Gowers: AI Math Is More Like "Generated Subgroup" Than Convex-Hull Interpolation

Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers challenged the popular claim that AI only interpolates within the convex hull of existing knowledge, arguing a "generated subgroup" metaphor better captures how LLMs may produce genuinely new mathematics.

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