Tilman Bayer on the 'jagged genius' problem: why math wizards get too much deference on AI
tilmanbayer · x · 2026-10-12
Tilman Bayer asks ChrSzegedy for examples and offers his theory: this is the well-known 'Newton was also an alchemist' jagged-genius problem — being a genius in mathematics earns way too much deference in another field (metascience) where the person isn't an expert, evidenced by 'Harry Frankfurt level' errors in a prepared lecture.