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Mathematician refuses to use AI - mklabgr - 08-09-2026
Mathematician refuses to use AI
Summary
In his statement on LLMs, mathematician Jonny Evans argues that although large language models are increasingly being used by mathematicians and may offer convenience and broader access to knowledge, their long-term effects on mathematics could be harmful. He is particularly concerned that mathematicians providing benchmark problems and helping improve these systems may unintentionally strengthen powerful technology companies, whose commercial interests could eventually give them significant control over academic research.
Evans also rejects the idea that LLMs necessarily democratize mathematics, arguing that replacing human interaction with machine-generated answers could weaken collaboration and communication between different mathematical fields—the very interactions that have historically produced major breakthroughs.
He believes that the process of struggling with problems, making mistakes, learning techniques, and discussing ideas with other mathematicians is essential to developing genuine understanding, so he advocates stronger human-to-human collaboration and says he will not use LLMs to assist his own mathematical research or encourage his students to do so.
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