Comment by light_triad
1 day ago
William Thurston's argument (from the quote) was that the point of math isn't to produce more math but to better understand the nature of reality, just like the point of code is not to generate more code but to increase user value.
AI is a tool that reshapes knowledge work but the ultimate goal remains about value.
I posit that one cannot decouple understanding from a healthy social environment in which to practise math. And AI destroys that.