Fields Medalist Alain Connes warns AI use can make the brain abandon its own governance
fkasummer · x · 2026-10-12
Fields Medalist Alain Connes' take on AI for mathematics, shared as screenshots: beyond AI results often being false, the worse danger is subtler — without the time and effort to build a mental image and follow the reasoning yourself, the brain decides it's not worth the effort, abandons its own governance, and stops believing anything unless certified by AI.
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