In the article Disgusted by AI?, Marcus Zibrowius examines the resistance that much of the mathematical community feels toward the sudden arrival of AI. Initially, this rejection appears to be driven by idealistic concerns: dismay at proofs that are verified yet inexplicable, and nostalgia for an era when mathematics was grounded in beauty, personal growth, and shared understanding.

However, the author suggests that the underlying reason is more prosaic: AI has revealed that contemporary mathematical culture rewards neither elegance nor understanding, but rather the primacy of the result—that is, who arrives first. The panic stems not from a loss of values, but from the realization that AI is more efficient than humans at playing by the discipline’s actual, competitive rules.