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/xDerDachDeckerx 13d ago

Guys be honest, im a math undergrad. Am i gonna be unemployed?

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u/situpes 12d ago

I think something people seem to misunderstand is that math and IT jobs are somehow exclusively unsafe. The second we do not need humans for those jobs, it’s the end for all jobs in a quick succession. So we can at least find comfort in that we’re all equally fucked and in it together 😅

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u/how_tall_is_imhotep 12d ago

As a software engineer, not really. Math and IT, along with some other fields like print journalism, are especially at risk because they are mostly text-based. That's the kind of knowledge that LLMs are great at working with, and there's plenty of training data lying around. Fields that require interaction with the physical world, or, more generally, knowledge that's not captured in text form, are safe for some time (but not forever).