Mathematicians Predict AI Will Soon Handle Research-Level Math

At ICM 2026, prominent mathematicians including Terence Tao and Alex Kontorovich hypothesized that AI tools will soon be capable of performing a significant portion of research-level mathematics with acceptable cost and human oversight.

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