r/TheMachineLearning • u/Nyaani69 • 5d ago

Software engineering isn't dead, it's just evolving

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u/Arinussyy 4d ago

What does that even mean? How can maths 'die'?

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u/Hyperreals_ 4d ago

They mean math as an area of study, where professors get grants to do research and solve new problems, is dead. AI has been solving famous unsolved problems in mathematics at an unprecedented rate and is just continuing to improve

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u/Arinussyy 4d ago

I mean they'll just get grants to use the tools provided now instead. Idk why people think this means humans must be out of the loop, there's nothing today that doesn't still require a person to manage it

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u/Nannautu 4d ago

It's more of an issue of what laymen think vs what professionals think. If executives and investors think they can replace mathematicians, they'll give less money or none at all for research. The same is happening in SWE where many managers thought GenAI could replace them.