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Researcher Yu Tong says ChatGPT 5.4 and 5.5 cannot replace mathematicians, warning overhype threatens academic funding

Pure mathematicians fear overhype will cut academic research grants.

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Can't agree more. After trying out ChatGPT 5.4/5.5 for two months I feel it's far from replacing human researchers, even though it's enabling me to do things not possible before. The effect on how outsiders perceive academic research is far more worrying.

11:12 AM · May 24, 2026 View on X