Live from ICM 2026: What Is Math For in the Age of AI?

By Janna Levin and Steven StrogatzSeptember 3, 2026

In this special live recording from the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia, July 2026, the central question discussed was what do mathematicians really value about doing mathematics in the first place? The post Live from ICM 2026: What Is Math For in the Age of AI? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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