NYT Daily: AI solved a Millennium Problem and 350+ results, mathematicians grieve their 'hero era'
lennysan · x · 2026-10-22
Lenny Rachitsky highlights an NYT Daily episode interviewing Cornell mathematician Steven Strogatz on AI's impact on math. In months, AI cracked a Millennium Prize Problem and OpenAI released 350+ results across mathematics. Strogatz admits crying in interviews: 'We like to think of ourselves as heroes, and maybe that's over'—mathematicians are now mourning not just jobs but their sense of purpose, while noting it's the 'grief version' of himself talking.
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