@nntaleb: If AI mapped a cure for terminal pancreatic cancer I don't think anyone would dare complain about its effects on medica…
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A tweet by @nntaleb argues that people's concerns about AI causing unemployment in mathematics are misplaced, comparing it hypothetically to a cure for pancreatic cancer where such complaints would be ignored.
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