Who called AI in math first? David McAllester, argues AI researcher
_onionesque · x · 2026-10-11
The author weighs in on AI-for-mathematics discourse, arguing David McAllester was the true early voice — discussing AI's impact on math well before the LLM era, and with a notably positive vision, unlike what the author calls the "soulless" doomer commentary prevalent today.
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