The article highlights the misalignment between the goals of AI companies and the mathematical community, with AI companies prioritizing speed and recognition over conceptual understanding and nurturing of students and ideas. Historically, the mathematics community has also failed to nurture its students and ideas, with examples including the denial of university positions to Juliusz Schauder due to antisemitism and the underrepresentation of women in mathematics, such as Olga Ladyzhenskaya and Cathleen Morawetz. The author argues that instead of aligning AI with the existing mathematics community, AI companies and mathematicians should prioritize alignment with understanding, attribution, intellectual generosity, and the nurturing of students and ideas. AI summary
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Mathematicians and Fields Medal winners express concern over the misalignment of AI in mathematics, citing the potential for AI to produce solutions without proper understanding or attribution, and the risk of destroying fertile ground for new ideas. AI summary