Align AI and Mathematics—to Something Else

The piece reviews a letter signed by 25 Fields Medalists arguing that AI companies' goals diverge sharply from mathematics’ pursuit of conceptual understanding. It critiques how the math community nurtures students and ideas, using OpenAI's announcement about a Navier–Stokes solution as a prompting example.

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