There Is No AI Math Crisis

“Mathematicians have to grapple with being replaced by AI.” This has become a constant refrain among the media and concerned mathematicians alike. For example, the article “THE CRISIS OF AI-GENERATED MATHEMATICS” (all caps) went viral, as further evidence of how we’re living in an “everything crisis.” Even arXiv, once known only for scientific preprints, has effectively become an extension of the mainstream media now, with the expected alarmist language and bold proclamations. My opinion has not changed: nothing will happen. To the best of my knowledge, no job category has been replaced by AI. Automating manual and service-sector labor at scale isn’t possible, due to overhead costs and technological limitations. Coordination is hard to automate. Same for dealing with edge cases (the so-called “health insurance problem,” where you have circumstances unique to each policy holder). At some point, humans have to make judgment calls. AI cannot do this. Math is the same, but different…