# "Mathematicians are Feeling the Doom" by alkjash

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Published: 2026-07-25T00:45:04+00:00
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I think there's a critical opportunity for someone here. Mathematicians are feeling the doom (mostly in the "lose our jobs" sense). Academics are freaking out about the daily news that amateurs are asking GPT "prove career-defining theorem, make no mistakes" and it's just working. Senior researchers are leaving for frontier AI labs. Many are mentally spiralling or flailing about their life's work not mattering anymore. Last year, when I tried explaining IABIED to colleagues, I wo...

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