09
The author asks a pointed question: if an AI-powered team delivers 10x or 100x the results, why would anyone fund people doing math by hand? He believes this is the root of all AI fears.
Steelmanning the concern, he notes the biggest risk is that the old guard won't adapt and math funding ends up gutted at universities across the world.
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