NYU math professor says OpenAI's 722 AI-generated math papers 'destroyed entire research programs'
eigenrobot · x · 2026-10-10
NYU math professor Tristan Buckmaster says OpenAI's Tuesday dump of 722 AI-generated math papers "destroyed entire research programs" and devastated the careers of early-career mathematicians.
Commenters compare mathematicians' predicament to that of US factory workers after NAFTA: AI is flooding academia with machine-generated results at unprecedented speed, instantly devaluing years of human research. The incident has sparked a fierce debate over how fast AI can displace even the most elite knowledge work.
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