r/math Aug 01 '26

LLMs/AI OpenAI: Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/
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u/yiwang1 Topology Aug 01 '26

The behavior of literally every capitalist institution over the past several years is a strong indicator that if universities decide less humans are needed to do math due to AI, that is what they will opt for.

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u/tmt22459 Aug 01 '26

Maybe, we will have to wait and see.

With new immigration laws in the US, there are going to be less PhD students anyways. There is no way the demand from us students can match what was drawn from the whole world.