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Mathematicians warn of AI threats to profession as industry encroaches<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-02 14:19:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Recommendations for humans<\/h2>\n

So what is a human mathematician to do during the AI boom? The Leiden Declaration recommends that individual mathematicians transparently disclose their use of AI tools, retain responsibility for the correctness of their mathematical work, continue crediting human authors while properly attributing work even if AI tools make that difficult, and consider using only AI tools that align with the values articulated in the declaration<\/p>\n

The declaration also reminds mathematicians that mathematics has \u201capplications in the development of technology for use in warfare, oppression, mass surveillance, and the undermining of democracy,\u201d and so mathematicians should make ethical decisions accordingly when choosing external partnerships with tech companies.<\/p>\n

Professional mathematical organizations can develop guidelines for the use of AI and other automated tools in publication and review, protect the rights of researchers as authors through licensing agreements that prevent their work from being used as training data without consent, and support the role of peer-reviewed publications. The declaration also suggests such organizations \u201cactively prepare to become involved if major mathematical results are claimed using unconventional means.\u201d<\/p>\n

The authors of the declaration also offer straightforward recommendations for policymakers, including \u201cprotect the rights of authors,\u201d \u201cregulate the artificial intelligence industry,\u201d and \u201cinvest in public computational infrastructure.\u201d Under \u201cdon\u2019t believe the hype,\u201d the declaration warns about how \u201cthere is currently a strong commercial incentive on the part of the technology industry to overstate the capabilities of their products.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lastly, the declaration acknowledges that the tech industry \u201chas offered lucrative jobs, monetary rewards, computing resources, and intellectually stimulating opportunities that some mathematicians have found attractive\u2026 in an…<\/p>\n

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