Hannah Fry: How OpenAI has caused an existential crisis in mathematics
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Fran Pulido
A few years ago, when I first started talking about mathematics in public, a professor of algebraic number theory pulled me to one side and gave me some sharp words of warning: “The world fears mathematicians, Hannah. Let’s keep it that way.”
He was being, to put it mildly, a bit of a snob. Maths had an intimidating mystique to maintain, and I was apparently jeopardising it by titting around on the internet making videos and podcasts, rather than focusing on a perfectly respect
A few years ago, when I first started talking about mathematics in public, a professor of algebraic number theory pulled me to one side and gave me some sharp words of warning: “The world fears mathematicians, Hannah. Let’s keep it that way.”
He was being, to put it mildly, a bit of a snob. Maths had an intimidating mystique to maintain, and I was apparently jeopardising it by titting around on the internet making videos and podcasts, rather than focusing on a perfectly respect
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