Why “weep” is being discussed
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> Would doctors weep if cancer is cured by AI? The pharama and medical PE companies will definitely weep as a source of their income is lost
by vinyl7 · Oct 16, 2026
Would doctors weep if cancer is cured by AI? I deeply understand the sentiment, that’s just human. But in the grander scheme of things, it doesn’t matter who solved it, speaking…
by JbMaj9 · Oct 16, 2026
I have no idea why they weep, I read the article and I believe they weep because they choose a mindset of scarcity vs abundance. There's going to be more math with AI! The numbe…
by segmondy · Oct 15, 2026
Unhinged and honestly nauseating take. Were you hurt by a mathematician at some point? I don't even know where to begin with how negative and backwards this is. I guess I could…
by alecst · Oct 15, 2026
A hypothetical... suppose AI "solves" (for your preferred definition of "solve") your field and what you used to do becomes useless or near-useless. But you still enjoy doing it…
by imeanwhatdoikno · Oct 15, 2026
> My friend, who is a math professor, told me that they weep because they are about to become just like us developers: prompt writers and AI output reviewers. If it was about un…
by aleph_minus_one · Oct 15, 2026
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