Mathematicians spent 40 years telling taxpayers that math matters because it benefits humanity. Now that AI is doing the math, suddenly it's about mathematicians.

For decades, the case for funding math research was simple: it pays off for you, society, and everyone. 1984, the US "David Report" (the landmark math funding report): "the high technology so celebrated today is essentially a mathematical technology." Federal math research funding rose 34%. 1992, I…

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1. 2026-10-08 12:49 · r/singularity
   Mathematicians spent 40 years telling taxpayers that math matters because it benefits humanity. Now that AI is doing the math, suddenly it's about mathematicians.