AI makes math research much faster — so why aren't mathematicians happy?
ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-11
@alzzyd offers a curious observation: doing math with AI is now much faster, and you'd think mathematicians would generally be happy about it, yet the median commenter isn't celebrating the field's obsolescence either.
The retweeted take goes further, arguing math research is possible without any bloated institutional support: ask AI to give you a PhD problem, then solve it—raising questions about the value of degrees in the AI era.
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