Scott Aaronson: the singularity has already begun for math
ChrSzegedy · x · 2026-10-12
Scott Aaronson, one of the world's leading quantum computing researchers who spent two years on AI safety at OpenAI, argues in a podcast interview that the singularity has already begun for mathematics. Topics covered:
- Why he believes the math singularity is underway
- Who gets credit when AI writes a proof
- What a proof that P = NP would be worth
- Why he turned down getting rich to keep blogging
- Whether intelligence still matters once machines do the thinking
Available on YouTube and Spotify.
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