AI could push math behind corporate closed doors, sparking academia debate
mimrocker · x · 2026-10-11
A debate on AI's impact on mathematics: mimrocker argues academia's openness and meritocracy is what's being lost — math will increasingly be done behind closed doors by companies with money for data and compute, sharing only what helps them while withholding what would aid competitors. A quoted reply counters that the academic system has been broken for over a decade and complainers are just protecting careers. A substantive exchange on AI-era research culture.
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