Are mathematicians mad at AI over status? A debate says it's projection
greebletheory · x · 2026-10-09
Reacting to the claim that mathematicians resent AI because they are status seekers, greebletheory calls it projection. onionesque adds that the disorderly reaction partly fights the "solved problem = mathematical progress" framing, and that most people don't understand where these problems came from or what they were for.
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