Terence Tao Sparks Debate Over Unreadable Machine Proofs

Terence Tao argued that Lean-verified proofs humans cannot understand should not be published, igniting debate over whether machine-generated theorems constitute real progress or merely fill a knowledge graph without human understanding.

2026-09-02 ~ 2026-09-03 · 3 related posts

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