1,000+ mathematicians pledge no-AI research; critic says fire them all
tak3sh8 · x · 2026-10-26
Over a thousand mathematicians have signed a pledge not to use AI in their research, aiming to preserve mathematics as a rewarding human activity and protect academic careers.
French X user @drlalexandre quote-posted the news with a provocative take: society has no reason to pay mathematicians to spend 30 years doing worse than ChatGPT does in 30 seconds, and they should be dismissed from research institutes.
The exchange captures the core tension of AI's impact on intellectual labor: whether human cognitive pursuits should be preserved for their own sake, or ruthlessly optimized for output.
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