French math community clash: stop mourning AI, Chinese mathematicians use it fully
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-17
Igor Carron endorses a French post pushing back against what it calls a "concert of mourners" in the math community over AI: instead of lamenting the disruption, the author argues, the community should discuss concrete strategies for using these new tools well — or risk being crushed by the competition. The pointed claim: all Chinese mathematicians are already using AI intensively.
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