September 18, 2026 Read on mathbabe.org
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Michael Harris’s Boston Review essay on AI and math is great!

AI & MLMathEducation

This is a brief recommendation post in which Cathy O'Neil endorses Michael Harris's Boston Review essay 'Knowledge Collapse,' written by Columbia mathematician Michael Harris. O'Neil signals strong enthusiasm for the piece and notes she hopes to have Harris on her podcast. She acknowledges the essay is rich enough that a podcast conversation won't cover everything, encouraging readers to engage with it directly.

O'Neil, a prominent math-and-society critic herself, considers Harris's essay on AI and knowledge so substantive that she defers to the original rather than summarizing it.
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    there's no chance we will get to all of it, so here's your chance to read it now and enjoy it fully

enthusiastic, deferential