When capital coerces AI giants to sweep away mathematics and have the ability to monopolize computing power and platforms, for the mathematics community, changing the property rights rules and distribution mechanisms of machines and their products may be the only way out. In a game about knowledge ownership, simply asking companies to provide universities with some preferential interfaces or computing power subsidies is nothing more than mild begging.
This article is included in the collection Academic Observations and Guides
Written by | Shao Chengyang (Postdoctoral fellow at the French Institute of Advanced Sciences (IHES))
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Machine-translated from the Chinese original 当AI巨头开始在数学中圈地，数学家必须找准前进的方向 (published 2025-09-21). WeChat original ↗