As AI topples math problems, mathematicians split between awe and dread
LostBetsRed · reddit · 2026-10-13
A Reddit post invokes Hitchhiker's Guide philosophers-union anecdote to frame the AI-math debate: major unsolved problems are falling to AI one by one, with the Riemann hypothesis possibly next. Mathematicians react with mixed excitement and apprehension, some openly opposed. The author argues AI solving these problems benefits humanity regardless of displaced livelihoods, but concedes the economy must restructure as selling labor stops paying, or risk depression.
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