What Ankur Moitra has said about Mathematics education
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 26, 2026
Ankur Moitra, MIT mathematician and theoretical computer scientist, visiting the Institute for Advanced Study, has been quoted on Mathematics education once in 1 episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, most recently on October 26, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Moitra advises young people to act as if they had already succeeded and pursue what they genuinely value.
“Pretend you already have tenure. What would you now do?”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity Theory (Oct 26, 2026) · Listen from 3:35:02
Episodes
#503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity TheoryLex Fridman Podcast · Oct 26, 2026 · 3 h 43 min
Lex Fridman and mathematicians Alex Kontorovich, Ankur Moitra and Steven Brunton discuss AI's claimed proofs of quasi-Riemann, Navier-Stokes, unique games and what it means for mathematics.
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- Alex Kontorovich · 2 quotes
Ankur Moitra on other topics
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