Nathaniel Whittemore
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51,694 appearances
202 recordings
3 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 2d ago
Nathaniel Whittemore’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 202 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 31.
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Am I?
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Because anyone who follows me knows I've been warning about this kind of unwanted priesthood holding back the mathematics community by pretending to speak for all of us.
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And I'll be inviting the AI savages in.
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Author Nicholas Taleb wrote, "'Something bad for the existing class of mathematicians is they lose their privilege, but not necessarily bad for mathematics and our body of knowledge.'"
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Mathematician Steven Strogatz responded to Taleb and tried to articulate his own personal sense of loss.
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In fact, he admitted that while talking to Wired for an article, he actually got choked up.
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He writes, "'So why did I get choked up?
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It wasn't about AI taking my job.
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I'm 67 and nearing retirement.'"
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I also love playing around with AI and find it exhilarating.
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I use it in research, brainstorming, and learning, and, as you can see, to put this thread together.
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So what was it then?
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I think it was when I started telling the reporter about the magnificent 4,000-year history of mathematics.
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It's an honor to be part of that long conversation, all the beautiful and important work, and the benefits that have accrued to humanity.
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Then, suddenly, the tidal wave of AI hits math in 2026.
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Something about the grandeur of the tradition and the suddenness of the change conspired to get me worked up.
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And basically, he goes on to argue that change always involves some amount of loss, even when it involves good things as well.
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And that even if one views change as inevitable, that doesn't mean you still don't mourn what is lost in the transition.
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Speaking of the transition, we continue to keep an eye out for if and where there is evidence of AI disrupting specific industries or specific categories of people.
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And a new study from the Census Bureau has certainly found that the market that college graduates are entering into, one that coincides with the rise of AI, is an extremely difficult one.
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