'Maths is over' is hubris: one mathematician says it has only just begun
timigod · x · 2026-10-11
Responding to the "maths is over" narrative in AI circles, timigod calls the claim hubristic and ignorant: refusing to do "the maths of the day" doesn't end mathematics. On his view, maths hasn't ended — it has only just begun, and people should either join the ride or get left behind. The post captures one side of the ongoing debate over human mathematicians' role in the AI-assisted proof era.
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