Pedro Domingos: AI will disrupt mathematics like the internet disrupted music
pmddomingos · x · 2026-11-03
AI researcher Pedro Domingos draws an analogy: the internet severely disrupted the music industry because its product was subpar (an LP is 1-2 good songs plus filler), while books fared much better. Likewise, he argues, AI will severely disrupt mathematics — since very little of it actually contributes to anything — while coding will be far less affected.
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