Leading mathematicians fear AI is making their field dumber, and warn the rest of us is next

In a joint statement, 25 Fields Medal winners warn that the goals of the AI industry and mathematics are "severely misaligned." They argue that mass-producing solved problems with AI undermines the discipline's true goal: understanding. The mathematicians see this as a symptom of a broader threat…

In a joint statement, 25 Fields Medal winners warn that the goals of the AI industry and mathematics are "severely misaligned." They argue that mass-producing solved problems with AI undermines the discipline's true goal: understanding. The mathematicians see this as a symptom of a broader threat to intellectual work. The article Leading mathematicians fear AI is making their field dumber, and warn the rest of us is next appeared first on The Decoder.

Source: The Decoder — Published September 12, 2026 at 08:28 UTC — Category: Models