Mathematicians in Crisis as LLMs Crack Long-Standing Conjectures

LLMs have produced counterexamples to several long-standing conjectures, shaking the math community. Blogger Kirwin Hampshire describes a 'dark night of the soul' identity crisis in a widely discussed essay, echoed by the 'Leiden Declaration' on AI and mathematics.

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