AI can now do math much faster — so why aren't mathematicians happy?
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-11
An interesting observation circulating on X: AI now makes it possible to do math dramatically faster, and you'd expect mathematicians to welcome this — yet their reaction has been notably cool. The poster adds that most commenters aren't celebrating the obsolescence of mathematicians either; the real puzzle is why an acceleration that should benefit practitioners hasn't made them happy.
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