Existential Risk from AI: An Exposition for Mathematicians
Existential Risk from AI:An Exposition for Mathematicians Xiaoyu He† August 2026 AbstractIt has been a topic of heated discussion in the mathematical community whether AI progress spells the end of mathematics as a human profession. We spell out the argument that AI progress presents an existential risk to humanity in the near future, and argue that the future of mathematics should be placed in a broader discussion about the survival of humanity as a whole. The optimistic ones reassure us that mathematics will come out of this stronger than ever, but we must adapt rapidly.
- ▪Existential Risk from AI:An Exposition for Mathematicians Xiaoyu He† August 2026 AbstractIt has been a topic of heated discussion in the mathematical community whether AI progress spells the end of mathematics as a human profession.
- ▪We spell out the argument that AI progress presents an existential risk to humanity in the near future, and argue that the future of mathematics should be placed in a broader discussion about the survival of humanity as a whole.
- ▪The optimistic ones reassure us that mathematics will come out of this stronger than ever, but we must adapt rapidly.
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Existential Risk from AI:An Exposition for Mathematicians Xiaoyu He† August 2026 AbstractIt has been a topic of heated discussion in the mathematical community whether AI progress spells the end of mathematics as a human profession. We spell out the argument that AI progress presents an existential risk to humanity in the near future, and argue that the future of mathematics should be placed in a broader discussion about the survival of humanity as a whole. 1 Introduction2026 is proving to be a pivotal year for mathematics.Career-defining theorems are being proven weekly by LLMs [1,2,33,41], given minimal guidance (“do a breakthrough, and don't even think of giving up!”).OpenAI's internal model Astra seems to be so powerful that they're dropping breakthroughs in batches of 10 now…
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