Mathematics Just Got Its First Taste of the AI Job-Pocalypse
For years, the leaders of the most powerful tech companies have predicted that AI will displace a significant portion of the workforce. The impact will supposedly vary between industries, we’re told time and again, but none will be totally immune to the coming wave of automation. The much-feared “job-pocalypse” has not yet materialized in the vast majority of sectors.
- ▪For years, the leaders of the most powerful tech companies have predicted that AI will displace a significant portion of the workforce.
- ▪The impact will supposedly vary between industries, we’re told time and again, but none will be totally immune to the coming wave of automation.
- ▪The much-feared “job-pocalypse” has not yet materialized in the vast majority of sectors.
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| Publication time | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:55:13 +0000 |
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For years, the leaders of the most powerful tech companies have predicted that AI will displace a significant portion of the workforce. The impact will supposedly vary between industries, we’re told time and again, but none will be totally immune to the coming wave of automation. The much-feared “job-pocalypse” has not yet materialized in the vast majority of sectors. Some mathematicians, however, believe their field has officially entered a new age with an uncertain future, thanks to the rise of powerful AI models. The field erupted in controversy on September 08, after OpenAI announced it had solved the Navier-Stokes smoothness and existence problem, which had vexed mathematicians for close to a century.
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