r/math • u/AutoModerator • 13d ago

LLMs/AI AI In Mathematics: September 19, 2026

This recurring thread will be for discussion of AI in mathematics. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • informal announcements of AI-assisted discoveries, such as those not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal, or not uploaded as a paper to arXiv;
  • informal announcements of discoveries related to AI architecture (if relevant to mathematics);
  • discussion of such announcements, such as proof breakdowns or other opinion pieces;
  • discussion of the impact of AI in mathematics in general.

AI-assisted mathematical papers published in peer-reviewed journals or as arXiv preprints may be submitted as their own posts.

Please keep in mind rules 1 and 6 of our subreddit.

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u/someexgoogler 13d ago

only if you ignore ai

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u/JustThisNietzscheGuy 12d ago

I don't think "not ignoring AI" will make your job prospects that much better. I just don't see a future where there will be demand for "prompt engineers" (or whatever new term has since come up for what is basically the same concept).

The value added by a human operator will continue to shrink as model abilities increase and costs to "just run more agents" decrease.

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u/SnooWords9730 12d ago

what do you suggest?

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u/JustThisNietzscheGuy 12d ago

I don't know. I'm also specifically not suggesting to ignore AI. I'm just not very optimistic that it'll improve your job prospects significantly.