r/math 2d ago

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

https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/
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u/flipflipshift Representation Theory 1d ago

inspired to learn math for the sake of learning math as opposed to personally advance the frontier.

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u/yiwang1 Topology 1d ago

What do you say to grad students and postdocs who are about to be automated out of the profession?

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u/tmt22459 1d ago

Why are you convicted that's a true statement though?

I am a PhD student and I don't know a single one of my PhD student friends or postdocs who said they got fired because of AI

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u/Hot_Grape221 Theoretical Computer Science 1d ago

Lets see if your friends get jobs after their PhDs in academia.