Open Letter about the Mathathon
This open letter calling for the cancellation of the Caltech “Mathathon”, has received 471 signatures so far. [Only members of the Caltech community or mathematicians at PhD student level or beyond are eligible to sign.]
“On October 30th, 2026, Caltech will begin hosting the Caltech Mathathon, a math hackathon in which participants are encouraged to solve open research problems by prompting LLMs. Two prominent AI companies, Anthropic and OpenAI, will supply participants with 2 million dollars in AI credits. This event is likely to have destructive impacts for the mathematical community.”
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6dBeDwjRP4UkchGSpLwLQjiG8qLX5_wW_3-xoC4dImTPp6g/viewform
Greg Egan
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