Scott Aaronson: 'math is the pinnacle of human intellect' defense against AI now untenable
haider1 · x · 2026-10-15
Theoretical computer scientist and former OpenAI researcher Scott Aaronson: "for a year or two, people delude themselves that AI might replace software engineers, but math is the pinnacle of human intellect. That's now completely untenable."
The reposter notes: no matter what happens, some people will always say 'of course AI could do that, no one ever doubted it' — even if they doubted it six months ago, capturing a senior scholar's shift on AI conquering math.
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