Egoless Mathematics in the AI Era
The gist
Mathematicians Karthik C. S., Amit Sahai and Jie Xue published a guest essay on Terence Tao's blog arguing for "egoless mathematics" in the AI era.
The essay asks what gives mathematical work worth, not just which tasks AI will do.
How it unfolded
- Nov 2, 2026The guest post "Egoless Mathematics in the AI Era" by Karthik C. S., Amit Sahai and Jie Xue is published on Terence Tao's blog "What's new"; Tao notes it was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI.
- Nov 2, 2026The post is shared on Hacker News (item 50341736), submitted by user "smilelamp", showing 13 points about 25 minutes after posting.
- Nov 2, 2026 21:00 GMT@betterhn20 on X posts the essay link, drawing 69 views.