Mathematicians' AI anxiety echoes the loom workers: a thread on tech change as personal crisis
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-20
Soumitra Shukla shares a thread (1/10) arguing that mathematicians' recent reactions to rapid AI advances echo a historical pattern: technological change has always been a deeply personal event. Looms fell silent, switchboards went dark, factory lines shrank—each wave brought a human crisis of identity and what it means to be a master of one's craft. Anna (@AnnaEconomist) calls the perspective "quite beautiful."
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