Domingos: AI is heaven for coders, hell for mathematicians
pmddomingos · x · 2026-10-29
Pedro Domingos offers a crisp frame: AI is heaven for coders because it automates what they don't want to do, and hell for mathematicians because it automates what they do want to do. Every profession will fall somewhere on that spectrum.
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