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The end of the age of heroes
['Noah Smith']
Noahpinion
The entire way that mathematical research works — training grad students, working on problems, collaborating with colleagues, building theories — is going to have to be overhauled.
There are examples from politics and business and art, but there was always something special about the heroes of mathematical theory.
The people who conceived of those almost-impossible-to-conceive ideas were our heroes, and mathematicians were perhaps the most heroic among them.
AI will lead us to the new age of mathematical discoveries and boost science progress 100x.
Mathematicians after the age of heroesFirst of all, let me say that I do not think AI will take mathematicians’ jobs.